<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Rack-Mount-inch-Units/dp/B085LQT67P">https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Rack-Mount-inch-Units/dp/B085LQT67P</a><br><br>These are great for pi monitor gear 👍<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On January 9, 2021 2:30:36 PM EST, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On 1/9/21 1:59 PM, Mark Ogilvie via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Someone asked what my specific learning goals were. In a nutshell I<br>am open to whatever career opportunities a knowledge of Linux will<br>provide. At present I install and service workstations and point of<br>sale machines, but sometimes need to help with servers. My lack of<br>Linux skills is severely limiting my ability to help customers in<br>this arena. I hope that Linux on my Raspberry Pi can help me<br>accomplish most of the following:<br></blockquote><br>In the Unix world, most enterprises have moved into virtualization, <br>Linux containers, for everything that isn't a desktop. Using VMs to <br>learn is extremely common. Unfortunately, a raspberry pi isn't <br>sufficient for this ... er ... yet. You can use linux containers <br>on any Pi or any Linux system with a kernel from the last 10 yrs.<br><br>Raspberry pi hardware is great for learning everything except how to <br>deal with x86 booting and real hardware issues. <br>You'll not learn how to troubleshoot boot issues on a pi. <br>You'll not have compatibility issues with stupid things like <br>printers, scanners, microphones, webcams.<br>You won't use enterprise storage tools like LVM or ZFS on a PI. These <br>are basic skills for an Admin with 1+ yr of experience. You can fake <br>all these things using a virtual machine or 5.<br><br>The lowest end Intel/AMD CPU will blow away performance compared to <br>a raspberry-pi. Pis are useful for all sorts of things, including <br>beginning CLI learning, but you won't see racks and racks of servers<br>all with raspberry-pi hardware. $300 in AMD/Intel desktop hardware <br>can probably run 10 Linux VMs, so you can practice communicating <br>between Linux systems, setting up NFS storage, running an identity <br>management server, multiple web servers, media servers and use the <br>r-pi as a silent playback system.<br><br>The options are nearly infinite.<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>