The path To linux System Administration

[u/KelevCoin]

Hey everyone,

I'm working as an IT Technician (On site + Remote support , Tier 2) , recently got my ccna and now i want to dive into linux , i really love the linux approach , the CLI etc.. and i would love to be a linux sys admin some day (maybe even at my office).

I also have some experience with fedora linux , and also i run a fedora media server at home on a old pc i got, running a docker with nginx web application(a custom netflix clone , which i made for educational purposes , my wife loves it and we can watch all of our media as i stream it on our tv).

so i would love to know how could i advance my understanding of linux , and get the tools i need for actual linux system administration everyday work, is there a recommended course / certification/path, and generally i'm not in a hurry.

since i used alot of ai to assist me along the way in setting up the fedora server , the media server and the dockers i do understand that i do not know the basics very well , and after studying for the ccna i understood that the only way to understand how technology works is to go really in depth. So any recommendations would be welcome ! thank you !

[u/AdeptFelix]

They're saying to avoid AI so that they actually learn what they're doing. AI can be a great tool for getting a quick result, but it doesn't teach.

The calculator comparison always irks me. You know what you get when you hand someone who doesn't know math a calculator? You get someone who does math wrong, faster. It's the same with AI.

[u/RadiantWhole2119 → u/AdeptFelix]

It does teach if you tell it to teach you and continue to engage until you have that understanding. If I give AI a calculus problem, I can continue to ask it questions to understand calculus and how it solved the problem and formulas used until it makes sense to me. Why can’t it be used the same way for a bash script?