The Linux Migration: Other Users' Stories, Part 4
This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series, there seemed to be quite a bit of...
View ArticleThe Linux Migration: Corporate Collaboration, Part 3
In discussing support for corporate communication and collaboration systems as part of my Linux migration, I’ve so far covered e-mail in part 1 and calendaring in part 2. In this post, I’m going to...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 87
Welcome to Technology Short Take #87! I have a mix of newer and older items for you this time around. While I’m a bit short on links in some areas, hopefully this is outweighed by some good content in...
View ArticlePosts from the Past, October 2017
After over 12 years of writing here, I’ve accumulated a pretty fair amount of content. To help folks discover older content, I thought it might be fun to revisit what I’ve published in October in years...
View ArticleUsing Docker Machine with Azure
I’ve written about using Docker Machine with a number of different providers, such as with AWS, with OpenStack, and even with a local KVM/Libvirt daemon. In this post, I’ll expand that series to show...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 95
Welcome to Technology Short Take 95! This Short Take was a bit more challenging than normal to compile, given that I spent the week leading up to its publication visiting customers in Europe. (My...
View ArticlePosts from the Past, May 2018
This month—May 2018—marks thirteen years that I’ve been generating content here on this site. It’s been a phenomenal 13 years, and I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to share information with readers around...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 107
Welcome to Technology Short Take #107! In response to my request for feedback in the last Technology Short Take, a few readers responded in favor of a more regular publication schedule even if that...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 110
Welcome to Technology Short Take #110! Here’s a look at a few of the articles and posts that have caught my attention over the last few weeks. I hope something I’ve included here is useful for you also!
View ArticleInstalling MultiMarkdown 6 on Ubuntu 19.10
Markdown is a core part of many of my workflows. For quite a while, I’ve used Fletcher Penny’s MultiMarkdown processor (available on GitHub) on my various systems. Fletcher offers binary builds for...
View ArticleMaking File URLs Work Again in Firefox
At some point in the last year or so—I don’t know exactly when it happened—Firefox, along with most of the other major browsers, stopped working with file:// URLs. This is a shame, because I like using...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 126
Welcome to Technology Short Take #126! I meant to get this published last Friday, but completely forgot. So, I added a couple more links and instead have it ready for you today. I don’t have any links...
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 127
Welcome to Technology Short Take #127! Let’s see what I’ve managed to collect for you this time around…
View ArticleTechnology Short Take 145
Welcome to Technology Short Take #145! What will you find in this Tech Short Take? Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), a...
View ArticleFollow Up: Bootstrapping Servers into Ansible
Seven years ago, I wrote a quick post on bootstrapping servers into Ansible. The basic gist of the post was that you can use variables on the Ansible command-line to specify hosts that aren’t part of...
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