Comments on: Where, how and why are you using Unix? http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/ Learn UNIX Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:00:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gleb Reys http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Gleb Reys Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:14:09 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-5421 Thanks for joining the mailing list, Dan! I'm flattered that you found my humble website to be useful, and look forward to sharing more! While the first course I'm (still) working on is the foundation course, I'm sure you'll gain some solid basic skills along with Unix history. Future courses are aimed at exactly the profile you have - someone looking to get started with a Unix systems administration profession. Please don't hesitate to email me any questions, and all the best with your job hunt! Thanks for joining the mailing list, Dan!
I'm flattered that you found my humble website to be useful, and look forward to sharing more! While the first course I'm (still) working on is the foundation course, I'm sure you'll gain some solid basic skills along with Unix history. Future courses are aimed at exactly the profile you have – someone looking to get started with a Unix systems administration profession. Please don't hesitate to email me any questions, and all the best with your job hunt!

]]> By: danimal1960 http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-5420 danimal1960 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-5420 Hi, I'll be completely honest with you--I've worked in IT for the past 8 years, but most of my work has been in hardware--everything from desktop support at a large corporation to a field technician installing and repairing SANS for a major SAN provider. Then I got laid off--'involuntary reduction in force' they called it--and I found there was not much call for people with my hardware skills. So I am now turning to software. I have a possible job lined up with the government, but I need to know UNIX. Now, I have dabbled with LINUX, but only insofar as installing it on servers and configuring it on NAS Boxes--never studied UNIX itself. I am hoping to learn as much as I can about UNIX so that I can become a viable candidate for this job. Thank you very much for this site--I am trying to learn all I can and your site is a BIG help. Sincerely Dan Hi,

I'll be completely honest with you–I've worked in IT for the past 8 years, but most of my work has been in hardware–everything from desktop support at a large corporation to a field technician installing and repairing SANS for a major SAN provider.

Then I got laid off–'involuntary reduction in force' they called it–and I found there was not much call for people with my hardware skills.

So I am now turning to software. I have a possible job lined up with the government, but I need to know UNIX. Now, I have dabbled with LINUX, but only insofar as installing it on servers and configuring it on NAS Boxes–never studied UNIX itself.

I am hoping to learn as much as I can about UNIX so that I can become a viable candidate for this job.

Thank you very much for this site–I am trying to learn all I can and your site is a BIG help.

Sincerely
Dan

]]> By: Gleb Reys http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Gleb Reys Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:50:58 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-5318 Hi all, just realized I never replied to the last few comments. First of all, THANK YOU for taking the time to share your story! Increasingly so, I find myself among a great bunch of technical minded people from all the fields of IT industry! I love the diversity of your skills and needs, it sounds like we'll have great time learning Unix and sharing technical tips! I've still to finish my introductory course before we'll move on to more advanced topics, but your comments help me identify what most interesting topics will be. Hi all, just realized I never replied to the last few comments.

First of all, THANK YOU for taking the time to share your story! Increasingly so, I find myself among a great bunch of technical minded people from all the fields of IT industry!

I love the diversity of your skills and needs, it sounds like we'll have great time learning Unix and sharing technical tips!

I've still to finish my introductory course before we'll move on to more advanced topics, but your comments help me identify what most interesting topics will be.

]]> By: Marossity http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Marossity Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-5314 I am a home user. I recently switched from a desktop arrangement to a laptop. I have a triple boot setup with Windows XP, Ubuntu 9.04, and at this time another Ubuntu 9.04. Usually I have the third partition available for trying out different distros. I use the system to "surf the web", and download and manipulate videos and still photos from my vid-camera and my digital camera. Also I like to play around with music files. I maintain the Windows XP because I haven't been able to find good free video software that works as well as the Windows program. Otherwise it would be off my computer. No, I am not a Microsoft basher. I just believe in open source, very much. I started with MS in the early '80s' and switched to Ubuntu about 2 and 1/2 years ago. I have tried many different flavors but always have come back to Ubuntu. I don't know how I might be able to contribute to your effort here, but if you think of something, please let me know. Thanks for the excellent work. I am a home user. I recently switched from a desktop arrangement to a laptop. I have a triple boot setup with Windows XP, Ubuntu 9.04, and at this time another Ubuntu 9.04. Usually I have the third partition available for trying out different distros. I use the system to "surf the web", and download and manipulate videos and still photos from my vid-camera and my digital camera. Also I like to play around with music files. I maintain the Windows XP because I haven't been able to find good free video software that works as well as the Windows program. Otherwise it would be off my computer. No, I am not a Microsoft basher. I just believe in open source, very much. I started with MS in the early '80s' and switched to Ubuntu about 2 and 1/2 years ago. I have tried many different flavors but always have come back to Ubuntu. I don't know how I might be able to contribute to your effort here, but if you think of something, please let me know. Thanks for the excellent work.

