I’m an English teacher who wanted to “cut the cord” wherever I could, so I started learning about domain hosts, containerization, .yaml files, etc.

Since then, I’ve been hosting several pods for file sharing and streaming for many years, and I’m currently thinking about learning kubernetes for home deployment. But why?

If you aren’t in development, IT, cyber security, or in a related profession, what made you want to learn this on your own? What made you want to pick this up as a hobby?

  • undrwater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    2 days ago

    I’m a social worker by background. It all started with running Linux on my desktop.

    From there, the possibilities seemed endless.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I was going to think up something more elaborate, but this is enough.

      I’m also a bit of an electronics hoarder recycler, which probably got me into Linux in the first place. And Linux proved me right: old hardware is still good. My first server was a 32 bit laptop.

      I also work in the social sector btw.

    • muxika@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      That’s the way to go! I’m sure you didn’t want to go back to Windows after a while. That was the start for me, too, back with Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope.

      • undrwater@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        I still have a means of booting up Windows if there’s a need (usually for a firmware flash too that doesn’t have a Linux alternative).

        I was dual booting with Windows ME (which worked well for my computer). Distro hopping until I bootstrapped Gentoo from stage one.