https://itguyeric.com/tags/guest/Recent content in Guest on Eric The IT GuyHugoen-USThu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:21 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/home-lab-2026-it-guy-show-023/Thu, 28 May 2026 18:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/home-lab-2026-it-guy-show-023/Josh from Keep It Techie joins me for a conversation about home lab ownership in 2026, what it actually costs, what it gets you, and when it stops making sense.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep22-ai-replacing-jobs/Tue, 12 May 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep22-ai-replacing-jobs/Episode 22 of The IT Guy Show is a milestone for me, and not just because the number is round. Karl Abbott was my very first guest back on episode one, and he came back for what turned into one of…https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep21-ubuntu-community/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep21-ubuntu-community/Nathan Haines and I talk about what makes Ubuntu different at a human level after more than twenty years of community.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/itguyshow-ep18-wayland/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep18-wayland/Brodie Robertson and I dig into the end of X11 and the rise of Wayland on the Linux desktop.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep17-linkedin-jobs/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep17-linkedin-jobs/Job search coach Jeffry Ullman and I dig into a reality-based approach to landing your next role through LinkedIn.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep15-devlife-chris-demars/Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep15-devlife-chris-demars/A fun, story-filled chat with Chris DeMars about DevRel, developer advocacy, empathy, and avoiding burnout.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep14-sysadmin-nate-lager/Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep14-sysadmin-nate-lager/A wide-ranging chat with Nate Lager about the sysadmin life, from burnout and bash scripts to automation and authenticity.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep12-govtech/Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep12-govtech/Joel Krooswyk and I compare public sector and government tech work, covering compliance, modernization, AI, and career shifts.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep11-nixos/Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep11-nixos/Aaron Honeycutt breaks down NixOS, declarative configuration, and how to get started without pulling your hair out.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep10-gitops/Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep10-gitops/Christian Hernandez explains GitOps in plain terms for Linux admins, comparing it to traditional sysadmin practice and where to start.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep09-lomiri/Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep09-lomiri/A conversation with Erik Mols about Lomiri, the convergent open-source shell that runs the same way on your phone, tablet, and desktop.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep82-noah-chelliah/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep82-noah-chelliah/A companion to RHEL Presents episode 82, where Nate and I talk with Noah Chelliah about community, careers, and getting people on-ramped into open source.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.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep46-2025/Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep46-2025/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 46, where Matthew Miller and I look ahead to Fedora’s 2025 and the leadership transition. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep45-open-source/Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep45-open-source/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 45, where we talked through what it really takes to contribute code to Fedora and open source. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep44-framework/Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep44-framework/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 44, where we sat down with Framework’s Matt Hartley on repairable laptops and Linux support. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep43-bazzite/Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep43-bazzite/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 43, where we dug into Bazzite, the gaming image built on Fedora Atomic, with the people who build it. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep40-protonge/Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep40-protonge/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 40, where we dug into gaming on Fedora with Proton GE, Nobara, and the tweaks that make it all click. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep39-kde-spin/Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep39-kde-spin/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 39, where Neal Gompa tries to talk me into switching to Plasma 6.2 and we dig into the Fedora KDE spin. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep38-quality-assurance/Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep38-quality-assurance/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 38, where Adam Williamson walks Noah and me through Fedora QA, how software gets vetted, and how you can help. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep08-continuous-improvement/Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep08-continuous-improvement/Nathen Harvey and I talk DORA, continuous learning, and why teams that embrace the chaos keep improving their environment.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep37-road-ahead/Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep37-road-ahead/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 37, where Matthew Miller lays out Fedora’s direction, the Strategy 2028 plan, and what’s coming with Fedora Linux 41. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep83-ansible-deploy/Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep83-ansible-deploy/In my last episode as host, Brian and I bring on three guests to demo a full GitOps pipeline deploying and testing RHEL workloads on Azure with Ansible Automation Platform.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep07-burnout/Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep07-burnout/Jennifer and Bryan Horton of Dull Made Daring help me unpack burnout, its warning signs, and recovery, sword included.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep81-podman-ai-lab/Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep81-podman-ai-lab/Brian Smith and I talk with Cedric Clyburn and the Podman Desktop team about the AI Lab extension, which downloads, serves, and builds with LLMs on your own laptop.