Linux Foundation System Administrator Konstanin Ryabitsev works on the team that runs the systems behind Linux kernel development on kernel.org. As part of theCollaborative Projects team he's also responsible for providing IT hosting for projects including Yocto Project;Code Aurora Forum; OpenDaylight; AllSeen Alliance;OPNFV; and Iotivity.
This week Ryabitsev answered questions in a Reddit AMA that covered topics ranging from his favorite distro and tools to the inner workings of kernel.org infrastructure. Some of his more interesting answers included showing the trust paths from his PGP key to Linus's, explaining his love of a fermented Russian drink called Kvass, and confessing that not all of the systems he oversees run Linux.
Below is a sampling of some of the responses. Visit the r/linux subreddit for the full AMA. For previous Linux.com articles featuring Konstantin, see On the Job with a Linux Foundation Systems Administrator and Linux Foundation SysAdmin Konstantin Ryabitsev, an SELinux Expert.
On kernel.org infrastructure
Which distro do you guys run on production? Do you prefer a mono-culture or do you see different distros doing different jobs better? (See the full thread by minimim)
We're an RHEL shop for a number of both historical and pragmatical reasons. The only thing we have that's not RHEL is the Raspberry Pi that's doing auto-signing for sha256sums. That's running Raspbian.
Vi or e-macs? (minimim)
I've used both, but vi is the tool that's most likely to be installed on any given Linux system, so that's my preferred editor. If you do sysadmin work, you pretty much have to know VI, or the day cometh when you'll find yourself with a console terminal and no way to run "yum/apt-get install emacs/nano" (pity the fool). :)
What is the gear for the various services? Where is it hosted? (minimim)
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