🔐 Linux, Locked and Loaded: A DevOps Primer Before I Git Going

👋 Hello Peeps!
Well, what do you know—I finished the Linux course way earlier than expected!
My goal was to wrap it up before the end of next week, but thanks to a happy little network outage at work (shoutout to IT—you’re doing your best, legends 💻🔥), I had some unexpected downtime and decided to power through.

🧠 Real Talk
To be honest, I skipped a few overly deep sections—because hey, I'm not trying to become a full-blown sysadmin.
My focus is learning just enough Linux to troubleshoot like a boss, understand what’s going on under the hood, and be self-sufficient in a DevOps role.
Maybe that decision will bite me in the butt later… but for now, I'm rolling with it. 😅

💪 Brain Gains (and Retention Plan)
Right now, my head is loaded with Linux knowledge, and I don’t want it to evaporate into the ether ☁️💨
So I’m planning a mini project to practice everything I’ve learned—flex those mind-muscles and make things stick.
I’ll keep you posted on that! 🛠️📓

🚀 Not Rushing, Just Launching Right
I’m super eager to jump into Git, pipelines, Kubernetes, cloud, Docker, and all those DevOps goodies, but I’m not rushing it.
I want to do it right, not fast—because if I skip the basics now, I’ll be forced to loop back later, and that’s just a time-wasting headache.
So yeah, slow and steady but with fire. 🔥🐢

📚 My Linux Learning Assets
Here are my notes and a cheat sheet I made to help me (and maybe you too!):

📓 Full Linux Notes: Linux_basics.md

🧠 Quick Glance Cheat Sheet: devops_linux_skills_checklist.md

🧪 What’s Next?
I’ll be doing a mini project to practice these Linux commands in real-world scenarios.
It might not be a big show-off project, but it’s for muscle memory and confidence.
Then it’s GIT time—my next step on the DevOps ladder. 🔧⏫

🎉 Final Words
Thanks for tagging along—it’s been a fun ride so far!
Next up, we Git serious. 😉

Stay tuned, stay sharp, and stay caffeinated! ☕💻

Comments

[Madhurima Rawat]

Resources are great 💡

Some tips from my side:

• You can have this as series, their is an option when you post to write it as a series. You can also add your existing articles. This would make it easier to navigate, also whatever project you make, you can make it the next part of this series.
• Formatting can be improved, like all headings and other things, use markdown elements like h2, h3 or bullet points.
• In your repository if you have time consider adding a good readme with links to navigate to your files, it would allow more visibility.

Happy to see your journey! 🔥 Keep going 👏

[Sandesh]

Thank you for the suggestions — well received and truly appreciated!

[Madhurima Rawat]

Glad you found it helpful ✨️💡