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Project Ideas

Getting started with Linux has never been easier with the single board computer craze that started with the Raspberry Pi. Here are a variety of DIY projects to cut your teeth on:

  • Homelab Crowd
    • Visit r/Homelab a community around home IT geeks
    • Awesome-Selfhosted Projects
  • Raspberry Pi
    • Pi-Hole Ad Blocker
    • RetroPie Gaming
  • Home Linux router
    • Espressobin Single Board Switch/Router
    • Arstechnica’s Router from Scratch

Resources

Youtube

  • Techquickie - What is Linux?
  • tutoriaLinux - Your First 5 Minutes
  • tutoriaLinux - Linux Sysadmin Basics

Blogs

  • Ryans Tutorials - Linux
  • Ryans Tutorials - Bash Scripting
  • Oregon State University Open Source Labs (OSUOSL) Devops Bootcamp

Book Lists

  • The Linux Command Line
  • UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook
  • The Practice of System and Network Administration
  • Dave Cohen’s Book List

University Classes

  • OSU CS312
  • CU Boulder TLEN 5833
  • UCSD Extension Linux Administration program

Commercial Offerings

  • Google IT Support Professional Certificate
  • Cybrary
  • Linux Academy
  • Pluralsight

Staying up to date

  • r/homelab
  • Phoronix
  • Serve The Home
  • The Next Platform

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