Where to learn Linux?

[Jonathan Ben Avraham]

Hi Dotan,
I hire Linux sys-admin's, Linux kernel hacks and Linux developers.

The first thing that I look for in a prospective employee is a hobbyist 
interest in Linux. If a guy shows up in my office with an RFID chipped 
white rat in his pocket that he keeps track of using a Linux app that he 
wrote and loaded onto his notebook computer, then he gets a job offer. An 
RHCE certification doesn't match that.

Another dead giveaway is a prospective engineer who shows up with a 
laptop that runs his own distribution of Linux because he knows all of the 
standard distros and is not happy with any of them and tells me what is 
wrong with each of them until I finally have to tell him to shut up.

Even a guy who just shows up with a Dvorak keyboard, no mouse and does 
everything inside of EMACS gets an offer.
Good luck,

  - yba



On Sun, 14 Mar 2010, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:04 +0200
> From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
> To: linux-il. <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> Subject: Where to learn Linux?
> 
> I have been using Linux as an end user for several years, but now I
> think that I might like to make a career out of *nix administration.
> Where are some good places to get a certificate from? Is an online
> certificate as good as an offline course? What online certificates are
> honourable? What real-world courses in Israel are recommended?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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