Should an opensource dev know Linux

[greg zegan]

 Hello,  Regarding Software dev people of which I am one of, I once had a teacher with a masters degree in CIS tell me that polymorphism was a Latin word.  On another occasion, a different person who I worked with a masters degree in CIS told me OOP was only happening in the GUI side.  Best experience I had with a CS teacher was at SCC who used Sun OS for his programming lectures.  Standard I/O , and standard error was discussed, but it went over my head coming from a Windows background.  I now use Linux almost exclusively for the above.
I'll bet in educational places like India and Russia they know the value of Linux in the dev field.  thanks,Greg
    On Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:33:57 AM MST, Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:  
 
 As someone who worked with a lot of people in the software/web. A good chunk of people don't know it that well enough. It has many many advantages to understand the ecosystem and the distros available. Linux alone makes an awesome developer environment that I don't think people really try to take advantage of. Because they grew up using Windows and just assume things are just the way they are, especially that cmd is trash imho in comparison to proper terminal emulation. So people stray away from Linux thinking their mileage will be the same they had with the ugly cmd tool.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

In my experience as a Senior Systems Engineer/Admin most in software development, especially Java, haven't the slightest idea of Linux. Most only know the absolute minimum to test/validate/Benchmark their application, but when it comes to "general knowledge" most developers i have been around are usually pretty lost outside their IDE.
Yes! Of course they should know Linux ... like I know Linux ... EVERYONE SHOULD ... LOL, but I'm biased and jaded.

Thanks,
Alexander

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 11:12 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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