for the techies: server build (pic heavy)

**andrewjs18** · 06-27-2015, 11:09 PM

(06-27-2015, 11:03 PM)TMatherne Wrote:
(06-27-2015, 08:59 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote:
(06-27-2015, 04:40 PM)TMatherne Wrote:
(06-27-2015, 05:46 AM)andrewjs18 Wrote: haha! do you work in IT?
Indeed. I also run exclusively on Linux, simply because it makes it the easiest to jump from running on servers at work to a desktop at home. The fact that it is free helps, too , of course, that makes it really hard on times like now, when I have broken my laptop and I have to work on my wife's computer...

sys admin? I run linux on all of my web servers. the backup server I posted photos of above will run freenas, which runs on top of freebsd. for my personal computers, I run windows. I like the simplicity of running windows, to be honest. linux can be a PITA at times.
Heheh, I've been running Linux so long that I feel the same way about windows now. I currently am acting as a DBA for the group I'm working with, but have acted as a Linux admin in the past

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I'm mostly self taught. I had some instruction with knoppix a few years back in school.

TMatherne · 06-28-2015, 12:08 AM

Totally self taught in Linux myself. Working on the programming degree

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**andrewjs18** · 06-28-2015, 04:37 AM

(06-28-2015, 12:08 AM)TMatherne Wrote: Totally self taught in Linux myself. Working on the programming degree

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sweet. what language do you like to write in? I dabble in some php here and there, but I can never stay committed.

TMatherne · 06-28-2015, 05:55 AM

The languages I'm most familiar with are Java, web languages (php, html, XML, etc), Python, and C. If I had my choice, though, I think I'd spend the rest of my time in C#, which I just started in, simply because the MonoProject and Unreal Engine make game development free and easier than ever before.

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**andrewjs18** · 06-28-2015, 06:43 AM

(06-28-2015, 05:55 AM)TMatherne Wrote: The languages I'm most familiar with are Java, web languages (php, html, XML, etc), Python, and C. If I had my choice, though, I think I'd spend the rest of my time in C#, which I just started in, simply because the MonoProject and Unreal Engine make game development free and easier than ever before.

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I did some c++ in high school. since my daily job is more hardware/software support, I don't have much motivation to learn to write code and stick with it.

TMatherne · 06-28-2015, 06:46 AM

Yeah. I understand. For me, the motivation is largely internal. I just want to eventually create the game that is bugging me and won't leave my head. For that, you need large project chops

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