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This is honestly the thing that annoys me most about Raspberry Pis. They’ve taken what was (and still is) transferable knowledge on how to do things with Linux
by jon-wood 3y ago
This is honestly the thing that annoys me most about Raspberry Pis. They’ve taken what was (and still is) transferable knowledge on how to do things with Linux and made people think it’s some sort of Raspberry Pi magic.
The shear number of “how to run Nginx on a Raspberry Pi 4” tutorials blows my mind. Why not teach people to fish instead and show them how to apply the same process you would for any other Linux distribution? Who knows, maybe that’s a thing I should do.
- HorizonXP 3y agoI share your frustration but part of this has to be incremental to get people on-boarded and interested. Most people will search for Raspberry Pi, not Linux. Now, will those tutorials point out at the end, “Hey, this applies to most Linux distros, click here to learn more.”? Would be nice but probably not. Also, in my old age and as a parent, I also search for the same. And I’m the kid that installed Slackware from floppies at 11. Could I figure out which commands to write into the current Debian distribution that Raspberry Pi uses? Definitely. But I have limited focus time with my kids. I’d love for him to learn the basics too, but that will come. At 5, I just need to wow him with all the cool things he can build. The details can come later.
- justin66 3y agoIsn't it the job of Nginx to provide a distro-neutral installation document?
- jjeaff 3y agoThat may be the title of the article for SEO purposes. But anyone who learns how to install nginx on raspberry pi will soon find out that their knowledge transfers to most Linux distro.
- GauntletWizard 3y agoMost people don't want to learn to fish in their quest to make a seafood dinner.