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Author: Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
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CC: Ryan Petris
Subject: Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux
The concept of "shared" hosting still existed in the late 90's, at least for PHP hosting. I distinctly remember using what was xoom.com at the time which offered free php hosting. I had some stuff hosted there for a bit until either I moved somewhere else or they disappeared.

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 <> 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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