ATO Book Signing and Video
James Robinson-Prior, my Senior Editor at Apress traveled all the way from London, UK, for my book signing at ATO. He took some pictures and...
My ATO Talk Download and Resource List
Bash Code You can download the Bash program and other files I used for my talk at ATO 2023 here. This is a tgz file...
Red Hat to Name New Leader for Fedora Project
After getting rid of many employees in April of 2023, Red Hat now seems to be attempting to back-fill some of the more critical positions...
E-Waste – Where does it go?
Image by Dan Speicher/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/AP from CNN If you've read some of my posts on this site or Opensource.com, or some of my books, you...
All Things Open (ATO) 2023
I will be attending All Things Open again this year and have the schedules for my talk and book signing. ATO is an amazing conference...
Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1 – Zero to SysAdmin: Getting Started is Now Available
Volume 1 of this series is now available in electronic and softcopy versions. At Apress and Amazon. I have been working on the 2nd Edition...
Book Proofs Completed
I have completed reviewing the proofs for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin self-study training series. This is the...
Updates to Tech Website
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t done much on my technical web site in the last few years, http://www.linux-databook.infot. As a result much of the...
Liquid Cooling Experiments
I currently have four computers that use liquid cooling. I use all-in-one (AIO) systems because I don't really want to deal with the high probability...
Why I Save Old Computer Parts
As a long-time system administrator I have become known to friends and others as someone who can repair or repurpose their old computers. Or they...
Volume 1 Finalized
2nd Edition of Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin nearing completion I have just submitted the final proofs of my book, Using and Administering...
Saving Another Computer with Linux: Updated
Last week a friend from church asked me if I could help her with an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56 ) laptop which was causing problems....
2nd Edition Updates Completed
I have completed the updates for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin series of books. Release is scheduled for...
Announcing the 2nd Edition – Using and Administering Linux
I am proud to announce that my publisher, Apress, will be releasing the 2nd edition of my "Using and Administering Linux - Zero to SysAdmin"...
Taming Static
It is now winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and the low humidity has allowed a significant increase of static electricity. Of course there are...
My OLF Conference Presentation
OLF 2022 is over now but videos of both days of the conference are available at YouTube. Each of the two videos is of the...