• The Year of the Linux Desktop (Extended Directors Cut)

    The Year of the Linux Desktop… A time where Linux has WON. As the dominant operating system, it’s completely extinguished its competitors. But is that a good thing?

    In this video, Jay presents a special “extended edition” of the channel’s 2023 April Fools joke – complete with some restored scenes, bloopers, and more!

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  • Automate Your Tasks with systemd Timers: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Systemd is a powerful and complex init system for Linux servers, and some of its features can be a bit challenging to learn. In this video, Jay goes over systemd timers, a feature of systemd that’s often overlooked. You’ll learn how systemd timers are different from cron jobs, how to set them up, and more!

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  • Linux Crash Course – Easy Terminal Commands for Inspecting Hardware

    In the 60th episode of the Linux Crash Course series, you’ll learn some easy-to-use commands you can use to inspect hardware. These commands will help you list PCI devices, view information about your CPU, and more!

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  • The Homelab Show Episode 108 – Your Questions and our Answers

    It’s time for another Q&A episode, this time involving questions about firewalls, threat surface, and more!

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  • Enterprise Linux Security Episode 72 – Surveillance Facepalm

    Imagine needing to ask your government permission in order to perform tasks such as installing a security patch, implementing an Intrusion Detection System, updating firmware or upgrading your operating system? If this sounds too ridiculous to be true, then you’re right – it is ridiculous, but unfortunately it’s a real proposal. In the U.K., Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) has had an adjustment proposed that could potentially make securing your systems more difficult than it’s ever been. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss how these potential changes will complicate pretty much everything.

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  • Learn tmux (Part 1) Boost your Linux Productivity with this 5-part Course!

    If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we’ll get started with tmux.

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  • Learn tmux (Part 2) – How to use Splits and Panes for the Ultimate Linux Workflow!

    If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we’ll take a look at splits/panes.

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  • Learn tmux (Part 3) – A Simple and Straight-Forward Look at Managing Windows

    If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we’ll look into managing windows within tmux.

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  • Learn tmux (Part 4) – Discover how to manage Sessions within tmux

    If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we’ll further explore session management.

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  • Learn tmux (Part 5) – How to Customize tmux and Make It Your Own!

    If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we’ll customize tmux and make it our own!

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  • The Homelab Show Episode 106 – How to Audit your Homelab

    If you have an awesome Homelab, you’ll definitely want to maintain it – but auditing may or may not be the first thing you think about. Whether you’re testing backups, VM templates, container automations or whatever it happens to be – auditing things in your Homelab can definitely prevent unintended surprises. In this episode, Jay and Tom share some thoughts about auditing your homelab.

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  • The Homelab Show Episode 105 – Homelab Workstations

    With all the talk around servers and networks, what about the devices we use to configure them? In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss workstations.

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