Easily Create Windows Installation Media Using Linux Tool
Recently, I've been helping people with Windows machines. In one case, I needed to create bootable drives for Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025...
Commands I use to explore Linux filesystems
As a SysAdmin, I need to manage the filesystems on the hosts in my home lab. There's usually little to do, but when there is...
Why VirtualBox is my goto Hypervisor
I first started using VirtualBox many years ago, and it quickly became my favorite virtualization platform. What drew me in initially was its open-source nature....
How to generate good passwords with pwgen
Whenever I change passwords on my systems, I need to try to think up ones that will be hard to crack as well as easy...
13 years is a long time for a laptop
I’ll always have fond memories of my X1 Carbon. Goodbye, little laptop.
Problems updating QT5 on Fedora 43
I've been having problems trying to install updates on my systems with graphical interfaces. This is due to a conflict with the qt5-qtwebengine-freeworld package. QT5...
Fedora 43 breaks my books
Well, it really only breaks the some of the experiments the 2nd Edition of my "Using and Administering Linux" series. This includes all three volumes...
Electric nonsense
I recently read a story on a local TV station's website that just made we want to cringe. The story was about "Phantom energy drain."...
Installing Fedora 43 Minimal on a Raspberry Pi
I prefer running my Pi in text mode. Here’s how I did it with Fedora 43.
Reviving an Old Laptop with Linux Mint
As I write this on October 28, I got a phone call from someone I had never met before. He’d been referred to me by...
Fedora 43 — A Second Look
I've been using Fedora 43 for a little over 3 days, since Tuesday, and I'm quite happy with it on all my systems. However, I've...
Linux Mint: Better Privacy, Cost, and Performance for Your Old Windows Computer
Last week, Windows 10 users faced a dilemma: transition to Windows 11 and potentially purchase a new computer, or embrace the growing Linux community. Personally,...
Read and write data in C
If you’re new to C programming, here are a few tips to improve reading and writing files.