Comments on: Why Linux System Administrators Need Programming Skills https://www.tecmint.com/why-linux-system-administrators-need-programming-skills/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:52:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: dragonmouth https://www.tecmint.com/why-linux-system-administrators-need-programming-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-1119429 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:52:59 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=32115#comment-1119429 In reply to Aaron Kili.

Programming and system administration have ALWAYS gone together going back to the days of the ENIAC. In fact, system programming/administration came before application programming.

]]> By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/why-linux-system-administrators-need-programming-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-1118662 Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:42:02 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=32115#comment-1118662 In reply to dragonmouth.

@dragonmouth

Yes, this is correct. Programming and system administration now go hand in hand. Many thanks for the feedback.

]]> By: dragonmouth https://www.tecmint.com/why-linux-system-administrators-need-programming-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-1117873 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:40:58 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=32115#comment-1117873 If you do not know programming then you are incapable of being a sysadmin.

I just finished re-reading your article “6 Reasons Why Linux is Better Than Windows”. With the exception of Reason #6 – ToS, all others demand that you know programming.

“1. Free and Open Source”
If you do not know programming, you will not understand the code you are examining.

“2. Stability and Reliability”
If you do not know programming, you will not know know how to modify system configuration.

“3. Security”
See # 2

“4. Flexibility”
If you do not know programming, you will not know how to perform any of the tasks you list under this point.

“5. Hardware Support”
If you do not programming, you will not how to change the hardware config files to properly optimize it.

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