Does the distro matter? | Linux Today

Does the distro matter?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 23, 2009

“I got a phone call yesterday from a recruiter wondering if I
would be interested in a Linux administrator position. The first
question she asked was did I have any experience with Oracle RAC
and I could hear her eyes glaze over as I answered her with a brief
description of what I have done with RAC. After shaking herself
back to life, she asked if I had any experience with Unbreakable
Linux.

“Unbreakable is the Oracle distribution and while I have heard
of it, I had to admit I had never worked with it as a distribution
but I asked what they were looking for specifically. Experience
with Unbreakable. Yes, but what sort of experience.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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