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep80-yubico/Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep80-yubico/Nate Lager and I sit down with Yubico’s Jonathan Hanlon and Dave Pham to add FIDO passkeys to RHEL users and log in with a YubiKey through Identity Manager.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep35-community-architect/Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep35-community-architect/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 35, where Fedora Community Architect Justin W. Flory shares how he bridges teams, runs events like Flock, and empowers contributors. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep05-devops-people/Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep05-devops-people/Laura Santamaria of Dell explains why DevOps is about people first, and how individual contributors can drive culture change.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep04-apis/Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep04-apis/Budha, a developer advocate at Tyk, walks me through APIs from fundamentals to production-ready with gateways.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep03-open-ai/Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep03-open-ai/JJ Asghar of IBM makes the case for open, transparent AI development and introduces the InstructLab project.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep34-fedora-docs/Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep34-fedora-docs/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 34, where Peter Boy walks me through the Fedora Docs team, its mission, and how you can help. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep78-image-mode/Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep78-image-mode/Ben Brouillard and Matt Micene join me for a first look at image mode for RHEL, building and shipping the operating system with container tooling and bootc.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep77-satellite/Thu, 02 May 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep77-satellite/Pete Sackett joins Brian and me to break down Red Hat Satellite, from patching and life cycle to content management, and how far it has come since version 5.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep75-subscriptions/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep75-subscriptions/Rich Dorito joins Brian and me to explain what a Red Hat subscription actually is, how to access trials, and why the whole experience got so much cleaner.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep01-element-matrix/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep01-element-matrix/My first guest, Karl Abbott of Element, walks through the Matrix protocol and decentralized, encrypted communication.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep74-stratis/Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep74-stratis/Bob Hanlon and Billy Holmes join Brian and me to unpack Stratis on RHEL, why it is a storage management tool and not a file system, and how it grew up.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep73-solutions-architect/Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep73-solutions-architect/Chuck Marshall joins Brian and me to walk through what an account solution architect really does day to day across RHEL, Ansible, and OpenShift.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep71-red-hat-services/Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep71-red-hat-services/Brian and I sit down with Red Hat Services experts across platforms, middleware, and OpenShift to talk about how consulting helps you get off the ground.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep70-convert2rhel-reinvent/Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep70-convert2rhel-reinvent/Nate and I broadcast live from the AWS re:Invent show floor to talk Convert2RHEL, RHEL on AWS, and the buzz around the conference with guest Stu Miniman.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep69-event-driven-ansible/Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep69-event-driven-ansible/Nuno Martins joins Brian and me to explain how Event-Driven Ansible listens for events and kicks off automation without a human in the loop.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep33-fedora-saga/Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep33-fedora-saga/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 33, a birthday celebration where Neal Gompa and Matthew Miller reminisce about Fedora’s history and look ahead to Fedora Linux 39. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep68-rhel-development/Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep68-rhel-development/Mike McGrath and Gunnar Hellekson join us to explain how RHEL is developed, the upstream-first ethos, and why you can’t have RHEL without Fedora and CentOS Stream.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep32-neal-gompa/Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep32-neal-gompa/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 32, where I sat down with Neal Gompa to talk about his journey into open source and his work across Fedora, openSUSE, and beyond. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep67-compliant-images/Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep67-compliant-images/Terry Bowling, Amy Farley, and Mohit Goyal join us to show how Image Builder can bake compliance profiles right into your RHEL golden images.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep66-avassa-edge/Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep66-avassa-edge/In this partner episode, Avassa’s Karl and Fredrik join us to define the edge and show how RHEL and Avassa work together to manage containers out there.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep65-idm/Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep65-idm/Nate Lager introduces Red Hat Identity Manager, the identity, permissions, and access layer that ships with RHEL, with demos and a zero trust framing.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep29-budgie/Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep29-budgie/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 29, where I talked with Joshua Strobl about the Fedora Budgie spin and the desktop’s future. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep28-lenovo/Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep28-lenovo/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 28, where we got the lowdown on Lenovo shipping Fedora preloaded laptops. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep64-value-of-linux/Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep64-value-of-linux/Randy Russell comes back for a bigger-picture conversation about why Linux matters, how open source shapes careers, and where Red Hat fits in the community.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep27-cloud/Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep27-cloud/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 27, where we unpacked Fedora Cloud Edition with Major Hayden. