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Set Up a Raspberry Pi as a Personal Web Server

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Re: Set Up a Raspberry Pi as a Personal Web Server

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Post by BigNuts »

BigRedS wrote: post #3

I'm really beginning to dislike all these "Set up the Raspberry Pi as a X" tutorials. I think they contribute to the idea that there's something weird and peculiar about the Pi, and give the impression that if you want a tutorial to do something on the Pi you need a "For the Pi" tutorial. Couldn't we instead have a "Install Raspbian" (or whatever) tutorial and then try to push the idea that at the end of that you hav…

I personally think you are missing the point.

This is not about setting up a big old large laptop a server or using a big old desktop as a server.

This is about using something that costs a few dollars to be and is the size of a cigarette packet to do it all.

Re: Set Up a Raspberry Pi as a Personal Web Server

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Post by JeremyMorgan »

BigRedS wrote: post #3

I'm really beginning to dislike all these "Set up the Raspberry Pi as a X" tutorials. I think they contribute to the idea that there's something weird and peculiar about the Pi, and give the impression that if you want a tutorial to do something on the Pi you need a "For the Pi" tutorial. Couldn't we instead have a "Install Raspbian" (or whatever) tutorial and then try to push the idea that at the end of that you hav…

I'm the original author of this article, and this is the most common feedback I've received for this. But the fact is, this article wasn't written for you, it was written for newbies.

If you have hung out in the RPi forums for any length of time you'll quickly see that there are a LOT of customers who who nothing about this device, or Linux for that matter. It was cool, so they bought it. There's nothing wrong with that, because they're willing to learn and that is the intended use of the product.

So yes, you and I both know that there are just a couple differences here and there but mostly it's just installing a webserver on a Debian machine. The ARM processor vs x86 is the biggest difference between this and the most common install and it doesn't factor in to the process anyway. You know this, and I know this but how about someone who knows little to nothing but wanted to get a pi to learn it?

My intention for this article was to help those people who are very new to this device and Linux, and it's been received well in that regard. They're very likely going to be looking for "how to _____ on a Raspberry Pi" and so that's what I'm going to give them. It's simply building a bridge to help get more people into this geeky little cult we live in and I don't see any harm in it.

Re: Set Up a Raspberry Pi as a Personal Web Server

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Post by JeremyMorgan »

BigRedS wrote: post #4
BigRedS wrote: post #3

I'm really beginning to dislike all these "Set up the Raspberry Pi as a X" tutorials. I think they contribute to the idea that there's something weird and peculiar about the Pi, and give the impression that if you want a tutorial to do something on the Pi you need a "For the Pi" tutorial. Couldn't we instead have a "Install Raspbian" (or whatever) tutorial and then try to push the idea that at the end of that you hav…

Hm. Now that the link's finally loaded I can see that this is exactly the same link I posted a similar comment on on Reddit a few days ago, to which the author didn't take kindly. Hopefully I've made my case slightly better this time! :)

It's not that I didn't take it kindly, it's just that I'm tired of the negativity on Reddit and I'm not afraid to say it. Too many times on there I see great content being downvoted and shat upon by a bunch of people looking their hardest to bury something just because it makes them happy in some sick way. If you post something for a beginner, many people there are quick to show off and act cool and fill it with negative comments and downvote it.

It's not just my content, in fact I hardly submit much there but I see it with a lot of good links in /new. I just think if your whole mission on Reddit is to find new posts and insult the OP and downvote everything that isn't posted by someone in the clique, you need to get outside more.

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