It really depends on what you mean by "learn Unix."

I agree with Eric that many tools, particularly open source tools, are more
robust on l
Linux. This is because most of their development communities are building
on Linux, so new features and bug fixes show up their first.

I live in the open source, Linux-based development world, as as a service
and management tool developer, I never use Linux GUIs. I think that folks
who are going to be installing and maintaining services on Linux servers
should become comfortable with the command line tools The will be using.

Commercial Unix systems are dying out except for specialized industries
like banking and airlines. It also hangs on in systems that use the
full-boat Oracle suite, although it may be losing ground there.

The most popular flavor families of Linux — RedHat (Fedora, CentOS, AWS)
and Debian (Ubuntu) — as well as the system that underlies OS X share a
common toolset, which makes it much easier to move from one to another than
it is to move between BSD and System V based proprietary Unix systems.

Cary

On Monday, October 27, 2014, Siobhain Rivera <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm part of the ASIS&T Student Chapter and Indiana University, and we're
> putting together a series of workshops on Unix. We've noticed that a lot of
> people don't seem to have a good idea of why they should learn Unix,
> particularly the reference/non technology types. We're going to do some
> more research to make a fact sheet about the uses of Unix, but I thought
> I'd pose the question to the list - what do you think are reasons
> librarians need to know Unix, even if they aren't in particularly tech
> heavy jobs?
>
> I'd appreciate any input. Have a great week!
>
> Siobhain Rivera
> Indiana University Bloomington
> Library Science, Digital Libraries Specialization
> ASIS&T-SC, Webmaster
>


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