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep63-certification/Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep63-certification/Randy Russell and Henry Main walk us through Red Hat’s certification path, why the exams are hands-on, and practical tips for passing the RHCSA and RHCE.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep62-flock/Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep62-flock/Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller joins us to unpack the Fedora and RHEL relationship, the community’s change process, and the return of Flock in person.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep59-rhel-edge-onlogic/Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep59-rhel-edge-onlogic/RHEL Presents 59 with OnLogic on RHEL for Edge in the field.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep58-mike-mcgrath-linux-engineering/Wed, 17 May 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep58-mike-mcgrath-linux-engineering/RHEL Presents 58 with Red Hat’s Mike McGrath on Linux engineering.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep24-fedora-38/Tue, 09 May 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep24-fedora-38/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 24, where I sat down with Matthew Miller to unwrap Fedora Linux 38. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-52-keeping-it-rhel-9/Thu, 26 May 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-52-keeping-it-rhel-9/A guest return to Sudo Show 52 to talk RHEL 9 and enterprise Linux.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep35-tams/Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep35-tams/RHEL Presents 35 on the Technical Account Manager role at Red Hat.https://itguyeric.com/blog/iron-sysadmin-115-sysadmin-changed/Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/iron-sysadmin-115-sysadmin-changed/A guest spot on Iron SysAdmin 115 about how the sysadmin role has evolved: automation, cloud, IaC, and what stays the same underneath it all.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep22-storage-primer/Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep22-storage-primer/RHEL Presents 22 as a guest: a storage primer covering the stack from disks through partitions, LVM, and filesystems on RHEL.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep21-day-in-the-life/Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep21-day-in-the-life/RHEL Presents 21 as a guest: what the solutions architect role really involves day to day, and how it blends deep tech with customer conversations.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep20-convert2rhel/Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep20-convert2rhel/A guest appearance on RHEL Presents 20 about Convert2RHEL: how to move an existing CentOS or derivative system to RHEL in place, without a reinstall.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep19-leapp-upgrades/Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep19-leapp-upgrades/RHEL Presents 19 as a guest: how Leapp handles in-place major-version upgrades on RHEL, the pre-upgrade report, and what to check before you commit.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep18-networkmanager/Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep18-networkmanager/A guest appearance on RHEL Presents 18 covering NetworkManager: connections, devices, and managing RHEL networking from nmcli and the console.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep11-managing-linux-desktops/Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:46:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep11-managing-linux-desktops/This episode means a lot to me. We brought on Noah Chelliah from the Ask Noah Show and Destination Linux, and honestly, Noah is part of the reason I got into podcasting in the first place, and how I…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep07-gitlab-interview/Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:34:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep07-gitlab-interview/This one’s special to me. Episode 7 of the Sudo Show was our first ever on air interview, and we brought on Greg Myers, a support engineer at GitLab, to talk about what it’s actually like working…https://itguyeric.com/blog/destination-linux-181-btrfs-vs-zfs/Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/destination-linux-181-btrfs-vs-zfs/A guest spot on Destination Linux 181 talking through Btrfs and ZFS — snapshots, checksums, licensing, and where each filesystem actually fits.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-110-journey-to-a-foss-career/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-110-journey-to-a-foss-career/A guest appearance on Ask Noah Show 110 about carving out a career in free and open source software.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-267-people-patches/Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-267-people-patches/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 267 virtual lug, talking through the human side of open source contribution.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-265-privacy-priorities/Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-265-privacy-priorities/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 265 virtual lug, talking through privacy, and how much of it we are willing to trade.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-262-tribes-of-init/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-262-tribes-of-init/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 262 virtual lug, talking through init systems and the community debates around them.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-260-thinkpad-as-a-service/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-260-thinkpad-as-a-service/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 260 virtual lug, talking through ThinkPads, hardware, and running Linux on them.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-256-peering-into-the-future/Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-256-peering-into-the-future/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 256 virtual lug, talking through where Linux and open source were heading.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-255-fedora-to-the-core/Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-255-fedora-to-the-core/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 255 virtual lug, talking through Fedora and what makes it tick.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-28-linux-powered-party/Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-28-linux-powered-party/A guest spot on Ask Noah Show 28, an early appearance talking Linux, open source, and homelabs.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-26-starting-a-business-with-linux/Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-26-starting-a-business-with-linux/A guest appearance on Ask Noah Show 26 talking about starting a business with Linux at the core.