Should an opensource dev know Linux

[Ryan Petris]

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, at 11:54 AM, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> 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 one of the few people at work that knows programming, databases, networking, DNS, Linux, Windows, etc because I've been doing this since the late 80s too. 
> Most people I see know one or maybe two areas at most. 
> 
> JD
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:12 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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"/"working" with Linux since around 1998 
>> or so. Learned a lot and have a lot to learn.  Thought all opensource 
>> developers had at least a fundamental understanding of Linux.
>> 
>> Is it true most do not know Linux?
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!!
>> 
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