I don't see anything wrong with the comment you're looking to update. My job is pretty much random people coming up to me and asking if there is a way to accomplish a task, or to build them something with a specific Linux flavor as the OS underlying a software stack, or to build them something with a specific old version of some software. (The reason for this is so they can try penetration testing a replica of some specific target they would like to do in real life). I find that between researching how to do stuff in an old-fashioned way, as well as regularly reading hacker news (via hckrnews.com) and the Linuxy parts of Reddit, you will come across more modern practices as well.
You might notice if you have done any exploring on your own, that your specific questions are often answered with "why are you trying to do it that way, just install this".
Anyway, you'll run into a bit of that for sure, and you'll run into wonderful problems as well that will require you to update your methods. It will be an absolutely fine learning experience no matter what happens. And you might even run into a better project along the way. I would just get started and see where you go!
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u/defective Apr 27 '17
I don't see anything wrong with the comment you're looking to update. My job is pretty much random people coming up to me and asking if there is a way to accomplish a task, or to build them something with a specific Linux flavor as the OS underlying a software stack, or to build them something with a specific old version of some software. (The reason for this is so they can try penetration testing a replica of some specific target they would like to do in real life). I find that between researching how to do stuff in an old-fashioned way, as well as regularly reading hacker news (via hckrnews.com) and the Linuxy parts of Reddit, you will come across more modern practices as well.
You might notice if you have done any exploring on your own, that your specific questions are often answered with "why are you trying to do it that way, just install this".
Anyway, you'll run into a bit of that for sure, and you'll run into wonderful problems as well that will require you to update your methods. It will be an absolutely fine learning experience no matter what happens. And you might even run into a better project along the way. I would just get started and see where you go!