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📣 Welcome Sam Thornton to CIQ as our new Senior Systems Engineer!

Sam brings exceptional Linux expertise and industry knowledge to help us drive technology forward. 🌟

Thrilled to have you on the team, Sam! 🎉

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January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Tech careers go beyond Big Tech. You don’t need Google, Amazon, Apple, or Microsoft to succeed. From healthcare to finance, retail to logistics tech jobs are everywhere.

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July 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Trying Linux by picking a distro that looks exactly like Windows or macOS is like dating someone who looks like your ex. You left for a reason. New OS, new workflow. Stop chasing familiar disappointment.

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Don’t Date Your Ex - LINUXexpert
Switching operating systems isn’t just a technical migration. It’s a habit migration. You’re moving muscle memory, assumptions, and identity—“this is how a computer works”—from one world to another.
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March 15, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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🎓 New at LinuxExpert.org: our LFCS Study Guide is live! 🐧
12‑week plan, mock labs, scripts, task checklists—everything you need to ace the Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin exam. Dive in: linuxexpert.org/lfcs/

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May 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The 2025 Tech Talent Report is live.
AI isn’t killing jobs—it’s transforming them.
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✔️ Upskilling beats hiring
✔️ Open source drives retention
✔️ Skills > degrees

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2025 State of Tech Talent Report
Discover how AI, upskilling, and open source are transforming the global tech workforce in 2025. Key takeaways for IT leaders, HR, and developers.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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🚀 Turn-key WireGuard on Debian 13: WG-Easy Installer (Docker) + Let’s Encrypt, HTTPS, UFW, fail2ban, auto-updates, backups & healthcheck (CLI/TUI).
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A Turn-Key, Hardened WireGuard Stack for Debian 13 - LINUXexpert
Deploy a production-ready WireGuard VPN with wg-easy, Caddy, Let’s Encrypt, UFW, fail2ban, unattended-upgrades, backups, health checks, and a TUI installer — all on Debian 13.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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As of today we have shut off all AdSense ads on the website. They are just gawdy and honestly do not generate any real revenue to help run the site. We will only be running Linux Foundation affiliate ads.

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January 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Choosing a Linux distro because it looks like Windows/macOS is like dating someone who looks like your ex: comforting at first, but it sets the wrong expectations—and that’s why people try Linux, get frustrated, and go back.

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Don’t Date Your Ex - LINUXexpert
Switching operating systems isn’t just a technical migration. It’s a habit migration. You’re moving muscle memory, assumptions, and identity—“this is how a computer works”—from one world to another.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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2026 won’t be “the year of the Linux desktop” but it might be the clearest turning point yet.

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2026 Won’t Be “The Year of the Linux Desktop” - LINUXexpert
Linux won’t dominate desktops in 2026—but it may be the clearest turning point yet. Wayland maturity, better NVIDIA support, Proton gaming gains, and Flatpak’s app consistency are making Linux a real ...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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🏰 The Cathedral has consumed the Bazaar.

Corporate acquisitions, license changes, and platform lock-in have reshaped open source. What was once freely remixable is now fenced by profit motives.

📖 New essay: When the Cathedral Ate the Bazaar
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When the Cathedral Ate the Bazaar: How Corporate Power Consumed Open Source - LINUXexpert
Open source once thrived in the bazaar, but corporate consolidation, license changes, and platform lock-in have turned it into a cathedral. See how companies like IBM, Microsoft, HashiCorp, and Redis ...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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talwart-migrator: in-place upgrade tool for Stalwart Mail Server (0.15.5 → latest).

Proven in production: 1 x86_64 VPS, 2x x86_64 Docker, 1 ARM64 Docker. Checkpointed, resumable, auto-validated. Go/stdlib, GPLv3.

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GitHub - LINUXexpert-org/stalwart-migrator: In-place Upgrade tooling for Stalwart 0.15.x to latest.
In-place Upgrade tooling for Stalwart 0.15.x to latest. - LINUXexpert-org/stalwart-migrator
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August 30, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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GitHub - LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail: Webmail for Stalwart server
Webmail for Stalwart server. Contribute to LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail development by creating an account on GitHub.
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August 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@linuxexpert/116014218728428270

Want to boost the message below but also remind folks that doas exists

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February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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🚀 Join us at Austin IT Innovation Center North! We're on the lookout for a skilled Linux Systems Engineer. Grow your career with us in an innovative tech environment. #TechJobs #AustinJobs #LinuxExpert educativ.net/jobs/job/298...
January 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Music taught me before school did. Maiden led me to Coleridge, Tennyson, WWI—and later FOSS. My essay on Cathedral ↔︎ Bazaar & education-through-entertainment:
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Iron Maiden: Cathedral, Bazaar, and the Unintentional University of Metal - LINUXexpert
Eddie x Tux: a heavy-metal tribute to open source, GNU/Linux, and remix culture—where riffs teach, ideas spread, and hackers share back.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Repo: github.com/LINUXexpert-...

Includes installer, backup/restore, uninstall, and a healthcheck with webhook support. PRs welcome! 💙
GitHub - LINUXexpert-org/WG-Easy-Installer: Interactive (TUI-capable) installer for WireGuard + wg-easy (Docker) # behind Caddy/Let's Encrypt on Debian 13.
Interactive (TUI-capable) installer for WireGuard + wg-easy (Docker) # behind Caddy/Let's Encrypt on Debian 13. - LINUXexpert-org/WG-Easy-Installer
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October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Ignoring internal talent. Underpaying top performers. Masking burnout with “unlimited PTO.”

It’s not innovation. It’s erosion.

Read why these strategies are costing companies more than they think:
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The Real Cost of Neglecting Internal Talent
Ignoring internal talent and undercompensating workers leads to morale collapse and turnover. Here’s why perks like unlimited PTO aren't enough—and what companies should do instead.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM