OpenSource
Project - Moving to GitHub
The project is finally moving (back) to GitHub. Why do we do this? What are the alternatives, and what will happen in the future? This is just a brief experience report about our moving to GitHub.
Daniel Schier
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).
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Fedora - Home Server (Hardware & OS)
In a previous article, I started the home server series to explain how you can build your own (Fedora based) home and lab environment. This article will shed some light on the hardware and the basic operating system.
Linux
Bash - Prompt and Colors
GNU Bash is the default shell on most GNU/Linux distributions. It can be customized in many ways. This time, I want to demonstrate, how you can customize the looks of your Bash and also make it more useful.
Linux
Spotlight - Flatpak and Flathub
You may have heard of Flatpaks, maybe even Flathub? The Flatpak community tries to provide a general package format and marketplace / app store for GNU/Linux packages. Since I am using Flatpak for quite some time now, I wanted to share some experience and details about it.
CentOS
Release - CentOS Stream 9
In November 2021, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta was released and CentOS Stream 9 images were available. CentOS Stream 9 is officially released and the CentOS project announced this step in a small Blog article in December 2021. Let's see what's new and what has changed.
Home
Fedora - Home Server (Intro & Concept)
Just a few days ago, somebody reached out to me and asked: Daniel, how do you do your home server? Since this question is not really easy to answer, I will provide a series of articles, that will enable you to set up your own home server.
Conference
Conference - OpenSource in education
Here we go with "OpenSource in education", a full day with talks about Moodle, LibreOffice, MetaGer, Geogebra and Open Educational Resources. We are thrilled, excited and a bit nervous to present our first Dresden OpenSource UserGroup conference to you.
Linux
Bash - Tweaks and Tuning
GNU Bash can be considered the standard shell in GNU/Linux systems. But, do you know that you tune your Bash to allow case-insensitive completion or create your own commands? In this article, I will show some ways to make Bash "your Bash" and more useful.
Fedora
Release - Fedora 35
The new Fedora release is available, and I have already updated. There are impressive things around and also the usual updates. In this article, I will give an overview of the new release and describe what's new.
Spotlight
Spotlight - Cirrus CLI (with Podman)
Cirrus CLI is a tool for running containerized tasks reproducibly in any environment. Most commonly, Cirrus tasks are used as part of continuous integration workflows but can also be used as part of local development process as a hermetic replacement of helper scripts/Makefiles.
Podman
Podman - Machine (Podman on macOS)
You want to use Podman, but you are on a Mac? Podman Machine may be something you are interested in. It is the built-in way to run Podman in a virtual machine on your Workstation.
Ansible
Ansible - Functional testing
You have done your automation in Ansible? Cool! But do you test, if the deployment really works? Do you check if your server is really listening to the correct port and delivers the correct content? This guide will dig into functional testing with Ansible...
Linux
Spotlight - Cockpit Project
Linux is about "using the terminal", right? Maybe not. Cockpit provides an option, so you can operate your GN/Linux based operating system, even if you don't know the correct commands for many tools.
Conference
Conference - Nest with Fedora
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the "Nest with Fedora" conference in August. Fortunately, the folks at Fedora uploaded a ton of YouTube videos from the conference, so I was able to enjoy some content.
GNOME
Release - GNOME 41
GNOME 41 is finally here. After the amazing launch of GNOME 40, half a year ago, many were surprised by the quite drastic changes. We are now seeing the first improvements for the re-designed GNOME desktop environment.
Conference
Conference - DecompileD 2021
The DecompileD conference aims at engineers, developers, tech founders and product owners alike. Everybody who is interested in a deep technical exchange and real user reports is happily welcome.