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Moving forward in the IT world which is better to have a deep knowledge of, Linux OS or Mac OS?

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kriscamaro68

Linux/Unix. Most of that knowledge will port over to Mac OS.

ptilsen

Normally I dislike answering normative questions like this with absolutes, but the answer is absolutely traditional UNIX and Linux over Mac OS. Mac OS X is nice for personal use and desktop support, but UNIX/Linux/open source knowledge is much more applicable to more job roles, especially more lucrative ones.

joey74055

ptilsen wrote: »

Normally I dislike answering normative questions like this with absolutes, but the answer is absolutely traditional UNIX and Linux over Mac OS. Mac OS X is nice for personal use and desktop support, but UNIX/Linux/open source knowledge is much more applicable to more job roles, especially more lucrative ones.

Thanks, this was exactly the type of answer I was looking for. I realize this question could have been broken down into a hundred pieces but I was just looking for a simple answer like this on the whole.

Cpl.Klinger

kriscamaro68 wrote: »

Linux/Unix. Most of that knowledge will port over to Mac OS.

This. If you have a deep understanding of Linux/Unix, you can pick up the rest about OS X in a week.

pram

Trick question, OS X is unix