I was going though college and applied for a Sys Admin position with UEN which runs the network for most the state of Utah. I got hired with about 2+ years college experince and was planning on finishing out my BA.
Talking to my different suppervisors asking them about raises, the didn't care weather I had a degree, got a degree, certifications of whatever. All they cared about was if I could do the job. This was very common with all the people I worked with. "Can he do the job" is all the cared about. This comming from a place that runs a network most of the colleges, and schools in the state.
This has been the case for every sys admin job I've had.
My suggestion would be to get things you can put under your belt. Like working on a Opensource project, or creating your own that you can show interviewers. Find the best way you can show what you can do.
I started with RedHat like most people but SuSE was just easier to setup, update and use. It has more bloat than any ditro out there. More than likely it will have everything you could ever want on the client and server side.
It uses RPM's which I like quite a bit, has a great update tool that's free. YaST2 is there setup tool which is great for setting up most of your hardware on you system.
Most the people I know that are new or casual users LOVE IT, most the Linux programers I work with that compile the kernel for fun, and write there own drivers for giggles. These type of guys seem to like RedHat or Debian.
Basically there all the same I'd play around with them and see what fits you the best, there are Linux so there all good in there own way:)
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I was going though college and applied for a Sys Admin position with UEN which runs the network for most the state of Utah. I got hired with about 2+ years college experince and was planning on finishing out my BA.
Talking to my different suppervisors asking them about raises, the didn't care weather I had a degree, got a degree, certifications of whatever. All they cared about was if I could do the job. This was very common with all the people I worked with. "Can he do the job" is all the cared about. This comming from a place that runs a network most of the colleges, and schools in the state.
This has been the case for every sys admin job I've had.
My suggestion would be to get things you can put under your belt. Like working on a Opensource project, or creating your own that you can show interviewers. Find the best way you can show what you can do.
Good Luck...
I started with RedHat like most people but SuSE was just easier to setup, update and use. It has more bloat than any ditro out there. More than likely it will have everything you could ever want on the client and server side. It uses RPM's which I like quite a bit, has a great update tool that's free. YaST2 is there setup tool which is great for setting up most of your hardware on you system. Most the people I know that are new or casual users LOVE IT, most the Linux programers I work with that compile the kernel for fun, and write there own drivers for giggles. These type of guys seem to like RedHat or Debian. Basically there all the same I'd play around with them and see what fits you the best, there are Linux so there all good in there own way :)