Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-05-12 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Nice story, thanks for sharing!! On 2022-04-27 17:31, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:12:50 -0700 Hi, I'm a PHP developer and always thought all opensource developers had at least some knowledge of Linux. Recently I watched a YouTu

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-27 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:12:50 -0700 >Hi, > >I'm a PHP developer and always thought all opensource developers had >at least some knowledge of Linux. > >Recently I watched a YouTube video that stated otherwise. The >presenter said it is important to know Linux which

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-23 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
If someone proclaimed themselves an "open source dev" but didn't know linux to at least some extent, my inside voice would dub them heretical and proclaim yet another fool that doesn't even know what they're saying. I would probably be compelled to at least ask sarcastically just exactly what open

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-23 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
On 2022-04-21 11:54, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:12 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss And is it true that it is good, for a dev, to be able to put they have basic familiarity of Linux on their resume? It certainly can't hurt. If I have to job-hunt again, the tru

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-22 Thread Joseph Sinclair via PLUG-discuss
Call me biased, but, in my opinion, all software engineers (and programmers/coders too) should know, or be learning, *at least* enough about Linux to: edit and build their software at the command line configure and script an automated build (using a common tool like jenkins, Github actions,

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
The concept of "shared" hosting still existed in the late 90's, at least for PHP hosting. I distinctly remember using what was xoom.com at the time which offered free php hosting. I had some stuff hosted there for a bit until either I moved somewhere else or they disappeared. On Thu, Apr 21, 20

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
I'd say that's true throughout IT; people are pretty specialized now compared to how it was in the 90s when you had to build the whole stack to do it yourself. Nowadays people can set up on shared hosting and configure things in a web browser and don't have to have a lot of low level knowledge. I'm

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Hello,  Regarding Software dev people of which I am one of, I once had a teacher with a masters degree in CIS tell me that polymorphism was a Latin word.  On another occasion, a different person who I worked with a masters degree in CIS told me OOP was only happening in the GUI side.  Best expe

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
As someone who worked with a lot of people in the software/web. A good chunk of people don't know it that well enough. It has many many advantages to understand the ecosystem and the distros available. Linux alone makes an awesome developer environment that I don't think people really try to take a

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Interesting. I thought all opensource devs could configure a LAMP config on DigitalOcean, deal with the DNS, and configure a virtual host. AND make is work by Googling how to do so. Not so hu? On 2022-04-21 11:20, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: In my experience as a Senior Systems Engineer/A

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
In my experience as a Senior Systems Engineer/Admin most in software development, especially Java, haven't the slightest idea of Linux. Most only know the absolute minimum to test/validate/Benchmark their application, but when it comes to "general knowledge" most developers i have been around are u

Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, I'm a PHP developer and always thought all opensource developers had at least some knowledge of Linux. Recently I watched a YouTube video that stated otherwise. The presenter said it is important to know Linux which will set one apart from the crowd. I have been "messing"/"playing"/