[ale] How useful is Raspbian for Newbie Learning Linux?

[Jim Kinney]

https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Rack-Mount-inch-Units/dp/B085LQT67P

These are great for pi monitor gear 👍

On January 9, 2021 2:30:36 PM EST, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>On 1/9/21 1:59 PM, Mark Ogilvie via Ale wrote:
>> Someone asked what my specific learning goals were. In a nutshell I
>> am open to whatever career opportunities a knowledge of Linux will
>> provide. At present I install and service workstations and point of
>> sale machines, but sometimes need to help with servers. My lack of
>> Linux skills is severely limiting my ability to help customers in
>> this arena. I hope that Linux on my Raspberry Pi can help me
>> accomplish most of the following:
>
>In the Unix world, most enterprises have moved into virtualization, 
>Linux containers, for everything that isn't a desktop. Using VMs to 
>learn is extremely common.  Unfortunately, a raspberry pi isn't 
>sufficient for this ... er ... yet.  You can use linux containers 
>on any Pi or any Linux system with a kernel from the last 10 yrs.
>
>Raspberry pi hardware is great for learning everything except how to 
>deal with x86 booting and real hardware issues. 
>You'll not learn how to troubleshoot boot issues on a pi. 
>You'll not have compatibility issues with stupid things like 
>printers, scanners, microphones, webcams.
>You won't use enterprise storage tools like LVM or ZFS on a PI. These 
>are basic skills for an Admin with 1+ yr of experience.  You can fake 
>all these things using a virtual machine or 5.
>
>The lowest end Intel/AMD CPU will blow away performance compared to 
>a raspberry-pi. Pis are useful for all sorts of things, including 
>beginning CLI learning, but you won't see racks and racks of servers
>all with raspberry-pi hardware. $300 in AMD/Intel desktop hardware 
>can probably run 10 Linux VMs, so you can practice communicating 
>between Linux systems, setting up NFS storage, running an identity 
>management server, multiple web servers, media servers and use the 
>r-pi as a silent playback system.
>
>The options are nearly infinite.
>_______________________________________________
>Ale mailing list
>Ale at ale.org
>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo

-- 
Computers amplify human error
Super computers are really cool
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20210109/efe97f25/attachment.html>