Monitoring Linux and Windows hosts with Glances
The Glances tool offers more information about system performance than other sysadmin monitoring tools.
Cinnamon: A Tale of Forks and Familiarity in the Linux Desktop Landscape
Cinnamon is a familiar interface to welcome newcomers transitioning from Windows or macOS.
SysAdmin careers: Curiosity is an asset
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it helps the sysadmin grow and thrive.
A user’s guide to links in the Linux filesystem
Learn how to use links, which make tasks easier by providing access to files from multiple locations in the Linux filesystem directory tree.
How I used journalctl to Determine the Source of an Electrical Problem
The journalctl command can extract interesting data from the systemd journals. I never thought it could help with hardware electrical problems – until I tried it.
Teaching technical writing with open source
In addition to my work as a consultant, I also teach a few courses on technical writing. One of these is a course about writing...
Liquid Cooling Failure
Modern motherboards make a cooling failure less catastrophic than it could have been.
Audio Preservation Challenges
Creation of DVDs from unusual file formats can be a challenge. Open source tools can be used in creative ways to make this possible.
Linux Boot and Startup
Understanding the boot and Linux startup processes is important to being able to both configure Linux and to resolving startup issues.
Everything is a file
When everything is a file Difficult things are easy and impossible things are merely hard.
Creating a universal live Linux USB drive
Image by Don Watkins. CC-by-SA 4.0 Use them for troubleshooting problems and to demonstrate the beauty and utility of using Linux I frequently create USB...
Working with data streams on the Linux command line
Learn to connect data streams from one utility to another using STDIO. Everything in Linux revolves around streams of data—particularly text streams. Data streams are...
How I migrated a WordPress website to a new host
Use this simple approach to migrate a website and manage firewall configurations.