Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Yes, I highly recommend a VPS. 
If it is just for learning a bit you can find some in the $3-$5 range even with out a contract/remting month 
by month in other words.
I pay about 35 pounds sterling, around $55 for 6months on bhost which I highly reccomment. I'm getting a mid 
range package with more memory and a ton of 
bandwidth/monthly IO is 1.5TB. 
I like bhost because they do not use some complex interface that is less than perfectly accessible. 
Every thing other than controling some basic configuration of things like what distro/release to install how 
external connections are handled by the 
network and such is done via ssh. 
Most vps providers will let you change distros and reinstall as often as you like, and there are different 
backup schemes so that you can save a good 
gentoo server for later while you try Debian, etc.
I'd actually recommend a VPS even if you do have spare hardware you can use to set up a physical server on.
Seeing how ping times go, how things are routed, and having a permanent external IP to use are jlust some of 
the advantages of using a vps for a 
learning tool/test bed.
Set up a physical server also if you posiblly can. A raspberryPI is an option if you do not have old hardware 
liing around .
 


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     B.H.
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  Tony Baechler wrote:
Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 03:55:22AM -0800

> Hi,
>
> I won't quote Geoff's long, very informative and useful post here,
> but I would like to comment on a point. He suggests getting a VPS
> and I highly agree! They're incredibly cheap nowadays and often you
> can cancel after a month. You can try Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc,
> install anything you want, make a mess, format and start over. Since
> it isn't real hardware, you literally can't break anything. If you
> have a recent enough CPU and enough memory, play with KVM,
> VirtualBox, etc and set up your own virtual machines. That has the
> advantage that you don't need to worry about security and can
> experiment with web servers etc on your local machine without
> shelling out the cash for a VPS. If you can spare the disk space, do
> an actual Linux install on an extra partition and set up dual boot.
> That way you don't have the overhead of a VM. If there is a specific
> package you're interested in like WordPress, there are various ways
> of having automatic installs with minimal effort such as Juju charms
> on Ubuntu.
>
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