And Linux isn’t minimal effort. It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

That’s why I’d love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren’t scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

Related: Omakub

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    Lol IT person here, so many developers barely know how to turn there machine on

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      As a developer, I have met developers that don’t understand file systems. They could write code and not find it. Like wtf?

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        I know more than a handful of developers who religiously refuse to learn version control systems, and barely know how to operate a computer in general. It’s more of a mindset issue

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      Not directed at you specifically, but it’s the same with IT and dev people but with security/privacy.