New Case for my Primary Workstation
I just rebuilt my primary workstation in a new frame, the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. This is not a review but I just want to show...
Creating test files
Some of my books and articles require you to create some files for testing. This can be done easily from the command line. Open a...
Download problems with “Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” files
Some files for experiments do not download properly It was brought to my attention by reader Benjamin Robertson that experiments that use the wget command...
Fedora 35 First Look
It has been a while since I posted anything here. For that I apologize, but I have been busy with a number of projects and...
My Laptop Has No Numlock LED
Note: The tool described in this post worked on Fedora 33 but no longer works with Fedora 34. Because this code is no longer maintained...
Using my own books
One of the things I state in the Introductions about my books is that I use them myself as references and this week was no...
Setting the number of desktop workspaces for Xfce4
I just learned something very cool. Sometimes it is necessary to make remote modifications to a desktop using the command line. In this case I...
Fedora 33 first impressions
I have posted an article about my first impressions of Fedora 33 on my technical website. Well - in addition to that in my previous...
Fedora 33 name resolution fails
I just installed Fedora 33 today, the first day it became available. One of the major changes, a switch from the ancient nss resolver to...
How I borked my computer
Even seasoned Sysadmins can have epic fails And this was mine. It was a bit frustrating - well, a lot frustrating. I managed to totally...
Migrating to SSD.
A few weeks ago I installed an M.2 SSD drive in my primary workstation, and just today I installed a second one. The complete story...
Installing Fedora 32 on System76 Oryx Pro
In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17" display from System76. This laptop came with the System76 version of Ubuntu, POP_os!....
Fedora 32 rocks – with a couple issues
Fedora 32 became available yesterday and - LinuxGeek46 that I am - I managed to upgrade 7 out of 8 of my Fedora hosts yesterday...
Copy and Paste fails
After a recent upgrade to my primary workstation, and a new installation on a couple virtual machines, I discovered that copy and paste was not...
Migrate Thunderbird Config from one Linux Computer to Another
While getting ready to do a presentation at Open Source 101 in a few days, I decided that it would be good to reinstall POP_os!...
Security by obscurity — NOT!
As you can see in the posts below I switched internet service providers on Monday of this week. As a result I received a different...