Some amazing writers contributed articles of all types, and many of those articles are about Linux. Top 11 Linux articles from our first yearĪlthough our first year here at Enable Sysadmin has been a short one-we went live and published our first articles in May of 2019-it has been an awesome year.So, the next time a stranger asks me what I do for work, maybe I’ll answer with something besides, "I’m in IT." Meanwhile, we’re diligently striving for fast, secure, and reliable operation with our servers while trying to stay under budget. We are sometimes at the beck and call of the database teams. We are the ones that interpret what developers need when they make requests to the networking or security teams. The biggest commonality I believe we all have as Linux sysadmins is that we are the glue that binds multiple IT teams together. Ultimately, the truth of one sysadmin’s day might look completely different from another’s when it comes to our specific tasks, and we are often misunderstood. My wife almost always chimes in with, "He stares at a black screen with white letters all day." I can’t blame her for that interpretation, because it just so happens that when I am working remotely while she is there, it is usually because I was called for a priority issue that requires me to log into a terminal for troubleshooting. When I go out with my wife and we meet someone new, I eventually get asked what I do for work. Still, fixing things is just a fraction of my day, if at all. "Fixing a broken computer" looks like so many different things, whether that is patching or upgrading operating systems or software, replacing a hardware component, or applying a custom solution to change functionality. Break and fix plays a huge role in being a good sysadmin. For example, I’ve worked for companies that have a website, so to them, "I build or manage the website." While there is definite truth to that answer, doing so is a small part of my responsibilities.Īnother accurate interpretation of what my family thinks a sysadmin does is "fix broken computers.' Again, there is so much truth in this idea, but it is a severe overgeneralization of what we do. On a more serious note, it’s understandable that there are those in my family who relate what I do to whatever front-end or publically facing interface the company I work for has. "Eat Cheetos and play World of Warcraft," was my youngest brother’s humorous response, and while I do enjoy the occasional Cheeto snack, I think that all of us sysadmins would agree that there is not enough time in our day to play games. While the majority of my family does have a general understanding of what I do, there were a couple of, while not totally inaccurate, comical replies. In fact, I recently posed the question "What do you guys think I do all day for my work?" to my family on the Slack workspace we use to communicate and collaborate on vacations and meetups. It’s not that I give vague answers because I don’t think they comprehend what I do, it’s that there is not enough time to cover all the different aspects that determine the answer. Over the years while visiting my parents, invariably I am asked the question, "How is work going?" While I want to be specific with my answer, I usually end up giving a vague "good" or "staying busy" type of response. Perception and reality: What my family thinks a sysadmin does.While some of the early development of Unix predates the official start of its "epoch," remains the zero-point in POSIX time and the recognized beginning of all things Unix. At the very start of the year, Unix turns 50. What does that mean?Ģ020 is a significant year for Unix. Read on to discover my Linux predictions for 2020, all served with a pinch of sodium-based seasoning on the side! Happy reading! Having recapped the best Linux distros of 2019 let us turn to the coming year! While the past twelve months have, as expected, been a busy one for the open source and Linux communities - a number of my Linux predictions for 2019 even came to pass - next year looks set to be even better. 5 Bold Predictions for Linux & Open Source in 2020.
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