New Years Resolutions - Linux

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Anyone have any Linux New Years Resolutions?

Mine is to get into the SAN admining game.

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Learn how to use modern networking tools. Most of what I use I learned in 2006-2007 and it is pretty much all depreciated, to dependent on GUI tools now.

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By that do you mean the intricacies of ā€˜ssā€™ and systemd or something else entirely?

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Build a NAS.

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That and systemd in general.

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I have had to learn most of my systemd from Lennart himself. The Literature is weak. The ā€œeducation sitesā€ are lagging. Honestly Redhat and YouTube meetups are all I have. There is a Redhat HQ here in Northern Virginia that I want to pump for more info soon regarding systemd.

As far as ā€˜ssā€™ the written literature so far as I know is non existant. It is man man.

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Systemd is a fine machine in my personal opinion. Many disagree. I use it because it is efficient from what I have seen. I study, learn, discern, decide what I find useful. Like a farmer from olde learning what plow is best going to till the field beyond years. No one can know the fuel ( horse or gas) but we get a glimps of the the Know before it comes.

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Tried to learn how to use it years ago but I kept running into bugs and had to keep figuring out a work around every time, but recently I havenā€™t had any problems with it so I can focus on it instead of jumping through hoops. Hard to learn something when you have to disable parts what you are trying to learn and find a different solution.

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What is ā€˜itā€™?

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I would say:

  • Learn RHEL

  • Strip down kernel by hand and make it work ( last time I paired down my kernel, the computer would shut off for whatever reason 30 seconds after boot. )

  • Learn how to theme

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  1. Revist Self-Healing Scripts for Production
    Iā€™ve always just played with this in testing, in case load balancing or failover doesnā€™t work. Iā€™ve never fully understood the mechanics or how to properly implement such a concept. Nevermore. This year will be the year I master this.

  2. Redis
    Not necessarily Linux, but Iā€™ve decided to get into learning Redis. Java has some great libraries, from what Iā€™ve read, and Iā€™ll be giving that a go.

  3. The Year of the Linux Desktop ā€¦ for ME
    I am going to swap my setup to be opposite of what it is now. Windows primary with Linux guests -> Linux primary with Windows guests. Iā€™ve tried this in the past, and KVM just didnā€™t do it for me, and every update iteration yielded problems with VMware Workstation. Now, Iā€™ve a spare GPU to run my Windows test box in full resolution with KVM, and Iā€™ve been testing Remmina with our Hyper-V host and it has been working great.

  4. Read the Linux Programming Interface (again?)
    Iā€™ve referenced the tome, and Iā€™ve dabbled in the Linux API for perosnal tools. But I think Iā€™m going to take a serious crack at the book, and hopefully get into some real systems engineering. This is my goal, career wise, and I think 2018 is the time to see it through.

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  • stop recommending Linux to people
  • try Linux from scratch and gentoo
  • work through vulkan tutorials
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Systemd, c-state bugs and daemon incompatibilities were the main problems.

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Make enough time (readā€¦ cease procrastinating) to rebuild my operating system from scratch to patch some ā€œslightlyā€ outdated packages (readā€¦ entire operating system). And compile a new blob for firmware related issues.

Bloody flutteryay!

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Learn basic Python and get into sensors and such on SOC boards. Guess the linux part is strictly speaking only the SOC boards, though Iā€™ll be learning python on my main linux machine too.

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Get my LPIC1 :slight_smile:

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  1. Linux From Scratch
  2. Proxmox Virtualization
  3. Linux Main Desktop
  4. Gaming on Linux (HTPC and Main Desktop)
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  • Linux as main OS
  • Pick a desktop environment/window manager and stick to it for more than a week.
  • Obtain a deep understanding of how Linux works.
  • Get more involved in a Linux community to learn and share information as I can.
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You came to the right Community for this one mate.

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Isnā€™t it all coming back around?! I thought terminal work was the thing again, with many Windows admin falling in love with Powershell

I thought I was the only one who noticed thisā€¦ I was tempted to find out what the red hat site has hoping for more.

+100000

Welcome Home !

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