worth learning -Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

[da_mic_1530]

Hi there, any replies are very welcome

I'm currently at uni and looking at my last year modules, which will be 7 weeks long each

I am very interested in Web design and general PC related things

Studying IT management with business (degree title)

Is it worth my taking a module for 7 weeks on Linux to complement Webdesign

Heres the description

Open Source System Essentials

Linux is the fastest growing operating system in the world and there is high demand for people skilled in this area.

The core of this module is provided by the Red Hat Academy. You will follow RHA030 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Computing Essentials. You will learn to be effective users of Linux systems, acquiring skills and understanding of command line functions, file systems, users and groups, bash shell, process management, text editors, network applications, searching and organizing data, and graphical applications. In addition you will be asked to explore issues related to the deployment of a Linux based system. A key benefit of this module is that you will be working at the level of professional accreditation. Successful completion of the curriculum at around 70% is considered to give you 50% the knowledge and expertise required to become a Red Hat Certified Technician. There is lots of on-line assessment in this module. There are multiple choice questions and practical exercises. Most students enjoy the instant feedback and the true measure of competence that this type of assessment brings.

This module is open to anyone in the Faculty with the motivation to become an expert in the use of the Linux operating system.

any thoughts, as critical as you want

 

[Sarduk]

Definitely - if you go into web development later on, you will almost certainly be doing so for the LAMP platform.

When you 'learn' RHEL, you actually 'learn' essentially every Linux distro going, as they are all practically the same. Especially CentOS (the open source project from which RHEL is derived) and Fedora (the consumer fork of CentOS).

It will also be useful to you if you go into IT management of some kind, so you know what your technicians or contractees are talking about. Employers do not like one-trick ponies; the more experience you have in lots of technical areas the better, as it will allow you to communicate with others on many other technical levels.

However, I do not see in the specification much about the setting up of and administration of Linux servers. If you are just going to be taught how to consume Linux (as a consumer) rather than administer it, the unit will not be as worthwhile and will not be a future-proof.

 

[da_mic_1530]

Definitely - if you go into web development later on, you will almost certainly be doing so for the LAMP platform.

When you 'learn' RHEL, you actually 'learn' essentially every Linux distro going, as they are all practically the same. Especially CentOS (the open source project from which RHEL is derived) and Fedora (the consumer fork of CentOS).

It will also be useful to you if you go into IT management of some kind, so you know what your technicians or contractees are talking about. Employers do not like one-trick ponies; the more experience you have in lots of technical areas the better, as it will allow you to communicate with others on many other technical levels.

However, I do not see in the specification much about the setting up of and administration of Linux servers. If you are just going to be taught how to consume Linux (as a consumer) rather than administer it, the unit will not be as worthwhile and will not be a future-proof.

Many thanks for the post, I really do appriciate it

I will be ringing the course guy on Monday and will make my desicion based on wether or not it's actually worthwhile content

You should see my other choices, absolutely dire, I pay good money and get offered horrific choices that arn't relevant to my course, e.g The history of music

 

[Rainmaker]

That module will stand you in good stead no matter what, even if it's not directly related to web design. Knowing your way round a *nix box will be a handy skill to have. Why not get a head start and start playing with CentOS in a virtual machine? It's free

Just to clear up something JimpsEd said: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is NOT derived from CentOS lol CentOS is a community project derived from RHEL Actually, the CentOS team just take the source RPMs from RH releases, and remove the branding etc before re-releasing it free under the GPL.

Fedora isn't a fork of CentOS either. Again if anything the other way around. Fedora is a community distro nowadays, but is still considered something of a testing ground for RHEL (and therefore indirectly CentOS). All the best/most stable bits from Fedora go into the next release of RHEL (and CentOS). Fedora, like most community distros, has a rapid (~6 month) release cycle, whereas RHEL/CentOS are released every few years providing stability for the production environment.