r/linuxadmin • u/KelevCoin • 3d ago

The path To linux System Administration

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u/we_come_at_night 3d ago

Certificates help, but are not be-all-end-all. It's basically just a proof that you're capable of reading the manual and learning something from it.

That said, nothing beats hands-on experience, so find a roadmap you like (something like https://roadmap.sh/devops) and start building yourself up on it. Once you're confident you have some presentable skills, you can try a certificate, just so to have a proverbial foot-in-the-door for interviews.

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u/reddit-MT 2d ago

A lot of people get a job that includes managing a few Linux servers, along with other duties. They then find that they prefer working with Linux, and then move into a positions that is primarily Linux. You go as far as your skill and ambition can take you.

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u/turbomettwurst 3d ago

Installing Gentoo or Arch manually without any AI help will give you a crash course of how it is all plumped together, worked for me 20+ years ago.

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u/CLI_Recall 6h ago

Using AI to explain things is fine, the trap is letting it type for you. A simple rule: when it shows you a command, close the chat and retype the whole line from a blank prompt, then run the matching check (systemctl status, ss -tuln, df -h, ls -l). Keep a short daily list (networking, services, disks, permissions, logs) and rep it until you don't need to look anything up. Your Fedora home server is a great lab: break a service or a mount on purpose, fix it from the terminal, and write down what you typed.