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...
A New Way to Watch Your Linux System Work
Here are 3 ways you can keep an eye on your Linux system performance.
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...
15 Essential Open-Source Backup Utilities to Protect Your Data
Protecting your data has never been more crucial. With the advent of hybrid work, cloud-native applications, and ransomware threats, reliable backup solutions are indispensable for...
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.
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...
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...