Linux After Dark

Is FOSS the ultimate lifeboat? If things go wrong with a tech stack, can you always just fall back on FOSS?     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Our worst Linux cock-ups, and what we learned from them.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Where do we draw the line when it comes to our ethics and our ability to put food on the table?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

If we could go back in time, what advice would we give our younger, less experienced counterparts about Linux and FOSS?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

How efficient are our whole setups – including servers, client machines, and VPSs? Could we be doing more to save energy and money?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

In a world of cloud and serverless, is there any point in most people learning the command line?       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Our smallest and our biggest FOSS wins.   Things we mentioned: Homebridge FOG Project boringtun vnStat EasyTAG HAProxy       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

We all tried to live with a touch-only experience on x86-64 devices. It turns out that Linux is very close to offering a great experience.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Do we use Linux to avoid being locked into proprietary systems and services, or is that just as possible using any OS? Plus we bully Dalton for making us read a very American book.   Digital Minimalism book       Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days.   Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.  

Part 2 of the challenge to do something useful with our lowest-end hardware, and two polar opposite customer support experiences.       Vultr High-performance cloud compute, bare metal, and storage in 25 locations all over the world. Go to getvultr.com/lad to sign up and get $150 free credit to use in 30 days.   Kolide Endpoint Security for Teams That Slack – Try for Free Today! https://l.kolide.co/35nsvUa       See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to the RSS feed.