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Extracurricular Activities

Use Cheapie Scripts to Update a Batch of Linux Installations

Sometimes some ugly, non-reusable shell scripts can really tie the room together. I consider this set of scripts a big win.

DevOps & System Admin.

Using Your SSH Keys in WSL in 2022

WSL is great but has one weakness — it doesn't know about your Windows SSH keys. Learn how to solve that problem with a few tools inside.

Developer Tools

Tools to Help You Diagnose Issues in a Linux Environment

These are a handful of tools to help you diagnose issues in a Linux environment. They're present in pretty much any Linux-based environment.

Developer Tools

Using Docker for Occasional Linux Access

Do you need to build or debug your app in Linux now and then? I’ll show you how to use Docker to put a Linux environment at your fingertips.

DevOps & System Admin.

Avoiding Incomplete/Corrupted Files During Processing Operations

Processing incomplete or corrupted files can be avoided using strategies like monitoring filesystem events, and monitoring open file handles.

DevOps & System Admin.

Linux Utilities for Diagnostics

Linux utilities that make it easier to quickly pinpoint issues when investigating and resolving problems on Linux and other Unix-like systems.

Embedded Systems

Protecting the Root Filesystem on Ubuntu with Overlayroot

Overlayroot provides a convenient means to protect the root filesystem by using OverlayFS to overlay a read-write tmps on top of a read-only mount.

DevOps & System Admin.

Debian and Ubuntu Automatic Security Updates

Automatic security updates for Debian and Ubuntu with unattended-upgrades provides an easy way to keep your servers patched against recent vulnerabilities.

DevOps & System Admin.

5 Linux Filesystem Utilities for Diagnostics

I find several Linux filesystem utilities great for diagnosing problems and gathering information. In this post, I cover df, du, file, readlink, and od.

Developer Tools

Why I Stick with the Linux Desktop

Why Linux Desktop? It helps me be more productive. Neither Windows nor Mac have all the windows-management features I like.

Developer Tools

5 Unix Commands I Wish I’d Discovered Years Earlier

I've been using *nix systems for quite a while. But there are a few commands that I somehow overlooked and wish I'd discovered years earlier.

Extracurricular Activities

Tracking Down Disk Usage on the Command Line

I created short terminal command that I use to check disk usage by identifying large files and folders.