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  • Getting started with LXD Containerization

    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.

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  • Awesome Linux Tools – VSCodium

    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.

  • OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 Full Review (Featuring Mycroft)

    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!

  • Hands-on: The System76 “Launch” keyboard! (Full 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.

  • MX Linux 19.4 Full Review

    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!

  • Checking out Kubuntu 21.04: Full Review

    I had a chance recently to check out Kubuntu 21.04, and decided to share my thoughts in this video. In this review, I catch up with the latest Kubuntu release and will talk about the installation process, new features, and more!

  • Linux Crash Course – systemd: Using the systemctl command

    In this episode of Linux Essentials, we take our first look at systemd – the init system in quite a few distributions of Linux nowadays. Specifically, we’ll go over the systemctl command and use it to start, stop, restart and enable units on our system.

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  • Open-Source Ethics, and how the University of Minnesota Failed Linux

    Recently, the University of Minnesota got banned from contributing to the Linux kernel, and this opens up quite a few talking points about validating open-source code, the strengths and weaknesses of open-source, as well as how UMN got it so wrong.

  • Bodhi Linux 6 – Full Review

    Recently I reviewed Bodhi Linux 6 on a live stream, but I ran into some difficulties. I decided to do a full review after having spent more time with this distro – and I came away impressed. Check out this review for my thoughts on Bodhi 6.

     

  • Linux for Noobs #5: Ten tips for a successful Migration

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  • Full Review: Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix 21.04

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  • Bodhi Linux 6.0 livestream Distro Review

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