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Getting started with Linux

I recently became a member of several Linux groups on Facebook because I was interested to see what they were all about. Many of the...

GUI disk usage analyzers in Linux

For people who prefer visual representations, these GUI-based tools help you understand how your storage capacity is used.

Sometimes the visual representation of disk utilization is easier or newer users may not be as familiar with the various Linux commands that display storage information. I am a person who comprehends visual representations more easily than the printout on the command line.

Everyday tech that runs on Linux

Linux runs almost everything, but many people are unaware of that. Some folks might be aware of Linux and might have heard it runs supercomputers....

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 01 — Data Streams, the universal interface

Everything in Linux revolves around streams of data – particularly text streams.

I recently Googled “data stream” and most of the top hits are concerned with processing huge amounts of streaming data in single entities such as streaming video and audio, or financial institutions processing streams consisting of huge numbers of individual transactions. This is not what we are talking about here although the concept is the same and a case could be made that current applications use the stream processing functions of Linux as the model for processing many types of data.

How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #3 — Ansible

In previous articles about my use of automation in performing post-install tasks for new Linux installations, Those approaches worked well for the times I used them, but as the requirements of my network and the hosts connected to it grew and became more complex, the capabilities of those tools couldn’t keep up.

I needed a new method for doing post-install tasks. I also needed new ways to perform other tasks, too. I started working with Ansible to first familiarize myself with it and then to perform more complex tasks such as Fedora updates and my post-install tasks.

Why I Use Linux

I use Linux for many reasons. These best reasons may help you understand why..

The Linux Truth

Unix was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things. Doug Gwyn This...

What is the Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins?

The Unix Philosophy is an important part of what makes Unix unique and powerful. Much has been written about the Unix Philosophy and the Linux philosophy is essentially the same as the Unix philosophy because of its direct line of descent from Unix.