February 1, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Let’s pull back on virtual meetings, shall we?
On Tuesday, a week ago, I had three Zoom meetings, two Google Meets, and a Microsoft Teams get-together. With six hours of my day tied up in “meetings,” I didn’t get one bit of real work done. Enough. Back before I worked from home, I … Continue reading
January 31, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on No, Linus Torvalds is not Bitcoin’s legendary creator Satoshi Nakamoto
One of the great tech mysteries is “Who really is Bitcoin’s inventor, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto?” Recently, some people thought Linus Torvalds, the developer behind both the world’s most popular operating system, Linux, and its most popular development tool, the Git distributed version … Continue reading
January 26, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Attempt to shake down Linux users for Netfilter code use resolved
Once upon a time in the 2000s and 2010s, Patrick McHardy was the chair of Linux’s Netfilter core development team. Netfilter is a Linux kernel utility that handles various network functions, such as facilitating Network Address Translation (NAT) and Linux’s IPTables firewall. All was fine. … Continue reading
January 25, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Don’t cheap out on essential hardware
On the Reddit SysAdmin group, I recently read a horror story. A car dealership had been using a 14-year-old desktop for its one and only business server. On it, the company was running two business’ customer-relation management (CRM) programs and their inventory management … Continue reading
January 24, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Linux Foundation launches Open Source Software Development, Linux, and Git certification
Want a good-paying programming job? By ZipRecruiter‘s count, the average annual pay for an open-source developer in the United States is $123,411. That’s not bad. There’s also a lot of demand for Linux and open-source pros. The Linux Foundation and edX, the leading massive open online … Continue reading
January 20, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on FAQ: What’s happening with 5G and airport safety?
Even if you’re not a frequent flyer, you’ve probably heard that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and numerous airlines are claiming that AT&T and Verizon Wireless’s recently approved C-Band 5G will dangerously interfere with airplanes take offs and landings. Will this new 5G be … Continue reading