If you’ve got a collection of movies, TV shows, or music sitting on a hard drive, you’ve probably thought about setting up a media server. The big thr[……]
Author: Andrea
GIMP vs Krita — which image editor is right for you?
So you need a free image editor — you’ve heard of GIMP and Krita, both free and open source, both powerful, but you’re not sure which one to install.[……]
AI Hasn’t Torched Junior Dev Jobs — It Has Changed What The Job Looks Like
A post doing the rounds this week looks at employment data and concludes that AI has torched the market for junior programmers. The headline numbers[……]
Debian at 30: The Quiet Operating System That Keeps the Internet Running
I have been using Debian for more than fifteen years now. Not exclusively — I have used Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, even some BSDs here and there — but D[……]
How to upgrade Debian 12 (bookworm) to Debian 13 (trixie)
I’ve been upgrading my Debian 12 (bookworm) server fleet to Debian 13 (trixie).
Here is the successful process I ended up following for them all.
The[……]
Broadcom Torched VMware. Here’s the Open Source Lesson.
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware sent licensing costs through the roof. Here’s what it teaches us about open source, vendor lock-in, and why the safe choice isn’t always safe.[……]
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware sent licensing costs through the roof. Here’s what it teaches us about open source, vendor lock-in, and why the safe choice isn’t always safe.[……]
Testing Paperclip: What I Learned
Paperclip recently caught my attention as it allows you to orchestrate teams of specialised AI agents through a beautiful self-hosted web UI, so I had[……]
Re-share – Linux permissions 101
Interesting article on Linux permissions. It explains how to recognise which permission system might be in use (SELinux, ACLs), the meaning of the spe[……]
AWS dynamic IP ranges
Need to know the dynamic IP ranges used by AWS in a specific region? AWS publishes this as a JSON file.
curl -s https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ra[......]
Sys admin levels explained
Interesting article on the different levels and skill sets of System Administrators. It breaks down what separates a junior sysadmin from a senior one[……]