Why RLC Pro? Enterprise Linux Built on Rocky
Why RLC Pro? Enterprise Linux Built on Rocky I wrote this piece for CIQ making the case for RLC Pro, what it is, who it serves, and why the foundation it is built on matters before you get to any…
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AI and the Human in the Loop | IT Guy Show Ep. 022
AI and the Human in the Loop: What Actually Gets Replaced | IT Guy Show Ep. 022 Episode 22 of The IT Guy Show is a milestone for me, and not just because the number is round. Karl Abbott was…
Bootc in the Wild | Fedora Podcast Ep. 054
Bootc in Production: What It Actually Looks Like | Fedora Podcast Ep. 054 Episode 54 of the Fedora Podcast is out, and this one digs into something I am genuinely curious about for my own homelab: what does bootc look…
Flock to Fedora 2026: What to Expect in Prague
Flock to Fedora 2026: What to Expect in Prague Flock to Fedora 2026 is heading back to Prague this June, and on episode 53 of the Fedora Podcast, Noah and I sat down with Justin Wheeler and Emma from the…
Deploy RLC Pro on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Deploy RLC Pro on Microsoft Azure Marketplace I wrote this deployment guide for CIQ covering how to get RLC Pro running on Microsoft Azure, from the Marketplace listing to a production-ready Enterprise Linux environment. The post opens with a question…
From Fresh Install to AI Inference in Under 4 Minutes
From Fresh Install to AI Inference in Under 4 Minutes Getting a GPU box ready for AI workloads is way harder than it should be, and we proved that live on the CIQ Webinar Series on April 2nd. I brought…
CIQ Portal Launch: Deploy Enterprise Linux Your Way
CIQ Portal Is Live: Access and Deploy CIQ Products on Your Own Terms I wrote the launch post announcing the CIQ portal going live at portal.ciq.com, covering what it is, who it’s for, and how to go from registration to…
Migrate from RHEL to RLC Pro Without Re-Architecting
How to Migrate from RHEL to RLC Pro Without Re-Architecting I wrote this guide for CIQ covering how to convert a running RHEL system to RLC Pro, without rebuilding servers or re-certifying your application stack. The core of the post…
What Enterprise Linux Should Actually Be | CIQ Webinar
What Enterprise Linux Support Actually Means (And Why It Matters) Rocky Linux is everywhere, and for good reason. But community is not always enough, and this webinar is where Brady Dibble and I got into exactly what changes when you…
Proactive Linux Security: How RLC Hardened Goes Beyond Patching
Proactive Linux Security: How RLC Hardened Goes Beyond Patching Reactive security is table stakes at this point, and it is not keeping up. I sat down with Nathan Blackham, Brady Dibble, and Sultan Alof from CIQ to talk about what…
Run AI Locally on Fedora with Ollama: Live Ops 005
Run AI Locally on Fedora with Ollama: Live Ops 005 I wanted to run AI locally on Fedora using an Nvidia GPU I had sitting in my Dell PowerEdge R730 — and an hour and a half later, I actually…
Building a Golden Image | Live Ops 003
Building a Golden Image | Live Ops 003 The goal was simple: build a reusable Fedora golden image homelab template I can clone whenever I need a new server. Nothing about it was simple. The plan was to use Image…
RHEL Hypervisor Homelab Setup: Live Ops 003
RHEL Hypervisor Homelab Setup: Live Ops 003 A Dell PowerEdge R730 that’s been sitting in the rack collecting dust finally has a job: and this stream is the whole messy process of giving it one. The goal was straightforward: install…
WordPress Migration to Homelab: Live Ops 002
WordPress Migration to Homelab: Live Ops 002 The WordPress migration homelab project that started as a quick detour turned into a two-hour deep dive — because nothing in the homelab ever goes exactly to plan. If you caught Live Ops…
Rebuilding My Matrix Server From Scratch (Live Ops 001)
Self-Hosted Matrix Server Rebuild: Live Ops 001 I fired up a livestream to do something I’ve been putting off way too long: bringing my self-hosted Matrix server back from the dead, live, in real time, with no safety net. The…
Mastering User and Group Management on Linux
As a long-time SysAdmin, one of the core tasks I’ve always had to tackle is managing users and groups on Linux systems. Whether you’re running a personal server or managing an entire fleet of Linux boxes, understanding how to efficiently…
Apple Vision Pro | IT Guy’s first impressions
The Apple Vision Pro stands to be one of the next innovations that changes how we use technology. Is it there yet? Not quite, but read on to see what I discovered. I’ve been in IT since before it was my chosen career…
Getting Started with Linux and I.T. Careers
I get asked on a regular basis how I got my start in Linux; over the last couple of days, I put together my most comprehensive list yet and I wanted to share it with all of you! Where do…
Ansible Beginner’s Guide: Automate the Pain Away
Way back in the day, humanity created computers to help make our lives easier. In a lot of ways, they have; in others, it’s made life much more tedious, especially for the SysAdmin. What used to be a mainframe has…