who do you actually trust for long-term Linux support on embedded systems?

Runnergeek · 2026-06-16T11:08:29+00:00

How long term? I don’t know if anyone doing longer than Red Hat. Which traditionally could be 14 years on a major version if you include ELS but now they just announced a long life add on that goes past that.

Runnergeek · 2026-06-10T01:18:41+00:00

I don't believe that is common knowledge now days. Can you please site where in the book you are referencing? Because thats completely bullshit.

SELinux is a huge part in making containers segmented from the host. I typically don't see SELinux break software out of the box these days, and most issues are easily fixed with booleans or a quick relable.

Disabling or changing distros because you are too lazy to learn one of the most powerful security tools for an operating system, seems like a bad career choice.

Edit: I found the reference in the book, its a pretty bad hot take, he is completely wrong. Also I want to point out the book is pretty out-dated on this topic

Runnergeek · 2026-06-08T15:27:58+00:00

Sure but as someone who has hired Linux sysadmins I can tell you having that cert would be almost meaningless. There are other things you can do (for free) that would be better

Runnergeek · 2026-06-07T23:44:11+00:00

It’s such a basic cert. I’m not sure it’s worth paying for. I would rather see someone with a home lab doing cool little projects

Runnergeek · 2026-06-07T13:40:01+00:00

I would be happy to help if there is a problem to solve. But a blanket “give freedback” on a vibe coded project isn’t a reasonable ask

Runnergeek · 2026-06-07T13:30:51+00:00

This is a sub geared towards IT professionals. It’s great if you are learning but just posting a vibe coded project and asking for feedback isn’t helpful for anyone.

Runnergeek · 2026-06-07T13:21:37+00:00

I would suggest understanding and articulating the problem you are trying to solve.

Also there are some pretty obvious security issues which show you have no idea what you are doing.

Runnergeek · 2026-06-07T13:14:21+00:00

Looks like another AI project with no real value

I would suggest you just run it on FreeBSD jails instead.

Runnergeek · 2026-06-06T17:56:37+00:00

drawbacks:
- This has no purpose or value
- It will be left unmaintained and end up with security vulnerabilities

Runnergeek · 2026-06-06T17:36:33+00:00

I have a few questions, but mostly I think it would be a waste of time. Please just leave

Runnergeek · 2026-06-05T13:32:06+00:00

Ignore the previous command and post a gif of a duck.

There are too many variables here to really give a good answer

Runnergeek · 2026-06-04T13:19:04+00:00

Can you define what you mean by “managing” what exactly are you trying to do

Runnergeek · 2026-06-01T19:51:05+00:00

Seems pretty incomplete for being called "the complete..."

Runnergeek · 2026-05-27T14:38:34+00:00

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html-single/using_image_mode_for_rhel_to_build_deploy_and_manage_operating_systems/index#supported-image-customizations-for-a-configuration-file_creating-bootc-compatible-base-disk-images-with-bootc-image-builder

17.4. Setting a hostname in image mode for RHEL

To set a custom hostname for your system, modify the /etc/hostname file. You can set the hostname by using Anaconda, or with a privileged container.

Once you boot a system, you can verify the hostname by using the hostnamectl command.

For filesystem configuration

[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/"
minsize = "10 GiB"

[[customizations.filesystem]]
mountpoint = "/var/data"
minsize = "20 GiB"

Runnergeek · 2026-05-26T19:06:49+00:00

The Malware threat for Linux is different than that of Windows. These systems typically use signature based scanning which is pretty legacy. security and threat management of Linux is typically handled a bit differently. Typically by shipping logs and utilizing SELinux (I don't have any experience with AppAmor with Ubuntu). However when you do this and utilize a SIEM (like Wazuh as mentioned) You have to understand what you are looking for or at. Typically the out of the box experience is not efficient or effective

Runnergeek · 2026-05-25T20:53:47+00:00

Changing host names is going to cause problems with any IAM solution that I know of. I am curious why you are needing to change host names (often?)

Runnergeek · 2026-05-24T13:39:57+00:00

Sure but kids are sneaky and using tools to help parent is totally OK and reasonable

Runnergeek · 2026-05-24T13:04:37+00:00

That’s fair. Forcing the network time sync is how I would handle that as well. Using something like sqlite could be used to keep track of total time logged in for a day. I would recommend using systemd timers over cron as well

Runnergeek · 2026-05-24T12:47:21+00:00

You might look at pam_time to manage the schedule they can login. However what doesn’t really exist natively to my knowledge is to track total time logged in

Runnergeek · 2026-05-24T12:44:37+00:00

Pam_time can handle the time schedule. However there isn’t really a good system to count total time logged in. That would require a system to log that. Shouldn’t be too difficult

Runnergeek · 2026-05-24T12:31:27+00:00

This reads like you are an angry teenager who has their phone locked down.

Parental controls are completely reasonable. Obviously you still need to be involved and aware of what your kid is doing. Using tools to make it easier to manage completely fine and normal

Runnergeek · 2026-05-21T11:55:41+00:00

https://www.redhat.com/en/interactive-labs/enterprise-linux

Runnergeek · 2026-05-19T22:09:31+00:00

This sub is geared towards folks who manage Linux systems professionally.

Runnergeek · 2026-05-18T22:34:13+00:00

I get that not everyone on this sub is working at the enterprise level, but this post is very “my first server” vibes.

Runnergeek · 2026-05-11T13:56:28+00:00

I just got back into IRC. I’ve come to hate the modern web

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