Varadarajan V wrote:
I have been a silent observer of this list for the past 1-2 years.
A lot are, so no problem in that :)
Unfortunately, for me I learnt about this long after I went for the microsoft certification which helped me to get a job. I work as a windows system admin (3 years) for living.
Nothing wrong in it, a lot of people here and in every LUG had/are working in Microsoft environments as well.
personally I hate microsoft's way of working.
I am not sure what you mean but just to let you know if you did not, *We*, i.e. the FOSS community, are not people who *hate* M$ or any other organization/corporate for that matter. We are admirers/followers of the Freedom Software and its ideas. Although our ideas/principles/way of life are quite contrasting and often opposing to the proprietary software, there is nothing called *hatred*. Its just that we do no believe/interested in proprietary software ideas and we live with our own and as rather a bigger, successful, better community. Though pro-windoze sentiments gets flamed here, we do not preach anti-windows sentiments in our community.
To work in windows I need to keep myself trained in windows and for that i have to use windows.
There are a lot of people who use Windows in their day-to-day life, along with GNU/Linux and if you are using a *legal* copy of Windows its not a *sin*.
I am sure I would be considered as a newbie (I am one) in the linux world and I see jobs are mostly for the experienced in the linux administration.
Yes, in FOSS world only skill level matters, i.e. how much you know and can do, but opportunity will be provided to learn and excel. And for that matter, we are all n00bs too, for every thing we know there are atleast a dozen things to learn more :)
What should I do to make the switch? I need your suggestions. I wish to quit windows..now
Its not a one hour transformation from a way different environment into GNU/Linux. First try to get one/some distributions like Ubuntu/Mandrake/Fedora Core and try installing them. Then start using them, may be at evening+night at home, for your general browsing, mail checking, song hearing activities.. get used to it. Interact with us and know what we *do*. And it goes on... there is no concrete way of getting into GNU/Linux, experience is the only way.