cloud-init is an awesome technology that can be used to customize Linux images for deployment, that lets you do all kinds of neat things such as automatically creating users, installing packages, resetting SSH keys, and more. However, it’s often shrouded in mystery. In this video, I’ll walk you through using it to create a user, set the hostname, and install some packages.
Storage volumes are essential to our Linux servers and workstations, but how do we format and mount additional storage volumes? In this episode of Linux Essentials, I’ll walk you through the process of formatting additional storage volumes and mounting them in your Linux instance.
Hello everyone! I wanted to take a moment and create a quick post to see if anyone is interested in helping out the channel. I have a number of you helping out on Patreon, and that’s awesome, I really appreciate it! But there’s also some non-monetary assistance that could help out too, so if you want to give back and you don’t have the budget to justify becoming a Patron, there’s some additional ways that you might consider as well. Read on to find out about some additional ways you can potentially help out.
Pop!_OS 21.04 features the new “COSMIC” desktop workflow, with a host of new features. New features include a dock, dedicated interfaces for workspaces and applications, and much more. In this video, I’ll give you a full review of 21.04 and let you know my thoughts.
In this video, I’ll give you a full review of the RasPad 3 – a fun kit that turns your Raspberry Pi 4 into a tablet! Complete with a touch-screen, stereo speakers, and even its own Linux distribution – it’s quite an interesting device. Check out this review for all my thoughts.
The RasPad 3 is a neat project that enables you to turn your Raspberry Pi 4 into a full tablet! In this video, I’ll unbox the RasPad 3 and I’ll also show you the entire assembly process. Be sure to check out my full review as well.
The Pinephone is a Linux phone that is a great idea, but currently flawed and buggy. But despite the quirks and instability, this phone is VERY important. In this review, I’ll give you guys my thoughts on the Pinephone – and whether or not you should consider buying it.
LXD is a next generation container manager that provides additional features that are similar to virtual machines, such as snapshots, storage pools, and more. Using Linux containers (LXC) as the container type, LXD gives you the best of two worlds. In this video, I’ll go over the basics of LXD. You’ll learn how to set it up and launch containers. For this particular video, we’ll focus on LXC commands – but a follow-up that dives more into LXD’s more advanced features is a possibility if there’s enough interest.
I discovered another awesome Linux app lately, VSCodium! VSCodium aims to remove Microsoft branding and telemetry from Visual Studio Code, allowing you to benefit from using that code editor, but without it being a privacy concern. In this video, I’ll show you how to install it.
It’s time to review openSUSE 15.3! Mycroft joins me in the studio to talk about the latest release. It’s an awesome distribution, and it was very fun to review!
The System76 Launch keyboard arrived in the studio, and in this video, I give it a full review! I’ll show an unboxing, the Configurator software that System76 created for this keyboard, and my overall thoughts.
I decided to catch up with MX Linux and check out the latest release of the project, 19.4. In this video, I go over some of the things that makes MX Linux so popular, as well as some thoughts on the installation process, performance, customization options, and more!
