I just love Linux man!!!!!
Give me a Linux problem and I'll work with it till it's sorted. I've worked with Unix and Linux for pretty much all of my working life building systems from scratch and then building frameworks to allow front end systems to integrate with 3rd party applications.
Scripting is my thing, I've worked with in development positions in the past but I just love working with scripts, especially bash script. In terms of versatility, bash is like nothing else. Combine this with with a rock solid Unix/Linux system and you get exactly what you need and much much more.