My old Linux powered Toshiba netbook, the NB205-N210, finally breathed its last spark of electricity on September 3rd, 2018. She put up a noble fight, but her small internal fan had given out and something was causing consistently random reboots / screen lockups. (probably from a failing internal power supply) It all just got to […]
Self-hosting a WordPress blog on a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B has its share of challenges. Setting up your LAMP stack from scratch, updating the OS regularly, and a variety of other issues force you to learn the nuances of web server administration, sometimes on the fly. One of those necessary duties is regularly backing […]
I’ve been using Linux on my Toshiba NB205-N210 netbook for about 3 years. It seems much longer because of the sheer amount of information I have absorbed about Linux, open source, and operating systems in general in that time. Most of the people I know have very little experience with Linux. Many wonder why I […]
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell by Adam Haeder My rating: 3 of 5 stars A compehensive look at all the objectives on the LPIC1, though slightly dated in its lack of GRUB2, systemd and udev coverage. The first half, focusing on the 101 exam, does a decent job of bringing the reader along with […]