]]> By: Muhammad Sharfudddin http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-4675 Muhammad Sharfudddin Tue, 26 May 2009 05:23:31 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-4675 Basically I am Windows Admin, but my Boss wants to move all the services onto the linux boxes, due to high cost of licenses and economic conditions, and and he loves Novell SUSE(he was a Novell Netware Guy). Thats why I am learning Linux(SUSE), I just have ground/down the MS Windows 2003 fileserver with SAMBA server. My next target is to move our mail server with Postfix, MS Active Directory with LDAP, and MS ISA Server with Squid and IPtables. I would love if some one here help me configuring Postfix, Cyrus and Squid with LDAP authentication Regards a Linux learner Basically I am Windows Admin, but my Boss wants to move all the services onto the linux boxes, due to high cost of licenses and economic conditions, and and he loves Novell SUSE(he was a Novell Netware Guy).
Thats why I am learning Linux(SUSE), I just have ground/down the MS Windows 2003 fileserver with SAMBA server.
My next target is to move our mail server with Postfix, MS Active Directory with LDAP, and MS ISA Server with Squid and IPtables.
I would love if some one here help me configuring Postfix, Cyrus and Squid with LDAP authentication

Regards
a Linux learner

]]> By: Aleksei Kozadaev http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-4400 Aleksei Kozadaev Mon, 18 May 2009 11:10:46 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-4400 Where are you using Unix? I've been always used UNIX/BSD/Linux at work and at home. How are you using Unix? I've been using Unix (*BSD mostly and sometimes Linux) for creating a solid mail/internet/security environments for the companies I worked for. I use it at home too as UNIX is everything for me - a job, an entertainment, security, etc. I've been using OpenBSD and FreeBSD for most of my career. However although *BSDs still remain my OSs of choice I recently switched my focus to Red Hat Linux Ent. and CentOS as it appears to be in a very high demand nowadays. So I put it on my notebook and I use it nearly everywhere now as it is the only way to get into it quickly. I like XEN virtualization support on my CentOS which gives me freedom in learning and "housekeeping" of my home computer: * I can always create a couple of virtual machines in a matter of minutes, which significantly improves the learning process time. * I don't have to install many things on my computer, but rather install them on virtual machines and wipe the machines as soon as I finished with them. I like spending time writing shell/Perl scripts on my home computer to improve my processes and "housekeeping" and the good thing is that one would never know everything - there is always something new - so there is always a ground for learning, which is so much fun. Why are you using Unix? I use it because UNIX is not only a OS; it is a culture with its long-lasting traditions. What discourages me, though, is that many distros nowadays are being led to the wrong direction - towards "extreme user friendliness" which I think violate the whole idea of UNIX. UNIX was always focused on performance, rather than on user-friendliness, which I think must remain the same. Normally, IMHO - Unix administrator needs only a console and a text editor (depending of user preference), or in a fancy package - X server, lightweight window manger (like icewm, where one can do without a mouse even), a browser, an email client and the xterm for, again, accessing console and a text editor. Things like gnome or similar take so many things out of admin's control which scares me alot. This is my personal and highly subjective attitude to UNIX which I am going to keep forever. :) 10x Where are you using Unix?
I've been always used UNIX/BSD/Linux at work and at home.

How are you using Unix?
I've been using Unix (*BSD mostly and sometimes Linux) for creating a solid mail/internet/security environments for the companies I worked for. I use it at home too as UNIX is everything for me – a job, an entertainment, security, etc.
I've been using OpenBSD and FreeBSD for most of my career. However although *BSDs still remain my OSs of choice I recently switched my focus to Red Hat Linux Ent. and CentOS as it appears to be in a very high demand nowadays. So I put it on my notebook and I use it nearly everywhere now as it is the only way to get into it quickly. I like XEN virtualization support on my CentOS which gives me freedom in learning and "housekeeping" of my home computer:
* I can always create a couple of virtual machines in a matter of minutes, which significantly improves the learning process time.
* I don't have to install many things on my computer, but rather install them on virtual machines and wipe the machines as soon as I finished with them.
I like spending time writing shell/Perl scripts on my home computer to improve my processes and "housekeeping" and the good thing is that one would never know everything – there is always something new – so there is always a ground for learning, which is so much fun.

