System statistics with sar and the /proc filesystem
SAR, the System Activity Reporter, is my starting place for accessing historical performance data to solve problems.
Parsing config files with Bash
Separating config files from code enables anyone to change their configurations without any special programming skills.
Convert your Windows install into a VM on Linux
Here’s how I configured a VirtualBox VM to use a physical Windows drive on my Linux workstation.
Team of one? The Zen postmortem
The practice of yoga offers sysadmins valuable lessons in self-examination.
Configure a Linux workspace remotely from the command line
Nearly everything can be done from the Linux command line, including remote configuration of desktops such as Xfce4.
Manage your APC battery backup system with this Linux command
Protect yourself from power incidents by running a simple utility: apcupsd.
Ansible #1: My first day using Ansible
A sysadmin shares information and advice about putting Ansible into real-world use configuring computers on their network.
How to write your first article
Open source is for everyone! And at Both.org, we encourage everyone to share their open source journey.
Protecting Your Privacy: Removing Exif Metadata from Your Digital Images with ExifCleaner
Each picture you take with a digital camera contains numerous tags that provide a great deal of information, some of which might ordinarily be considered confidential.
What is a sysadmin?
What does the term “sysadmin” or “system administrator” mean to you? What does a sysadmin do? How do you know you are one?
Existential questions like this seldom have concrete answers, and the answers that do present themselves can be pretty fluid. The answers are also significantly different for different people and depend upon their work experience.
systemd — #13: Why I support the systemd plan to take over the world
There is no nefarious plan, just one to bring System Management into the 21st century.
How I customize my Linux window decorations
How I made minor modifications to the Alienware-Bluish theme on my Xfce desktop to suit my own aesthetic.
systemd — #12: Fixing systemd-resolved name service failures using Ansible
Name resolution and the ever-changing networking landscape.
What open source means to me
When I entered the open source community 12 years ago, I didn’t know the meaning of open source software. I had to Google the definition when I was offered a copy editing role on the Opensource.com team at Red Hat.
systemd — #11: Managing resources with cgroups in systemd
Cgroups manage resources per application rather than by the individual processes that make up an application.
4 open source tools for Linux system monitoring
Information is the key to resolving any computer problem, including problems with or relating to Linux and the hardware on which it runs. There are many tools available for most distributions. These tools can be used to obtain huge amounts of information.