[kwlug-disc] Switching Jobs from Debian Shop to RHEL?

[William Park]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:18:42AM -0400, Joe Wennechuk wrote:
> I am about to start a new position on the 21 st., and they are Redhat
> enthusiasts. The vast majority of my experience is with Debian. What
> are the major differences that I need to know right away? I understand
> that the networking system etc file structure is dissimilar, and to
> type yum instead of apt-get, but what really are the differences? Also
> should I change my Desktop environment from Kubuntu, or any *untu. I
> am downloading RHEL Enterprise desktop and will install later today.
> What are my options, and is the switch from *untu on my desktop
> necessary  when dealing with RHEL servers in the infrastructure? 		 	   		  

Hands-on is the best way.  It won't take long, if you already know one
Linux.  Most of "issues" you'll face will be how it interacts with other
machines.  And, that's something you can't learn in isolation.
-- 
William