Introduction to the BtrFS Filesystem
Over the nearly 30 years I have been using Linux, the default filesystem for Red Hat Linux (not RHEL) and Fedora, the EXT series of...
Quick Tip for umount
Sometimes learning a new thing can be the result of my innate curiosity.
The Truth About Disk Fragmentation
Modern Linux filesystems make defragmentation irrelevant for most of us.
Prognostications for 2026
The advent of a new year always seems to give us an excuse to inflict our opinions about what we expect -- or hope --...
When an Apparent DDOS Attack is a Good Thing
Both.org is 2 years old and has been growing steadily. But we’re now seeing some interesting growth phenomena.
Mozilla Firefox AI Slop
I've been using Mozilla Firefox since its original release 21 years ago. Firefox started as an excellent open source browser with a relatively small code...
Converting to BtrFS — Episode 4
In the 3rd episode of this series, I used the btrfs-convert command to convert the EXT4 filesystem on an LVM base to BtrFS on LVM....
Advanced stress testing for DevOps
I recently discovered stress-ng which, while similar to the original stress program, offers far more flexibility and granularity in testing.
Everything you never wanted to know about the /etc/fstab File
Mounting of filesystems during the startup process is managed by the /etc/fstab configuration file.
What do AI and Timothy Leary have in common?
If you were around in the '60s, you probably know who Timothy Leary was. If you weren't around then, the short story is that he...
The secret to fixing a mangled filesystem
Modern computers and the storage devices we use in them, both HDDs and SSDs, are quite resilient. It's seldom that a power failure, tripping over...
AI slop broke Windows
30% of the code in Windows has been written by AI. At the same time, pretty much all Windows core features are broken.
Flexible updates with Linux
Flexibility is an important consideration when performing updates to your operating system. Linux gets it right.