How to be the lazy SysAdmin
Work smarter, not harder, and still do your job well. The job of a Linux SysAdmin is always complex and often fraught with various pitfalls...
My Oldest Computer Died
I had this old Dell Optiplex 755 computer that someone gifted me several years ago. "They" said it was no longer working and they were...
Bash Prompt Changed in Fedora 39
The Fedora development mailing lists have been talking about a new prompt for the Bash shell for some time. The idea was to add some...
Strange Windows Failure Explained
Back in August I wrote a post about helping a friend who had a problem with her laptop. I had determined that a strange but...
Fedora 39 Released
Fedora 39 was released on November 7, 2023, 20 years and 1 day after Fedora Core 1. A lot has changed in that time. More...
2nd Edition of Book Series Makes Two Amazon Best Seller Lists
All three volumes in the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin series Linux self-study course have made the Amazon...
ATO Book Signing and Video
James Robinson-Prior, my Senior Editor at Apress traveled all the way from London, UK, for my book signing at ATO. He took some pictures and...
My ATO Talk Download and Resource List
Bash Code You can download the Bash program and other files I used for my talk at ATO 2023 here. This is a tgz file...
Red Hat to Name New Leader for Fedora Project
After getting rid of many employees in April of 2023, Red Hat now seems to be attempting to back-fill some of the more critical positions...
Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1 – Zero to SysAdmin: Getting Started is Now Available
Volume 1 of this series is now available in electronic and softcopy versions. At Apress and Amazon. I have been working on the 2nd Edition...
Book Proofs Completed
I have completed reviewing the proofs for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin self-study training series. This is the...
Why I Save Old Computer Parts
As a long-time system administrator I have become known to friends and others as someone who can repair or repurpose their old computers. Or they...
Saving Another Computer with Linux: Updated
Last week a friend from church asked me if I could help her with an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56 ) laptop which was causing problems....
2nd Edition Updates Completed
I have completed the updates for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin series of books. Release is scheduled for...
Announcing the 2nd Edition – Using and Administering Linux
I am proud to announce that my publisher, Apress, will be releasing the 2nd edition of my "Using and Administering Linux - Zero to SysAdmin"...
Taming Static
It is now winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and the low humidity has allowed a significant increase of static electricity. Of course there are...