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This article confuses learning Linux with learning network architecture from layer 7 on down. The bulk of the internet, and every service on it runs on Linux fo
by teilo 14y ago
This article confuses learning Linux with learning network architecture from layer 7 on down. The bulk of the internet, and every service on it runs on Linux for reasons that are fairly obvious to anyone here. But there is nothing special about Linux other than its ubiquity, meaning there is nothing fundamentally "Linux" about the internet, nor about the application stack of the typical web service, nor the underlying protocols upon which they are built.
"Knowing" Linux does not mean you "know" the internet, nor vice versa.
- greenyoda 14y agoAlso, Linux GUIs aren't necessarily insecure or unstable. The big advantage of shells over GUIs comes from economies of scale: if you're managing a data center full of machines, you'd much rather automate your tasks with shell scripts than perform the same operation over and over again in the GUI. This isn't unique to Linux. People who manage large Windows-based data centers also use scripts (e.g., PowerShell) for administration.