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Linux First: Your Step-by-Step DevOps Foundation Guide

Melody Mbewe on April 23, 2025

After my post about learning Linux before diving into Kubernetes, some of you asked for more specific guidance. Shout out to KC, who perfectly capt...
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Nevo David

Damn, the time I wasted not documenting my own stuff, would've saved so many headaches lol

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Melody Mbewe

Totally hear you! The "future self" gratitude for documentation is REAL. It's like sending yourself a little gift every time you take the time to write things down.

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Prakirth Govardhanam

I am currently at step 2 of the detailed process. Thank you very much for this roadmap @devnenyasha ! This reaffirmed my understanding of learning Linux before DevOps. Scripting, monitoring deployed applications and if possible automating troubleshooting common issues are the key goals for me. I hope it is achievable.
Thank you once again :)

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Melody Mbewe

You're welcome! I'm glad the roadmap helped, and it's great you're already at step 2. Learning Linux is definitely a solid foundation for DevOps. Your goals of scripting, monitoring, and automating troubleshooting are absolutely achievable. Focus on those, and you'll be well on your way. Good luck!

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Prakirth Govardhanam

Thank you very much! l will keep my focus on the end goal :)

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chukwuma nwakpa

Honestly, documenxtation has to be the major part that got me in this post. Thank you once again for reiterating this very matter.

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Melody Mbewe

You're very welcome! I'm glad to hear the emphasis on documentation resonated and helped you secure the position. It's often an overlooked but crucial skill.

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Thomas TS

I have been using the GNU/Linux since 1993, before the graphical environment.
At that time some friends make joke of us because the OS was just an "ls server". After a lot of struggle to install (several floppy disks) we only know how to use the 'ls' command.
I was used to compile my own custom kernels in a Slackware distro (the first one).
Now a days I am using the MX distro to get rind of the suspicious systemd.

And settled with the MATE window manager.

Long live Free Software !!!

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KC • Edited

Glad I could help @devnenyasha. Wish we could dive into deeper about the potential usage of WSL. Since I use zsh with WSL nowadays compared to bash, maybe it would be an interesting topic in future about learning other kinds of shell scripts for self customization.

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Melody Mbewe

Absolutely, KC! A deep dive into WSL and shell customization (especially zsh) sounds like a fantastic follow-up—I’ll definitely explore that soon. If you’ve got any favorite zsh tricks or pain points you’d want covered, let me know! Would love to make it practical for folks who are already leveling up their terminal game.

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KC

Yes, will let you know if I've come up with any ideas. Meanwhile, congratulations on being on one of top 7 featured dev posts of the week

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Joe

I don't do full stack, but I do bash... Documentation is undervalued. It can make good software ten times better because people can figure out how to use it and allows programmers to jump in way faster without making as many design mistakes.

Have you checked out warp-terminal (AI for the CLI)? I haven't used it much yet, but I expect to on my new notebook.

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Jay lee

good job

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izaias

Is Debian diatros not use "ethx" interfas use "enp1sx"... your article is great...

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Jay lee • Edited

Good Job
I am also a fullstack web developer.
Please send your email to me.
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