The next few articles will follow my journey as I learn more about Linux, Raspberry Pis, and building my first homelab.
I have next to no real experience with this type of hardware or software, so I am expecting to learn a lot as I work through it. My main goal is not just to build something that looks cool. I want to understand what I built, why it works, and how I would fix it when something eventually breaks.
I also plan to write these articles using my own thoughts and explanations rather than having AI generate the learning for me. I will use AI to proofread what I write, improve the readability, and verify that my technical explanations are accurate. When something I wrote is incorrect or incomplete, that simply becomes another part of the learning process.
To start this journey, the first thing I did was use ChatGPT to help develop a roadmap containing the goals, projects, and topics I wanted to explore. Once that roadmap was planned, I created a Jira project and used it to organize the work into Epics, Stories, and Subtasks.
The current plan contains eight Epics, with roughly seven Stories per Epic and several Subtasks under each Story. It is a lot of work, and some of it may turn out to be unnecessary. I plan to refine the tickets as I learn more instead of treating the original roadmap as something that cannot change.
The main thing to remember is that the roadmap gives me the initial structure to get the wheels rolling while still keeping the focus on learning. I do not want to mindlessly follow commands, finish a project, and then realize that I cannot explain anything I created.
By the end of the eighth Epic, I am at least hoping I can explain at least one topic about Linux along with some cool stuff to show off
Alright with this explained, lets begin learning about linux and setup my own homelab. YAHOO!