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Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by mbiondi »

krylon wrote: post #9
hutzlibu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux." And then some people wonder, why the year of the linux desktop still has not arrived. But luckily no, unless things went very wrong, a newbie will not have to invoke those commands - and if he indeed has to, he or she will likely just give up anyway. (Btw. I use linux since years and so far only had to use half of the liste…

I concur. I've been using GNU/Linux on the desktop (and server) for 20 years, I don't think I ever used blkid or lsblk. fdisk, on the other hand, was a thing in the DOS/Windows world, too, back in the day, and dealing with partitioning is something you are going to do regardless of the OS you are using.

lsblk is super helpful and I've used it many, many times since I found it about 5 years ago.

inxi is a new one for me.

Command usage / knowledge depends on what you need and why.

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by rootlocus »

traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

I have interviewed "senior devops" candidates that didn't know what procfs was.

edit: We didn't consider them for the role.

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by metadat »

rootlocus wrote: post #12
traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

I have interviewed "senior devops" candidates that didn't know what procfs was. edit: We didn't consider them for the role.

Hopefully they didn't get the green light..

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by dijit »

rootlocus wrote: post #12
traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

I have interviewed "senior devops" candidates that didn't know what procfs was. edit: We didn't consider them for the role.

Either we have abstracted away the operating system so this is a non-issue or those candidates are simply not qualified.

If you’re senior then I would definitely expect you to know those commands, if you’re senior you’ve been around long enough that they were relevant. Even if they’re not now.

Re: Linux commands for advanced hardware and system info

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Post by jethro_tell »

cal85 wrote: post #8
traceroute66 wrote: post #5

I have to say the title is a bit clickbaity. Since when were uname,dmesg,fdisk,gdisk,parted,blkid,lsblk,mount,df and /proc "advanced" commands ? A newbie will likely need to use all of them within the first week of them ever using Linux.

You’re already advanced then. Your claim about “within the first week” is a bit silly. I’ve used Linux on and off for the last 15-20 years. Just occasionally, to get certain things done in my development work. And I couldn’t tell you what any of those commands do (although I’ve probably used them a few times by copying and pasting). Advanced is subjective.

It may be true that people don't need to use these commands in the first week. Still doesn't make them advanced. Perhaps intermediate but I think even that is a stretch.

You can drive a car and never open the hood if you want. Opening the hood to change the oil still doesn't make you advanced in any way shape or form. Doing your own breaks is a step further but it's still pretty basic.

Swapping your engine, is advanced, redoing your suspension is advanced. You can't just call using an oil pan and a wrench advanced because most people don't it.

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