Operating System of choice for a modern Network Engineer?
For Engineers today what is recommended path in regards to OS?
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OctalDump
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There's a lot of tools that are Windows only. But there's also a lot things that are 'easier' on Linux (or macOS). I suspect that you'll use what you are given and make do.2017 Goals - Something Cisco, Something Linux, Agile PM -
Params7
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Windows and Unix almost equally. Windows is good for general use and Unix skills will come in handy for scripting. That's where networking seems to be heading. If I had to just pick one, it would be Unix. -
DoubleNNs
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Client machine? Mac OS X. Has almost all of the advantages of WIN and *nix (OS X is BSD under the hood) and if needed, can easily create a WIN and/or *nix VM. (I love Vagrant.)
Additionally, altho you can virtualize WIN and *nix, you can't virtualize OS X unless you're on Apple hardware because of licensing.Goals for 2018:
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networker050184
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It's all personal preference really. I've been on linux for years now and couldn't go back. Lots of people use OSX or Windows just fine though. Your employer might just make the decision for you anyway.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
tunerX
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For me Apple is fine for the kids and media editing.
I prefer windows because I use visio and office a helluva lot. Pretty much every hardware or peripheral vendor has driver and application support for it.
I run everything else as VMs with workstation to include OSX.
