What do you do?

Do you do anything with linux in your job or is this just a hobby?

I'm a comp sci major thinking of doing linux server administration OR security admin. Something to that effect. I hope to get a linux related job after I graduate. At least that's my optimal future. What about you? Planning on it? Are you currently?

 

Still just a hobby ATM...

 

I wouldn't call it a hobby. I fiddle a bit with it from time to time, since it's not even near possible for me to use it for work.

 

I use Linux as my main OS for school and personal use.
I recently switched into computer science at University and would love to be able to use Linux in a workplace environment. We'll see.

 

I use Linux regularly because Windows takes too long to boot (including all those startup apps) and Linux can cover pretty much everything I need for school work.

 

I'm only in Windows to game or do accounting, but I can do the latter in VirtualBox which i've done on another machine. this machine is new so I haven't set it up that way (yet), but I basically want to get to the point where I'm only in windows to launch a game. I'm in windows right now because I'm running corporation extensions that are due on Monday

 

Right now it's a hobby and a learning experience for this old guy.

 

You're not the only old guy around here [looks both ways]

 

I use Linux just as a hobby and for my personal use. Though I would like to work as a Linux or Unix sysadmin at some point. I have been a programmer for several years and was a sysadmin for a while as well for something other than Linux.

 

What if I use Windows for my hobby and Linux for my work?

 

I may have you beat on age. Are you over 40? 50?

 

I'm in the same boat. Have to use Linux for development at uni, but at home, Dawn of War II only runs on Windows, so my main machine has XP.

 

Find a new hobby

 

yep certainly am......let's just say I'm too young to hang with seniors, and too old to get into trouble anymore (well, just not as often)....

 

Gaming is KEY...I'm booting into Vista in a few to Launch Sins xxx

 

I guess I'm the youngster.

 

Thomas....if you are that young, you're a whiz....but I still can't buy that age...I'm going to lay back and give you a trick question of these days....lol

 

Are you over 50? I am.

 

fifty three years old

 

I'll be 52. , you got me beat. I thought I was the oldest one here. Why don't you intstall Mint on a usb drive and help me solve my problems. I've been working on Ubuntu for days with no luck enabling desktop effects or proper dvd playback, so I may give my mind a break and torture myself with Mint for a night or two.

 

Lol I was born in 1995, I am the class of 2013 at my high school.
I swear!

 

Not by much, just turned 53 LOL....I'm not at home and forget my USB stick...darnit! tried to borrow my son's and he forget his 8 gig stick too...we both haul our laptop bags....right now I'm configuring PCLOS just because I've never used it...but I still think Mint Xfce is da bomb.... but we'll see...

 

I'm gonna trick you on that one day.... what a minute...if you're 13, you aint in high school yet, right?

 

When I was your age, I thought computers were awesome. I even thought the idea of getting a computer related job sounded good. However, I played video games instead of actually learning anything about computers. Now I'm 23, still in college, and just really learning the nitty gritty details of computers. Go figure.

 

When I was Thomas's age, I guess they had computers cause they were putting someone on the moon ...but they were as big as houses....LOL I was playing 'pong' on an old tube TV....

 

I use linux in work and home too, same as windows (occasional home gaming and work support cad apps). Linux for all other things .
Age.... well experiencing 30+ crisis, when hangovers getting longer and longer ) haha

 

They (hangovers) last three days over forty, and then stay that way...LOL

 

I can't say this enough: Computer science is only tangentially related to Linux or Windows. In fact, any CS program worth its salt should impart to you a considerable amount of knowledge that is not just Linux or Windows specific (except for the systems courses). Also, a server or even a cluster administrator isn't really a great job for a CS major. You won't learn much in a CS program that will be applicable to those jobs.

 

This is true, but you must also realize that jobs want you to have a degree. It mostly doesn't matter what the degree is, just a degree. I also like programming and have it as a backup. I'm taking a lot of elective courses and learning a lot on my own.

 

I use it mainly as a hobby. I've spent days in Linux, so it's not like I can't be productive. I'm just learning.

 

If linux is a hobby for me, then Windows definitely is because I spend more time in Linux