[clue] Impressions on 11.04?

[CP Constantine]

On 4/30/2011 2:17 AM, Mike Bean wrote:
> I'd be curious to hear more about that if perhaps we could take the
> discussion of the grid.  (It isn't my intention to sidetrack the thread,
> I just have a hard time imagining that distro-slamming could be a huge
> problem with people applying for linux jobs, I'd be curious to hear
> about it.)

not much to talk about really, linux is just a kernel, the rest is 
userspace, and nothing is written in stone. If you don't understand 
that, you likely don't understand the underlying mechanics of LD.so 
loading, init sequences, etc, that you're gonna lack proper linux 
troubleshooting skills.

Imagine if a windows admin told you "yeah, I can't work on systems that 
have office installed! screws up too much stuff!"

Linux is Linux is Linux. even accepted standards such as /usr, /etc, 
/lib are purely there because people agree upon them. you could build 
(from source) a linux system that used your own completely bizarre 
filesystem structure, and... it would work.

So, why do I think it's a negative mark? because good sysadmins solve 
problems, they don't introduce artificial ones.

(and I personally dislike RedHat-derivatives default setup a lot, it 
doesn't stop me making anything I need to work on them, work. I got 
started with linux kernel 0.97.. at this point, there really isn't much 
difference between any distro for me... remember the old Unix maxim - 
"Everything is a file" - once you accept that, the rest is easy).