Originally I intended to teach myself Windows networking by creating Windows
virtual machines. I would think the same approach could be used for learning
linux systems administration. On the other hand, when I decided to teach
myself linux systems admin, I just got a used machine. Around here, you can
get used hardware for practically nothing because people will give away
decent machines in order to avoid paying the city's $20 recycling fee. I
don't know if that advice still holds up though. It has been 3 or 4 years
since I tried to install linux on an older machine. Linux has become more
and more of a resource hog lately. But its probably still better than
Windows. So you could probably start by getting a used PC.
Anyway, when I got started, I just got an old PC, installed linux on it, and
started googling for instructions. I've taught myself everything I know
that way. Just google it. I was planning on teaching myself Windows
networking the same way. But I never got around to it. And now my career
went a different way and I no longer have any need to knowanything about
Windows systems admin.
As for which skills to acquire, all I can tell you is what its like around
here. I work for the University of Wisconsin (in the Math Department) and
there are a ton of jobs for linux systems admins around here. I'd say linux
systems admin and web programmers are the most common. Practically every
week I see someone begging for people to apply for their open linux systems
admin position. My own department had a job opening like that 6 months ago
and while we did get one outstanding candidate, we got only one. It could
easily have been zero. I can see why some departments are having trouble
finding qualified applicants. Starting salary for an entry-level linux
systems admin here at the UW is about $33K. I know a lot of blind people
would be glad to start at $33K but in the real world, that's not much.
PS: You should change the subject line on a message if you're going to
change the subject. Not doing that is called "highjacking the thread."
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:37 AM
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] cpu recommendation
Out of curiosity::
Why do you run those vm's all at the same time?
Is it because of training practices which you need to follow?
I am having a semilar question.
At the moment i am training to renew my microsoft certifications because my
employer request this.
And i am not sure which strategy I should follow.
I have a macbook air with 8 gig of ram bt a SSD hart drive.
I am thinking of buying / building a huge machine with enough capacity to
run vmware or Hyper-V to get my lap up and running.
I am thinking to chose for vmware so I can also do linux stuff because of
future employment and offcorse more knowledge.
Anyone a advice for me?
Thanks in advance,
Vincent.
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Op 15 nov. 2012, om 18:39 heeft John G. Heim
I need to buy a new mobo, CPU, and RAM before December 31. Any recommendations on a CPU? I intend to run linux with Windows running in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine. Sometimes I run 2 or 3 vms at once so I'd prefer a qua-core CPU.
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