I am a M.C.S.E certified professional and i want to become a linux admin , presently i am pursuing rhce from a reputed institute , how can i get entry level job in linux , which topics i should be very clear.

Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,

Sorry if this is a disappointment but a certification will not get you a job as a Linux administrator if you don't have the knowledge or experience for the job. In my opinion a certification only proves you can study, nothing more and nothing less. I would never hire someone only for having a certificate. I've done quite some interviews and the ones that get the job are the ones that can prove knowledge, not by waving a certificate.

You'll need to get some hands on practice so maybe try starting out as a Linux engineer, or if you get the opportunity as a Junior Linux sysadmin. Furthermore if you only learn about Red Hat and encounter yourself in an environment with Debian servers, you'll be lost at first since there are distinct differences between them. Even more differences if you have to work with a mix of operating systems, varying from AIX, RHEL, Debian, SUSE, HP-UX, and so on.

So I'd get as much practice as possible, download a variety of distros from Distrowatch.com, try then out in VirtualBox if you don't have resources to install them, and learn, read and then learn some more.

Kind regards,

Eric

EricTRA just out of curiosity which OS on biz workstations have lead(in number)? RHEL or debian based? Im asking because RHEL aggressively advertize on corporate market(imho have much common with apple in product push), debian on other hand is just damn good OS that provide tools and architecture that suit most users.

Hi,

The most used OS on business workstations, when using Linux, that I've encountered in various enterprises is Ubuntu. But I'm more a server administrator then a workstation one, so my opinion might be biased. I know that a lot of people say that one should go with Red Hat when using Linux in a business environment but I personally only have had bad experiences with their support, that is, I didn't even get an answer whatsoever. I work as a Linux system administrator on a pretty big project for one of the major telecommunications providers here in Spain (active in several countries worldwide) in a cooperation with one of the biggest hardware providers in the world. On three occasions I needed Red Hat support to solve an issue and once we even channeled it through our partner. On all occasions I'm still awaiting an answer. It's something, the Red Hat support I mean, that in my opinion is highly overrated. I'm investigating software alternatives at the moment to replace the parts we're having issues with, so that should give you an idea on how I think personally about Red Hat. I prefer Debian or CentOS on our production servers and am fighting (verbally) to get there.

On various occasions I didn't even bother to contact Red Hat since a solution is easier found (and faster for that matter), searching forums like LQ.

Kind regards,

Eric