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Commerce · July 29, 2020

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Linux sysadmin course – eight years on

Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…

Linux sysadmin course – eight years on launched on July 29, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,626 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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