Monthly Archives: January 2018

HDMI Recorder Not Working

Posted on January 21, 2018 by larry

Not sure what happened, either a driver or the port or some update. But the device I used to record videos is no longer recording videos. Hopefully it is a simple fix. Otherwise I will be bummed if this device … Continue reading →

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Last Sam’s Visit

Posted on January 20, 2018 by larry

Went to Sams today, stood in line for two hours. Not much there There wasn’t much on the floor either, they closed off some areas as well. I did get a cool weather station Will do a review on this … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Server on AD

Posted on January 19, 2018 by larry

I been trying to get my Linux clients connected to my domain. I FINALLY figured it out with Ubuntu server, working on getting the Pi then Linux Mint. I initially tried Linux Mint but going through the CLI with ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Pi and Nagios

Posted on January 18, 2018 by larry

I tried to install nagios on a debian VM today, I thought a Raspberry Pi and Debian were the same, they are not. A raspberry pi has nagios3 whereas debian has icinga. I am familiar with nagios though so will … Continue reading →

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Animated GIF

Posted on January 17, 2018 by larry

So I did a quick video for Linuxfest 2018. Took a stab at an animated gif I tried to upload it here to my blog, going to have to settle for a still. Here is the video on youtube  

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Proposals for Linuxfest 2018

Posted on January 16, 2018 by larry

Almost missed the deadline for Linuxfest papers. Put in two, one for Arduino another for related to my video regarding tools for Windows admins managing Linux Servers. One curious thing this year is that they allow for commercials.  Hmm gonna … Continue reading →

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Another Youtube Video

Posted on January 15, 2018 by larry

Posted another youtube video https://youtu.be/yOSTcRVZNbg This is one details 6 tools in Windows used to manage a Linux machine.

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New Media Center

Posted on January 14, 2018 by larry

Decided to start building my new media center.  Actually a DVR. Trying to build it with CentOS 7.   Struggling  with it now.  Some NIC problems. Will work on it more tomorrow. Needs a new fan cause it is squealing pretty … Continue reading →

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Power Outage At Home

Posted on January 13, 2018 by larry

At about 3:30AM power went off at my home, at 12:30PM the power came back on and I went through the restart process. One of the problems I had was a corrupt USB boot drive for my ESXi host. Luckily … Continue reading →

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Recording Videos

Posted on January 12, 2018 by larry

Trying to get back to recording videos. Kind of setup a few things, should be able to make recordings now. This is a three day weekend, need to get something up online. Need to just start producing.

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