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Special “SysAdmin Day” 2021 Panel Discussion
System Administrator Appreciation Day is a special day of recognition that occurs on the last Friday of July each year. SysAdmin Day is intended to bring recognition to all the hard work that System Administrators perform to keep our systems running. In this video, I discuss SysAdmin Day (as well as many other topics surrounding the line of work) with Joao Correia from CloudLinux, and Brian from Admin Magazine. This was an awesome discussion, so don’t miss out!
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I had a chance to sit down with Joao Correia from CloudLinux and Brian Osborn from Admin Magazine to talk about System Administrators Appreciation Day, System Administration in general, and why we need to help our Admins feel more appreciated it. -
Tom Brought me a 3D Printed Raspberry Pi rack!
Tom visited the LearnLinuxTV studio recently to present Jay with an awesome gift – a 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Rack that he and his crew built! In this video, we’ll talk a bit about the build and give you our thoughts. This build is awesome!
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Linux Crash Course – Managing Groups
In this episode of Linux Essentials, we take a look at group management. You’ll see commands such as
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Full Review: The new InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux Notebook
Tuxedo sent over their InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux notebook to the studio for me to review, and in this video, I’ll give you my thoughts. And it very well might have the best screen from any notebook I’ve ever reviewed. Check it out!
Check out the InfinityBook Pro 14 here.
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New Podcast: Enterprise Linux Security
Enjoy the first episode of a brand new, bi-weekly podcast. Joao and I will get together in each episode and talk about all things Linux Security, with a focus on the Enterprise.
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Pop!_OS – FULL Beginners Guide (updated for 21.04)
Pop!_OS is an awesome Linux distribution, and a favorite among many Linux users. And with good reason – it’s easy to use, has great features, it’s stable, and awesome overall. In this video, I’ll teach all of you beginners out there how to get up to speed with Pop!_OS so you can start using it.
Note: I previously already had a guide on Pop!_OS uploaded to my channel, but this one has been updated for 21.04 and the COSMIC desktop.
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Linux Crash Course – Automatically mounting storage volumes with /etc/fstab
In a previous video we went over the basics of storage, and in this episode of Linux Essentials, I’ll show you how to automatically mount storage volumes when you boot your server. The primary focus will be going over the /etc/fstab file.
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Linux Crash Course – Managing Users
As a Linux Server Administrator, it’s your job to keep an eye on your users – and in this video, I’ll show you how to add and remove users. Also, I’ll show you how to change the password of your users. In addition, we’ll go over a quick summary of the
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Getting Started with cloud-init
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Linux Crash Course – Formatting & Mounting Storage Volumes
Storage volumes are essential to our Linux servers and workstations, but how do we format and mount additional storage volumes? In this episode of Linux Essentials, I’ll walk you through the process of formatting additional storage volumes and mounting them in your Linux instance.
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Want to help LearnLinuxTV?
Hello everyone! I wanted to take a moment and create a quick post to see if anyone is interested in helping out the channel. I have a number of you helping out on Patreon, and that’s awesome, I really appreciate it! But there’s also some non-monetary assistance that could help out too, so if you want to give back and you don’t have the budget to justify becoming a Patron, there’s some additional ways that you might consider as well. Read on to find out about some additional ways you can potentially help out.
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Pop!_OS 21.04 Full Review – Cosmic is awesome!
Pop!_OS 21.04 features the new “COSMIC” desktop workflow, with a host of new features. New features include a dock, dedicated interfaces for workspaces and applications, and much more. In this video, I’ll give you a full review of 21.04 and let you know my thoughts.