Just a guy doing stuff. Mostly #FLOSS like #Linux, #Ansible, #Podman, #k8s, #Python, #Nextcloud or whatever comes next. You can also find me on Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@dschier).
GNOME
The GNOME Foundation just released the newest iteration of the GNOME Desktop Environment. After GNOME 3.38, we will get GNOME 40. This is one of the biggest changes since GNOME 3.0 and this article showcases the new features and improvements.
Fedora
Fedora offers a wide range of flavors in its Linux distributions. Fedora Workstation is focusing on Desktop and Laptop usage. This article will explain what's included and what you can expect from it.
Podman
Podman provides application containers in a daemonless way. Very often, one needs a single application in a container. But what about multiple applications or development scenarios, where some kind of init service is needed?
Fedora
Fedora is often used synonymously for the Fedora Project, Fedora Linux distributions and Fedora as an ecosystem. All of this is true but may need some additional explanation. This article is explaining what Fedora is about and serves as a Kickoff for further Fedora related articles.
Development
If you just started with development, you may have never heard of Git or Source Code Management at all. This article will provide an overview why you should get in touch with Git and how to use it for your projects.
Community
The Dresden OpenSource UserGroup is building a platform to bring Open Source enthusiasts together. The group is quite new, but already well organized and provides Meetups once a month about Open Source software and tools.
Ansible
The Ansible Contributor Summit is a full day of working sessions with the Ansible community team and contributors in the community. I was able to attend the conference today. I just left it some minutes ago and wanted to share my experience and some content from the conference.
Podman
Podman is the daemonless container engine, which can manage rootfull and rootless containers. Since it is already named Podman, there should be pods. This article explains, how you can handle pods in Podman and how this enhances your container deployments.
Vagrant
Vagrant by Hashi Corp enables users to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments. It is basically Virtualization configuration in a single file. This guide will enable you to install and use Vagrant for simple tasks.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud is an Open Source collaboration software with tons of features out of the box and additional apps available. On 22.02.2021 the new major version Nextcloud Hub 21 was released. This article covers the new features and changes you can already try out.
Ansible
Ansible is an OpenSource automation tool, that makes it very easy to automate workflows and has a strong focus on being simple and easy. This article describes how you can get started with Ansible and why you should.
Automation
Automation is a thing, that is considered one key qualification when it comes to IT skills. But automation is not only for IT departments, it can be helpful in almost all work areas.
Ansible
Ansible 3.0.0 was released today and marks an important milestone for the Ansible project. 3.0.0 marks the end of the Ansible restructuring process and sets a mark for future content deliveries of Ansible.
Community
Contributing to #OpenSource #software is one thing everybody can do. If you wanted to contribute to some OpenSource project, but never started, this #blog may be for you. It is about my #contributions in various forms and why I think: "Everybody can contribute" and support the OpenSource #community.
Podman
When it comes to #podman containers, you may face the situation, that you need to persist data across rebuilds or restarts. You may also need to inject configurations or code into a #container. This blog explains additional options to my previous articles.
Podman
Podman is the daemonless container engine, supporting rootless and rootfull containers. Today, Podman 3.0 was released. This release has several exciting features, including Docker Compose support, more networking options and security improvements. In addition, a ton of bugs were fixed, too.