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2016


Fight cynicism with curiosity

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I’m always interested to talk to college students about technology and business in general.

2015


2014


Install sysstat on Fedora 21

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One of the first tools I learned about after working with Red Hat was sysstat.

Helpful Linux I/O stack diagram

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During one of my regular trips to reddit, I stumbled upon an amazingly helpful Linux I/O stack diagram:

Installing Xen on Fedora 20

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I’ve written about installing Xen on Fedora 19 and earlier versions on this blog before.

Be an inspiration, not an impostor

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Many of the non-technical posts on the blog are inspired by the comments of others.

2013


Learn octal file permissions easily with stat

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My SANS classmates were learning how to set and recognize file permissions on a Linux server and we realized it would be helpful to display the octal value of the permissions next to the normal rwx display.

Moving from OS X to Linux: Day One

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The thought of using Linux as a manager in a highly Windows- and Mac-centric corporate environment isn’t something to be taken lightly.

Installing the Xen hypervisor on Fedora 19

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It’s been a little while since I last posted about installing Xen on Fedora, so I figured that Fedora 19’s beta release was as good a time as any to write a new post.

Limit access to the su command

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The wheel group exists for a critical purpose and Wikipedia has a concise definition:

Remove sensitive information from email headers with postfix

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I’m in the process of moving back to a postfix/dovecot setup for hosting my own mail and I wanted a way to remove the more sensitive email headers that are normally generated when I send mail.

2012


Lenovo ThinkPad T430s review

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This post covers the second half of my experience moving back to a Linux desktop but I figured it was a good opportunity to focus on the ThinkPad T430s itself as well as the Lenovo ordering experience.

Going back to Linux as a desktop

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Although I’ve been exclusively using a Mac for everything but servers since about 2008, I found myself considering a move back to Linux on the desktop after seeing how some people were using it at LinuxCon.

Automatic package updates in CentOS 6

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Automating package updates in CentOS 6 is a quick process and it ensures that your system receives the latest available security patches, bugfixes and enhancements.

Monitoring and protecting your reputation online

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After a recent issue I had with some users in the Puppy Linux forums, I thought it might be prudent to write a post about how to monitor and protect your reputation online.

DNS Service Review: Luadns

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Vitalie Cherpec contacted me back in May about his new hosted DNS offering, Luadns.

SELinux, Xen, and block devices in Fedora 17

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If you try to run Xen without libvirt on Fedora 17 with SELinux in enforcing mode, you’ll be butting heads with SELinux in no time.

Lesser-known but extremely handy Linux tools

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Kristóf Kovács has a fantastic post about some lesser-known Linux tools that can really come in handy in different situations.

Preparing for Red Hat Exams

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I originally wrote this post for the Rackspace Blog but I’ve posted it here just in case anyone following my blog’s feed finds it useful.

Installing Fedora 16 in XenServer

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Getting Fedora 16 working in XenServer isn’t the easiest thing to do, but I’ve put together a repository on GitHub that should help.

Getting started with SELinux

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I used to be one of those folks who would install Fedora, CentOS, Scientific Linux, or Red Hat and disable SELinux during the installation.