I definitely agree with Stephen on this. Today I attended a demo of
Windows Longhorn Server Core ... the UI was simple -- a command prompt,
so even Microsoft are targeting remotely managed, command line driven
operating systems. Oddly one of our UN*X admins asked the bizarre
question ... so how do we install drivers with no GUI? So even an
experienced guy has trouble disconnecting the O/S of windows from the
GUI.

Any posix compliant O/S such as Linux, Solaris, BSD and MacOS etc are
worth spending the effort to learn. Grab some of the CDs/Text books from
O'Reilly. Incidentally, in the Posix world, GUI's are really your own
preference as to which you prefer. They are NOT part of the O/S and
never will be. Consider a GUI as an application you choose to run on top
that simply helps you do stuff!! KDE and Gnome are just applications or
suites of applications.

Paul


On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 09:28 -0400, Stephen Price wrote:
> To learn UNIX will take time and require a learning curve, not so much
> if you have had experience working with UN*X. My background is as a
> SUN/LINUX admin (13 years) and I moved into DBA work (6 years), which
> gives me an edge over other DBAs who work primarily Windows-hosted DBMS
> systems.
>
> Benefits to knowing UN*X is the obvious... flexibility in your career
> field, which can translate into increased opportunities. Second is that
> it takes a real effort to be good on UN*X systems, as much if your work
> will be outside the GUI interfaces frequently used on Windows machines
> and there is a lot to remember and keep in practice with, which
> discourages many DBAs from pursuing a UN*X background to enhance their
> careers.
>
> If you just want to put the words on your resume to get a better job,
> perhaps you may want to apply your efforts in other directions; however,
> if you are serious, then it is a very worthwhile venture.
>
> PS: You learn UN*X from the command line first, GUI second!
>
> Stephen Price
> Oracle Database Administrator
> Compusearch Software Systems, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irfan Ahmad
> [mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x39461428.[Email address protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:47 AM
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: Solaris And Linux ?
>
> Hi friends!!!
> Now a days; i am seeing lot of oracle jobs want knowledge about solaris
> and linux operating system. So in this regard now i have decided to
> learn these os's.
>
> So please tell me; what will be the benefits to learn these os's ?
> Secondly linux have two versions one is command base and second one is
> GUI base... which one is good ?
>
> Waiting for your quick response.
>
> Irfan Ahmad
>
>
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