Why are you using Unix?
I use it because UNIX is not only a OS; it is a culture with its long-lasting traditions.
What discourages me, though, is that many distros nowadays are being led to the wrong direction – towards "extreme user friendliness" which I think violate the whole idea of UNIX. UNIX was always focused on performance, rather than on user-friendliness, which I think must remain the same. Normally, IMHO – Unix administrator needs only a console and a text editor (depending of user preference), or in a fancy package – X server, lightweight window manger (like icewm, where one can do without a mouse even), a browser, an email client and the xterm for, again, accessing console and a text editor. Things like gnome or similar take so many things out of admin's control which scares me alot. This is my personal and highly subjective attitude to UNIX which I am going to keep forever. :)

10x

]]> By: Gleb Reys http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Gleb Reys Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:33:48 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-2843 Great to have you interested, Steven! I'm only considering getting a Unix-based laptop specifically for my experiments - at the moment my playground is a few PCs and a few VirtualBox VMs, but no eee PCs or any Apple gear. Great to have you interested, Steven! I'm only considering getting a Unix-based laptop specifically for my experiments – at the moment my playground is a few PCs and a few VirtualBox VMs, but no eee PCs or any Apple gear.

]]> By: Steven http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 Steven Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:18:17 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-2839 I'm using Unix in two different places for the same purpose. I'm using it on my eee PC under ubuntu (eeebuntu, to be exact), and I'm using it under Mac OS X. Mac OS X offers a Terminal in its "Utilities" folder under Applications. This was my introduction to Unix and the CLI, and I loved it. I find working using the command line to be incredibly fun and rewarding (when things work out correctly). I look forward to reading UNIX tips and tricks on this site. Thanks! I'm using Unix in two different places for the same purpose. I'm using it on my eee PC under ubuntu (eeebuntu, to be exact), and I'm using it under Mac OS X.

Mac OS X offers a Terminal in its "Utilities" folder under Applications. This was my introduction to Unix and the CLI, and I loved it.

I find working using the command line to be incredibly fun and rewarding (when things work out correctly).

I look forward to reading UNIX tips and tricks on this site. Thanks!

]]> By: Gleb Reys http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Gleb Reys Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:04:01 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-2359 Hi Olivier, Thanks for stopping by! Your feedback would be among the most valuable for me as one of my primary goals is to help complete beginners get started with Unix and enjoy their experience from day one. Look forward to speaking with you soon! Hi Olivier,

Thanks for stopping by! Your feedback would be among the most valuable for me as one of my primary goals is to help complete beginners get started with Unix and enjoy their experience from day one. Look forward to speaking with you soon!

]]> By: Olivier http://www.unixtutorial.org/2009/02/where-how-and-why-are-you-using-unix/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 Olivier Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:00:08 +0000 http://www.unixtutorial.org/?p=460#comment-2355 On my side, I am a very beginner. I have started to work with Unix because I need it to run a protein modeling software for my post doctorate. My very basic knowledge allows me to run it only when it runs fine, when problems occurs I have to depend on more advanced users to get me through. At home, I have installed Ubuntu on my laptop because I was curious and I believe in the open source philosophy. But on that part also, my basic knowledge limits me to do more interesting things. Also, I believe that a deeper mastering of the language would not hurt my resume. Finally, I think it is fun to be challenged. I am happy to have found such a web site to get me to the next level. Thanks for your precious help. On my side, I am a very beginner. I have started to work with Unix because I need it to run a protein modeling software for my post doctorate. My very basic knowledge allows me to run it only when it runs fine, when problems occurs I have to depend on more advanced users to get me through.
At home, I have installed Ubuntu on my laptop because I was curious and I believe in the open source philosophy. But on that part also, my basic knowledge limits me to do more interesting things.
Also, I believe that a deeper mastering of the language would not hurt my resume.
Finally, I think it is fun to be challenged.

I am happy to have found such a web site to get me to the next level. Thanks for your precious help.

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