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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux Sys Admins, do you work on Linux or Windows office laptops? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm getting sick every day at this Microsoft Windows slowness and bloat. I am trying to use as much Linux VMs as possible. I feel so unproductive on Windows. I also tried installing Linux on the office laptop. The problem is that Windows is officialy supported and the Linux is DYI. Once the IT departament changes it will sync up with Windows but Linux can be broken and you are no longer able to work. Next job I want to have full Linux laptop or at least Mac.

Besides:

Microsoft Office
Active Directory
Some proxy and VPN bullshit

Everything seems manageable and even better on Linux.

What is your experience?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 10 Enterprise with a ton of group polices applied, no issues ever. The Windows Terminal app is really good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What about native Linux apps do you miss?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

For me it's

apt
vim / neovim
tmux / screen
Ansible
BAAAAASH
and some other commands that I use seldom but from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What kind of work do you do?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Automation of the Cloud deployment.

OpenStack with Kolla Ansible
just Ansible
sometimes Bash scripting or Python

Monitoring

Prometheus with Grafana and AlertManager

Bare metal automation

Some BMC stuff
MAAS

Fileserver maintance

MooseFS with Samba
Ceph OSDs cluster

And any other that for now I don't have much time like

AWX with Kubernetes