Setting a Proprietary Server Process to Run at Boot Using Systemd
One of the big differences between being a good hobbyist with Linux and working commercially with it is dealing with proprietary software. You can use and configure all sorts of systems indefinitely on your own account…
Read more →Ansible on the Desktop
Configuration management tools are a big deal these days. Just as with Puppet, Chef and Salt, a lot of material written about Ansible presumes either a lab environment or one focussed on servers, or both. Virtualisation…
Read more →Ebooks for documentation- it's easy and you should
Documentation. Not something to get excited about is it? Who wants to read a manual? Or a policy document? A reference guide even? How about if we could make it easier? More accessible? More relevant? I think we can,…
Read more →The Strengths and Weaknesses of selinux
If you use or administer Red Hat Linux or a derivative of it, such as CEntOS then you have likely heard of or come across SELinux. SELinux is not universally loved and has a reputation for being something that admins…
Read more →Review of Xubuntu on Dell XPS13 Developer edition (2015)
This is an older post that was originally published elsewhere in August 2015 So I decided to post a review of my own Dell XPS13 developer edition, supplied running Ubuntu three weeks ago. I'm not going into great detail…
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