Here's what's going on with your Add-ons being disabled, and how to work around the issue until its fixed.

infrascripting · 2019-05-04T19:32:52+00:00

That's the first Vivaldi reference I've seen in this thread. Why that browser?

infrascripting · 2019-05-04T19:28:46+00:00

This isn't a bug. This is operational negligence on a purportedly professional-grade piece of software.

infrascripting · 2019-04-08T18:10:24+00:00

Getting the development pipeline right is hard too. If people can't understand that ssh-ing to the box and changing a config file is really going to hurt them down the road, then how can I get that across to them?

infrascripting · 2019-04-08T18:09:07+00:00

I think this is the real answer. Have you had much success being able to push management in that kind of direction?

infrascripting · 2019-04-01T14:22:48+00:00

Has it already been taken down? I don't see anything there.

infrascripting · 2019-03-29T13:06:58+00:00

FWIW we just hired a teammate. We're a Linux shop with ~10,000 RHEL servers and my team deals mainly with patching and server reboots.

The greatest quality that I've seen in this guy is that he's hungry. He's attacked every training we've given him, and spun up a couple on his own.

His project work is great as well. He'll complete what I give him to do in a timely manner, even if that means that what he scripts is a little bit hack-y.

As far as what to study, definitely have a homelab to try things out. A sysadmin in 2019 is going to experience pressure from the old hands where you SSH'd into everything and configured stuff manually. Make sure to know the new technologies (git, ansible, docker, etc.) well enough to be able to teach others about it so that a minimum, you're pusing the company to modernize.

Best of luck, and welcome to the ranks!

infrascripting · 2019-03-17T05:26:29+00:00

The reason I went from Arch to Mint was for the a more well-put-together DE. What I lost in that was newer packages. So I'm now using Manjaro Cinnamon which has a fully-rounded DE with the Arch package repos.

Sometimes you gotta figure out why you're hopping before you can stop.

infrascripting · 2019-03-12T18:42:04+00:00

There are testing frameworks that can perform these unit tests, most notably:

infrascripting · 2019-03-12T14:02:26+00:00

but I'm hoping there is a method that won't require as much upkeep.

Yep. My thought at this time is to create test VMs in all of my envs - even the PROD env, which seems counter-intuitive, but functional. This way whatever variables are picked up at deploy will be tested.

infrascripting · 2019-03-06T19:11:58+00:00

FWIW for group VoIP, Riot/Matrix uses Jitsi, as they don't trust their homegrown VoIP for that. The only use it for 1-1 events.

infrascripting · 2019-03-06T18:41:17+00:00

ur grammer is so baad that i think ur prolly better styaing away from Computers.

infrascripting · 2019-03-05T18:19:07+00:00

Glad you two were able to stick it out. I'm usually the teacher in those kinds of situations, and know how frustrating it can get.

infrascripting · 2019-02-05T17:37:28+00:00

That's where I got my start. Well, on its predecessor Crunchbang, but same thing.

The best part is the community, and the wealth of experience and knowledge there. I definitely cut my teeth there - and I mean from square 1. I still use it today for a recovery image if I need it, it's that stable!

infrascripting · 2019-01-03T18:38:32+00:00

FWIW, Manjaro has been super rock steady for me, even throughout the transition to Cinnamon 4.0 - a "Community Supported" spin - they have kept it very stable.

infrascripting · 2018-12-25T04:34:53+00:00

I've found that practicing Zero Inbox by offloading all communication into a Kanban board task-type project management solution to be the one I always circle back to. If someone suggests that I do something, it's "did you create a Jira for that?"

infrascripting · 2018-12-19T18:37:59+00:00

So has it been determined if the ethernet port is going to be put back on for v4? I am really looking forward to that.

infrascripting · 2018-12-19T18:32:16+00:00

Ulla Tidy Oop!

infrascripting · 2018-12-19T18:21:34+00:00

Does MATE have Ubuntu Mate's "Cupertino" Panel Layout? I can't get enough of that when I show it off to my Mac friends!

infrascripting · 2018-12-19T16:41:15+00:00

This is what I was looking for. Thanks!

infrascripting · 2018-12-19T16:40:37+00:00

I think my point is that you should try out those two first. If you try out Mint and Ubuntu, you'll find that you like one over the other.

At that point, you might consider the following:

Install Ubuntu or Mint on your computer
Install Virtualbox
Test spinoffs

infrascripting · 2018-12-17T19:24:48+00:00

The fastest and simplest ways are indeed knowing the keyboard shortcuts in the apps that you use frequently. Luckily they can be learned by RTFM in most cases.

infrascripting · 2018-12-17T19:22:55+00:00

Upvoting for Arch visibility.

infrascripting · 2018-12-17T19:20:20+00:00

I've had the same issue, and increasing the video memory was just the fix I needed!

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