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The Homelab Show Episode 49 – Do You need VPN?
VPNs are heavily advertised, and some of them even claim to offer full protection. But do they? In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss VPN myths, best practices, and more. This will help you make an informed decision as far as whether or not a VPN is beneficial for your use-case, or perhaps not as much as you might be led to believe.
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Top 5 Terminal Emulators
There are many terminal apps available that you can use while working with the command-line, but which one should you consider using? In this video, Jay shows you his top 5 favorite terminal emulators.
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Linux Crash Course – Bash History
Bash is the default shell in the majority of Linux distributions, and it has countless features and tricks to make you more efficient. Bash keeps a history of the commands you’ve typed at the prompt, but most people aren’t aware of additional functionality that the history provides you. In this episode of Linux Essentials, Jay describes not only how to use the history command, but also some techniques to make better use of it.
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The Homelab Show Episode 48: /dev/random
In episode 48 of The Homelab Show, Jay and Tom discuss some homelab tips and picks that are sure to give you some inspiration for your own homelab. Many topics are discussed, such as ways to organize your devices, using external mounts for app data, and more!
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Recovering Files from your PC (using Linux)
Running a distribution of Linux on your laptop or desktop is a lot of fun, but that’s not all Linux can do. Using the “live mode” of a distribution can assist you with recovering data from a PC that won’t boot. In this video, Jay shows the process of booting a distribution in live mode to assist in the process of recovering files. As long as your hard disk hasn’t totally failed, this process will enable you to copy its data to an external USB drive.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 20 – Cloud Governance
Cloud Computing is all the rage these days – but what happens when a company moves to the cloud to quickly? While cloud computing can be a very rewarding technology, it can also get out of hand quite quickly. In this video, Joao and Jay discuss the concept of Cloud Governance, something that any organization that utilizes the cloud can (and should) take advantage of.
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The Homelab Show Episode 47 – CrowdSec & Using Open Source Threat Intelligence
Threat intelligence solutions are often very expensive, and some of these are way too pricey to even be a consideration for homelabs. In this video, Tom and Jay discuss CrowdSec. CrowdSec is a free an easy to install security solution that can enable you to quickly benefit from threat intelligence to help protect your servers.
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Linux Crash Course – usermod
The Linux Essentials series on LearnLinuxTV consists of mostly stand-alone episodes that are each dedicated to a specific command or feature in Linux. In this episode, we’ll go over the basics of the usermod command.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 19 – The 2021 RBS Year-End Vulnerability Report
2021 is now in the past, but there’s some very interesting details in the year-end vulnerability report produced by RBS. These details give us a look at some of the trends that will impact 2022 and beyond. In this episode, Joao and Jay discuss the report and some of its findings.
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The Homelab Show Episode 46: /dev/Q&A
Fans of The Homelab Show have sent in questions, and Tom and Jay provide some answers and feedback.
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The 2022 System76 Kudu – Full Review!
System76 has released a brand-new Linux laptop, which it claims to be a “multitasking concerto”. The brand-new 2022 Kudu features an AMD Ryzen CPU, Nvidia graphics, and even a removable battery! In this video, Jay reviews the new System76 Kudu and gives you his thoughts.
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The Homelab Show Episode 45 – Yubikey
Securing your online profiles is also important to homelabbers, as it can offer a strong second factor for authentication. In this episode, Jay and Tom talk about the Yubikey and the various models available.
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