Required Skills: Arch Linux

wojox · 2010-10-14 03:07:27

I was surfing Carrerbuilder's Technology posts and ran across a posting from At&T who I guess has a contract with the United States Air Force and the required skills listed for Linux are Red Hat and Arch. It looks like they use them for USAF Computer Network defensive.

brebs · 2010-10-14 03:12:33

Red Hat for stable, Arch for advance warning of issues with the latest bleeding-edge stuff

wojox · 2010-10-14 03:43:16

Yeah your right. It's pretty cool to see Arch as a prerequisite. Maybe pretty soon they will install them in F-22 Raptor

hitest · 2010-10-14 12:28:06

That is a nice skill set requirement. An Arch user is better-able to trouble shoot problems.

.:B:. · 2010-10-14 12:47:30

Based on what? I want to see an Arch user troubleshoot a corporate Linux environment... Won't get far with the 'Arch skills' alone .

pyther · 2010-10-14 13:03:59

Based on some of the forum posts here, some archers don't have any troubleshooting skills!

.:B:. · 2010-10-14 13:22:25

Lol

skottish · 2010-10-15 03:25:37

Let us not bump this thread with trivial jokes. When the US military is involved, they also need to evolve with the times. So:

RedHat = "Don't ask, don't tell"

Arch = "Show and tell!"

Inxsible · 2010-10-15 04:02:01

Nice one skottish !

fresh24 · 2010-10-16 17:00:54

very nice

cesura · 2010-10-16 17:52:35

I have learned more using Arch then any Redhat "certification" class could ever teach me. I find it quite sad that someone's Linux competence (as viewed by employers, etc.) is dependant on a certificate from a company! That's outrageous! I might as well get a Microsoft license...

But that's a topic for a WHOLE different thread!

kmason · 2010-10-16 18:20:02

itsbrad212 wrote:

I have learned more using Arch then any Redhat "certification" class could ever teach me. I find it quite sad that someone's Linux competence (as viewed by employers, etc.) is dependant on a certificate from a company! That's outrageous! I might as well get a Microsoft license...
But that's a topic for a WHOLE different thread!

Me too, but then again, it could be said that there was more time given with Arch.

Allan · 2010-10-18 09:39:49

Hmm... I would probably be considered to have lots of Arch experience, but anybody that puts me in charge of a server is an idiot.

cesura · 2010-10-18 20:25:01

Allan wrote:

Hmm... I would probably be considered to have lots of Arch experience, but anybody that puts me in charge of a server is an idiot.

And yet...
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?repo … iner=allan

orlandu63 · 2010-10-21 22:26:53

itsbrad212 wrote:

I have learned more using Arch then any Redhat "certification" class could ever teach me. I find it quite sad that someone's Linux competence (as viewed by employers, etc.) is dependant on a certificate from a company! That's outrageous! I might as well get a Microsoft license...
But that's a topic for a WHOLE different thread!

That same argument can be used in regards to any formal education

pseudonomous · 2010-10-22 16:09:20

skottish wrote:

RedHat = "Don't ask, don't tell"
Arch = "Show and tell!"

I'm sorry to be dense, but RedHat is pretty darn open, I mean they provide source .rpms for virtually everything, which is what allows CentOS to exist. And they seem to be perfectly okay with CentOs existing. They may not be open with their trademarks, but I seem to remember the Arch community got pretty peeved when a company used the old arch logo.

But maybe this was supposed to be a pun on something else?

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Daenyth · 2010-10-22 17:38:36

pseudonomous wrote:

I seem to remember the Arch community got pretty peeved when a company used the old arch logo.

He was using the Arch logo to represent his business and he said that he created it himself. So that's a little different.

skottish · 2010-10-23 01:11:39

pseudonomous wrote:

But maybe this was supposed to be a pun on something else?

It was just a silly joke that had to do with current US events and nothing at all really with RedHat. I actually have the upmost respect for RedHat all that they've done for the open source community.

Inxsible · 2010-10-23 03:46:13

skottish wrote:

pseudonomous wrote:
But maybe this was supposed to be a pun on something else?
It was just a silly joke that had to do with current US events and nothing at all really with RedHat. I actually have the upmost respect for RedHat all that they've done for the open source community.

Its quite rare that I get to stick it to an ex-forum moderator. But here's my chance

skottish: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … ial_Topics

Although I thought it was a good joke a few posts back, so I might have to stick that same forum rule to myself as well

Haah ! I get to stick it to an ex forum moderator and a current one(albeit myself) in one blow.

cesura · 2010-10-23 03:48:15

Inxsible wrote:

skottish wrote:
pseudonomous wrote:
But maybe this was supposed to be a pun on something else?
It was just a silly joke that had to do with current US events and nothing at all really with RedHat. I actually have the upmost respect for RedHat all that they've done for the open source community.
Its quite rare that I get to stick it to an ex-forum moderator. But here's my chance
skottish: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … ial_Topics
Although I thought it was a good joke a few posts back, so I might have to stick that same forum rule to myself as well
Haah ! I get to stick it to an ex forum moderator and a current one(albeit myself) in one blow.

Oh, come on. He barely even hinted to anything controversial, in my opinion.

I guess it's up to you though.

Inxsible · 2010-10-23 03:52:29

itsbrad212 wrote:

Oh, come on. He barely even hinted to anything controversial, in my opinion.
I guess it's up to you though.

You just couldn't let me have the pleasure of being all high and mighty, could you?

What a killjoy!!!

cesura · 2010-10-23 03:55:27

Inxsible wrote:

itsbrad212 wrote:
Oh, come on. He barely even hinted to anything controversial, in my opinion.
I guess it's up to you though.
You just couldn't let me have the pleasure of being all high and mighty, could you?
What a killjoy!!!

Ah well. Give me a T! Give me a G! Give me an N!

chimeracoder · 2010-10-24 17:49:51

itsbrad212 wrote:

I have learned more using Arch then any Redhat "certification" class could ever teach me. I find it quite sad that someone's Linux competence (as viewed by employers, etc.) is dependant on a certificate from a company! That's outrageous! I might as well get a Microsoft license...
But that's a topic for a WHOLE different thread!

I just looked that up. Is it really $3K for a single certification class? I guess they have to make their money somehow...

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