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Ubuntu Book Authors Live Stream Q & A
This Wednesday, February 15th at 3:00pm EST, Ubuntu book authors Jay LaCroix and Nathan Haines will be join a live stream to chat about their books, and also answer questions. You definitely won’t want to miss this! This session is open to the general public, and no registration (aside from a YouTube account) is required.
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In addition, there’s going to be a Member/Patron-specific second session right afterwards, at 4:00pm EST. If you’re not already a Patron or Channel member, sign up here.
See you there!
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 56 – Undercover Crypto Leaking
Ransomware is one of the absolute worst things that can happen to your organization, often resulting in weeks of downtime. We discussed Ransomware recently, and now we have an interesting and time-appropriate story – a popular ransomware group apparently had an imposter within their ranks.
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- MP3 version (lower bitrate, smaller file)
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 87 – Home Assistant Update, and Unfortunate News Regarding Mycroft
In this episode, Tom and Jay go over some additional details on how they use Home Assistant, as well as some updated purchase recommendations. Also, there’s an update regarding Mycroft that’s not so pleasant.
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How to Manage OpenStack Private Clouds Episode 2 – Launching Compute Instances
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing platform that enables you to build your very own private cloud that is completely under your control. You can use it to spin up compute instances, set up block and object storage, load balancers, software-defined networking, and more. In this six-part guide, Jay will guide you through the finer points of OpenStack with hands-on examples. In the second episode, we’ll explore the process of creating compute instances.
Thanks to OpenMetal for sponsoring this series! Check out their OpenStack platform here.
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How to Deploy Your Own Gitlab Community Edition Instance with Ubuntu on Linode
If you’re looking for a web app or service to assist with keeping track of all your source code, then Gitlab is definitely something you should consider. Gitlab is more than just a front-end to Git, it actually contains quite a few features to empower software development. In this video, Jay will walk you through setting up your very own Gitlab server with Ubuntu on Linode.
Thanks to Linode for sponsoring today’s video. Check them out and get set up with $100 in credit toward your new account!
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Essential First Steps for Every New Linux Server Build
In this video for new Linux users, Jay covers the essential first tweaks that should made to every new Linux server build. Although these first tweaks may seem a bit “basic”, don’t underestimate their importance! A little preparation goes a long way.
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Linux Crash Course – Connecting to Linux Servers via SSH
With the Linux Crash Course series, we’ll go over one important Linux-related topic – one video at a time. This time around, here’s a video for those of you that are brand-new to Linux that will cover how to connect to a Linux server via the OpenSSH client.
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Linux Crash Course – Desktop Environments
In the Linux Crash Course series, you’ll learn all about a Linux-related topic – one video at a time. In this episode, we explore desktop environments. What are they? How do they differ from Window Managers? Why are there so many of these? Answers to those questions (and more) in this episode of the Linux Crash Course!
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How to Manage OpenStack Private Clouds Episode 1 – Introduction and Administration
OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing platform that enables you to build your very own private cloud that is completely under your control. You can use it to spin up compute instances, set up block and object storage, load balancers, software-defined networking, and more. In this six-part guide, Jay will guide you through the finer points of OpenStack with hands-on examples. In the first episode of the series, we’ll go over a series introduction and outline. In addition, an overview Horizon (the OpenStack dashboard) is covered.
Thanks to OpenMetal for sponsoring this series and making it possible. Check out OpenMetal for your very own on-demand OpenStack cloud!
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The Homelab Show Episode 86 – Cloudflare Tunnels
Should you expose your Homelab services to the public Internet? Normally, that will also expose your services to threat actors as well. However, sometimes public access is required for the use-case of a server. Historically, this has been a complicated and debated topic – consisting of technologies such as VPN, Dynamic DNS, and others. Now, Cloudflare has a solution – Cloudflare Tunnels. In this video, Jay and Tom discuss this feature of Cloudflare and will help you determine if it’s a good fit for your homelab.
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How to Set Up KernelCare Enterprise for Reboot-Free Live Patching
Live patching enables Linux server administrators to benefit from critical security fixes right now, with the flexibility of rebooting later. There are multiple services that facilitate live patching, and in this video Jay goes over how to set up KernelCare Enterprise for this very purpose. This tutorial will go over what KCE is, how to install it, check for patches, and more!
Thanks to TuxCare for sponsoring today’s video.
Check out KernelCare Enterprise here. You can find a list of patches that KCE has available here.