So after my issues with systemd-resolved on Day 1 of Fedora 33, I have some additional impressions to share. This is not intended to be a full review but just a quick look at the things I have noticed since…
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Network migration complete
The migration to AT&T fiber is now complete and everything went very well. Of course that is not to say it was problem-free. I have never been a fan of AT&T but my previous provider has been unable to resolve…
Network migration Monday, January 20
Outages through Monday Due to a large number of intermittent outages with my current internet provider, I have decided to move to a new provider. These outages make access to my web sites with their information about my books, unavailable…
Update on BookAuthority
After some additional research, it turns out that BookAuthority is merely an Amazon “partner.” They advertise Amazon books and get a bit of money from Amazon for doing so. As near as I can tell, they create these “top X”…
Outage fixed
A few days ago we had an outage on this web site that lasted from Monday through Wednesday night. This has – obviously – now been fixed and we are back up and running. The problem appears to have been…
Status update
I have been too busy to keep this web site up to date with the latest information I have gleaned from my experiments and experiences with Linux. This has mostly been due to the work on my book projects over…
Hardcopy of “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” now available
The hard copies of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, are now available at Apress and on-line at Barnes & Noble but not yet at Amazon. Amazon is showing availability in February of 2019 but I think it will actually be available sooner. This is all…
“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” sent to production
My new book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” has been sent to production. The next step for me is reading the proofs to verify that everything has been translated onto the page as I intended. I am especially interested to see…
My latest article on Opensource.com – Introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS)
My latest article, Introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS), has been posted on Opensource.com. This article talks about how name services work on both the client and server side, and lists some of the more common DNS records and their…
I contributed to the 2016 Open Source Yearbook
I contributed to the 2016 Open Source Yearbook. Download a copy at https://opensource.com/yearbook There are a lot of really great articles this year. Enjoy!
Unixmen: Five lesser known tools
I just read an interesting article on Unixmen.com about some useful tools that are not widely known. All are interesting, and some are CLI while others are for a GUI environment. I particularly like two of the CLI tools, iptraf…
Cluster Failures
No, “cluster failures” is not a euphemism for a problem encountered in the military service and widely known to be caused by officers with clusters on their shoulders. Nor does this page relate to failures of computing clusters. This is about failures…
Server migration complete
I have completed the migration to the new server and have retired the old one. Everything seems to be working fine as of now, but please contact me if you notice any problems. Thanks for your patience.
My “All Things Open” Talk
I will be presenting the talk, “SystemV startup vs systemd” at All Things Open on Monday, October 19th at 3:25pm. I do not yet know which room I will be in, but that should be available on the schedule when…
David Both to present at All Things Open
I will be presenting at least one talk at All Things Open this October 19th and 20th. The one talk that has been accepted so far is “SystemV startup vs systemd”. systemd is a controversial replacement for the init daemon…
Millennium Technology Consulting LLC Dissolved
For a number of reasons, I am closing down the business entity known as Millennium Technology Consulting LLC effective immediately. I will continue to maintain this DataBook® web site, where I post technical information for Linux system administrators and end…
FAQs about the HeartBleed vulnerability
I received this on the CentOS list. You might find it helpful. Since this is the first post about the openssl update, I want to answer a couple questions here: 1. The first susceptible version of openssl in a CentOS…
Theory and Practice of Linux System Administration class, November 11 – 15
For the last time this year, Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, will be running the highly reviewed class, Theory and Practice of Linux System Administration, the week of November 11 – 15. About this Course This course is intended for junior…
Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin
Here is a link to another article at InfoWorld that I really enjoyed. It is a couple years old but the content is timeless in the Unix and Linux worlds. Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin
Giving up on nVidia
I have given up completely on nVidia graphics adapters. Although they may work fairly well once configured, they require extra work to install non-free (as in speech) drivers that allow more complete use of the hardware’s functionality. Then, every time…