[BitWielder1]

Linux is a Developer's Dream Come True

You pretty much need the skill set of a software developer to operate and maintain a Linux system.
If you have that it's great, if not it becomes a headache.

[ShadowAce]

You pretty much need the skill set of a software developer to operate and maintain a Linux system.

Uhh--no.

[Myrddin]

You pretty much need the skill set of a software developer to operate and maintain a Linux system.

I've been a UNIX sysadmin since 1982 and kernel code developer since 1983. PacBell had full source code access as a Bell BOC at that point in time. Modern Linux really spoon feeds the pablum to the unwashed end user. You don't need a huge skill set to use it. It is only on the rarest of occasions when I need to do obscure things like moving filesystem to a large disk, doing a filesystem expansion and tweaking details around physical and logical volume managers. Hacking a device driver to continue supporting the embedded Ethernet hardware on the motherboard also falls in the obscure range. The cheap "out" is to just install a supported Ethernet interface on the PCIE or USB bus.