https://itguyeric.com/tags/ciq/Recent content in CIQ on Eric The IT GuyHugoen-USFri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-community-vs-vendor-support/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-community-vs-vendor-support/I wrote this for the CIQ blog: an honest look at when community Rocky Linux support covers you and when a production environment needs the vendor support RLC Pro adds.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-jetson-giveaway-oss/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-jetson-giveaway-oss/I put this together for the CIQ blog: what four winners at Open Source Summit 2026 said they would build with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano running RLC Pro AI.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-rlc-pro-ai-vs-hardened/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-rlc-pro-ai-vs-hardened/I wrote this for the CIQ blog: how to choose between RLC Pro AI and RLC Pro Hardened depending on whether you are running AI infrastructure or working under strict compliance.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-at-open-source-summit-2026-minneapolis-recap/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:37:02 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-at-open-source-summit-2026-minneapolis-recap/I spent three days on the expo floor at Open Source Summit 2026 in Minneapolis with Howard Van Der Wal and Stephen Simpson, and it was one of the better events we have done this year.https://itguyeric.com/blog/why-rlc-pro/Fri, 29 May 2026 09:53:57 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/why-rlc-pro/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 of the enterprise features.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rlc-plus-rocky-linux/Tue, 19 May 2026 15:53:41 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rlc-plus-rocky-linux/I wrote this explainer for CIQ introducing RLC+, the free, GPU-ready tier that sits between community Rocky Linux and the full RLC Pro subscription.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ai-on-azure-rlc-pro-ai-gpu-ready/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:13:02 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ai-on-azure-rlc-pro-ai-gpu-ready/Getting from the Azure Marketplace to actual inference used to mean a day of driver archaeology. This webinar with Brian Dawson, Damon Knight, and Hugo from Microsoft Azure’s core engineering team is…https://itguyeric.com/blog/rlc-pro-google-cloud/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:01:20 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rlc-pro-google-cloud/I wrote this deployment guide for CIQ, walking through how to get RLC Pro up and running on Google Cloud Marketplace from start to a live VM.https://itguyeric.com/blog/deploy-rlc-pro-on-aws-marketplace/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:46:27 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/deploy-rlc-pro-on-aws-marketplace/I wrote this guide for CIQ covering how to get RLC Pro running on AWS, from the Marketplace listing to a live EC2 instance with LTS and FIPS available.https://itguyeric.com/blog/deploy-rlc-pro-on-microsoft-azure-marketplace/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:53:06 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/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.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep20-first-inference/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep20-first-inference/Damen Knight of CIQ and I dig into the hidden cost of configuring Linux for GPU and AI workloads.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-portal-launch-deploy-enterprise-linux-your-way/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:06:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-portal-launch-deploy-enterprise-linux-your-way/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 your first download in under a minute.https://itguyeric.com/blog/migrate-from-rhel-to-rlc-pro-without-re-architecting/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:09:04 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/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.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-scale-23x-trip-report/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:01:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-scale-23x-trip-report/I co-wrote this recap with Michael Young and R. Leigh Hennig covering CIQ’s presence at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, and I was there in person as a speaker.https://itguyeric.com/blog/enterprise-linux-support-rlc-pro-ciq/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:59:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/enterprise-linux-support-rlc-pro-ciq/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 need a vendor behind your Linux…https://itguyeric.com/blog/proactive-linux-security-rlc-hardened-lkrg/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:10:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/proactive-linux-security-rlc-hardened-lkrg/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 it actually looks like to build…https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep47-risc-v/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep47-risc-v/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 47, where we dug into RISC-V, open hardware, and the effort to port Fedora to a new architecture. Watch or listen right here.