I finally burned a couple of GNU+Linux installer ISOs to DVD-R, so now I can send S her box (includes flash drive with Ventoy and about five ISOs, a !RasPi Zero 2 kit, a keyboard and mouse for it, and those two DVDs ... #Fedora and #PCLinuxOS; I downloaded #Ubuntu, but it is bigger than the DVD's capacity).
I have one computer at home that runs #NixOS and one that runs #OpenSuse. I'm likely to keep the SuSE machine running that software, but NixOS is too different and too bleeding edge for someone who regularly leaves home for a year.
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Responsibilities:
Interact with end users on technical problems; Tier 1, 2 and 3 support for open source products; Drive resolution of those problems, which include: Open source software issues Questions around open source software usage Questions around use and best practices Review of the architecture and design where software is implemented Conduct professional services and training engagements Research, understand, and advocate open source software Interact with various open source communities Drive early resolution of issues Be a part of the on-call rotation Present knowledge via articles, blogs, and conference presentations.
Requirements:
Minimum of 2 years of software development and design or systems administration or level 3-4 technical support experience; At least 2 years in a senior position ( senior/lead developer, engineer, or DBA); Minimum 3 years implementation and troubleshooting experience on 3 or more of the following: #ActiveMQ, #CentOS, Apache Tomcat, #PostgreSQL, Apache HTTP Server (#httpd), Java Development Kit (#JDK), #Wildfly Application Server, #Jenkins CI, #ApacheKafka, or #ApacheCassandra; Preference given to candidates with implementation and troubleshooting experience on one or more of the following: #ApacheCassandra, #ApacheKafka, #ApacheSolr, #Couchbase, #DockerCE, #ElasticSearch, #Kubernetes, #MongoDB, #Redis, #WSO2, #ApacheNifi, #Kubespray, #Minio, #Foreman, #Kiali, #Terragrunt, #OpenLiberty, or #Kong Strong #RHEL/CentOS background required #Debian/ #Ubuntu, #SUSE/ #openSUSE/ #SLES, other distro background a bonus #C, shell scripting, #Python, etc; #Linux distro package building a plus (#rpm, #deb, #ipkg, etc); Virtual Machine experience with #qemu/ #kvm, #Azure, #AWS, #VirtualBox, #Vagrant; database administration (not just db "power user") experience very desirable; #postgresql/ #mysql/ #mariadb experience preferred; Experience working in production environments, especially enterprise/carrier environments; General experience a plus such as: radius/Kerberos, ldap, ipa/idm, monitoring, vpn, containers, centralized systems management, automation (#ansible, #chef, #puppet, etc), version control (#git, etc), security hardening (CIS, STIGS, PCI-DSS, etc); Technical knowledge, skills and expertise in complex infrastructure, web-based software and enterprise software; Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; Knowledge of open source packages; Experience speaking at conferences/comfortable speaking in front of large crowds; Fast and creative thinker, quick on their feet to respond quickly to complex and difficult problems Proven track record of acquiring strong proficiency in new technologies quickly.
I'm not sure what I'm missing if I run a standard Ubuntu, but:
- www.dell.com/support/home/en-h… seems to offer an ISO for the OEM Ubuntu, if you provide your Service Tag (why??). - Someone on the support forum says they bought it with Windows, but their Grub screenshot shows the OEM Linux version, so there is a way. - The certification exists in four versions and two of them mention the touch screen, so I guess it's worth buying the touchscreen version. certification.ubuntu.com/hardw… - No wait, I thought the price difference for touch was small, but that's because the spec for the touch model has half the SSD and RAM. Never mind then.
It's an expensive one, but I expect to be using it for 8 years like we have with our 2013 MacBook, which is still the strongest computer in the household.
Yes, I can see this being annoying. #Fedora hides the non-Gnome versions, so that most people get GNOME. Since I've hated the look and feel of GNOME ever since I first encountered it, I always look for KDE or other alternative desktops.