Why I Didn’t Convert My Primary Workstation to BtrFS
When I started writing this series about the BtrFS filesystem, I fully intended to migrate my primary workstation from EXT4 so that I could get...
Why I prefer tar to zip
I love having choices when it comes to computing, and especially in the world of open source we're spoilt when it comes to archiving files....
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.
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.
A New Way to Watch Your Linux System Work
Here are 3 ways you can keep an eye on your Linux system performance.
A caution about using sudo
This example shows why it is important that users should not be able to edit scripts that they can run with sudo.
Using a Live USB for Linux recovery
Over the years I've managed to need recovery mode quite a few times. Most of those instances were self-inflicted and provided me with many learning...
Getting Started with SELinux
SELinux was developed by the NSA to provide a highly secure computing environment. True to the GPL, they have made this code available to the rest of the Linux community and it is included as part of nearly every mainstream distribution.
Do I have enough space for that?
A little scripting goes a long way to make sure you won’t run out of space with an automated process.
How to selectively apply updates
Here’s how I selectively apply updates, excluding any kernel packages.
My first sysadmin mistake
If you work in IT, you know that things never go completely as you think they will. At some point, you’ll hit an error, or...
Using htop to manage your Linux system
I use a lot of tools in my daily SysAdmin role. One of the most important ones in my toolkit is htop. The htop program...
My first Linux in the enterprise
My first experience and lessons learned in deploying Linux in the enterprise.
Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools
Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We've published many articles this year about those tools, and here are 9...
Managing processes with kill and killall
Process management can be an important part of system maintenance.