https://itguyeric.com/tags/open-source/Recent content in Open Source on Eric The IT GuyHugoen-USFri, 03 Jul 2026 10:19:04 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/southeast-linuxfest-2026-recap/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:28:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/southeast-linuxfest-2026-recap/SouthEast Linux Fest has a different feel than most conferences I attend. It is less trade show, more reunion. You run into the same person twice in an hour, swap contact info, and actually mean it…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-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-rocky-linux-enterprise-linux/Thu, 07 May 2026 14:00:09 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/why-rocky-linux-enterprise-linux/Why Rocky Linux? Enterprise Linux Built to Lasthttps://itguyeric.com/blog/linuxfest-northwest-2026-worth-the-trip/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:14:36 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linuxfest-northwest-2026-worth-the-trip/I made it to Bellingham this spring for LinuxFest Northwest, and I get why this event has been earning its reputation for 27 years.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/tech-burnout-recovery-scale-23-talk/Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/tech-burnout-recovery-scale-23-talk/This one was personal. I gave this talk at SCaLE 23 in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and I will be honest, I almost did not write it because it meant putting some very uncomfortable…https://itguyeric.com/blog/from-bash-to-burnout-scale-23x/Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:49:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/from-bash-to-burnout-scale-23x/I gave this talk at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and it is probably the most personal thing I have ever put on a stage.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep19-subscriptions/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep19-subscriptions/I open 2026 with a reality check on subscription fatigue and kick off a new arc on building a personal homelab.https://itguyeric.com/blog/almalinux-pull-request-github/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:56:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/almalinux-pull-request-github/I hosted this short tutorial for the official AlmaLinux YouTube channel walking through how to submit your first pull request to an open source project without ever opening a terminal.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/almalinux-enterprise-support-tuxcare-webinar/Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:22:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/almalinux-enterprise-support-tuxcare-webinar/AlmaLinux Enterprise Support: TuxCare Webinar with Benny Vasquezhttps://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/itguyshow-reboot-2025/Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-reboot-2025/A quick, honest reset point on where I have been since leaving Red Hat and what is coming next.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-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/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/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/itguyshow-ep00-announcement/Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep00-announcement/A two-minute kickoff introducing The IT Guy Show and the mission behind it.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-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/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/fedora-ep25-website/Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep25-website/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 25, where we dug into the Fedora website redesign and how the community collaborated to ship it. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ansible-beginners-guide-automate-the-pain-away/Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:03:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ansible-beginners-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…https://itguyeric.com/blog/using-red-hats-support-tool-at-the-command-line-to-solve-real-world-problems/Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/using-red-hats-support-tool-at-the-command-line-to-solve-real-world-problems/Before coming to Red Hat, I spent nearly a decade as a Systems Administrator. After all that time, I’m still continually discovering tools that would make life as a SysAdmin much easier. One of these…https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-origin-of-eric-the-it-guy/Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-origin-of-eric-the-it-guy/I was recently asked, ‘Why call yourself the IT Guy? Why not just use your name?’ Great question! In the professional world, we are encouraged to ‘build a professional brand,’ I just took it to an…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-40-2021-year-in-review/Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-40-2021-year-in-review/Sudo Show 40 — a look back at 2021 in open source and enterprise IT.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-37-airbyte/Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-37-airbyte/Sudo Show 37 on data integration with Airbyte.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-36-kudos-hardware-in-space/Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-36-kudos-hardware-in-space/Sudo Show 36 on managing hardware in space, with Kudos.https://itguyeric.com/blog/laying-a-productive-foundation-with-todoist/Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/laying-a-productive-foundation-with-todoist/Where do you get your tasks from?https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-33-cassandra-patrick-mcfadin/Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-33-cassandra-patrick-mcfadin/Sudo Show 33 with Patrick McFadin on Apache Cassandra.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-31-data-analytics-startups/Thu, 05 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-31-data-analytics-startups/Sudo Show 31 on data analytics and startups.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-26-patternfly/Thu, 27 May 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-26-patternfly/Sudo Show 26 on PatternFly and building effective open-source UIs.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-24-data-quality-soda/Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-24-data-quality-soda/Sudo Show 24 on data quality and the Soda project.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-23-positioning-emily-omer/Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-23-positioning-emily-omer/Sudo Show 23 with Emily Omer on product positioning.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-22-tidelift/Thu, 01 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-22-tidelift/Sudo Show 22 on Tidelift and sustainable open-source maintenance.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-21-peter-zaitsev-percona/Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-21-peter-zaitsev-percona/Sudo Show 21 with Percona’s Peter Zaitsev on open-source databases.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-20-into-the-cloud/Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-20-into-the-cloud/Sudo Show 20 on making the move into the cloud.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-19-securing-supply-chain/Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-19-securing-supply-chain/Sudo Show 19 on the Sunburst attack and software supply-chain security.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-18-managing-multi-cloud/Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-18-managing-multi-cloud/Sudo Show 18 on the realities of managing multi-cloud.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-17-multi-hybrid-cloud/Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-17-multi-hybrid-cloud/Sudo Show 17 untangling multi-cloud and hybrid cloud.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-15-future-of-operations/Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-15-future-of-operations/Sudo Show 15 on the future of IT operations.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-14-crowdsec/Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-14-crowdsec/Sudo Show 14 on CrowdSec and collaborative, open-source security.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep12-gitops-for-sysadmins/Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:15:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep12-gitops-for-sysadmins/Episode 12 of the Sudo Show is the one where Brandon and I dig into GitOps, and I think it’s one of our better technical episodes because we ground it in stuff that’s actually happened to us instead…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-ep08-ask-me-anything/Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:13:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep08-ask-me-anything/We finally pulled off our first live event for the show. Episode 8 of the Sudo Show is the recap of our first ever AMA, where folks hopped on a video call and threw questions at Brandon and me for…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep10-open-source-desktop/Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:04:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep10-open-source-desktop/Episode 10 of the Sudo Show is a retrospective, and it’s a good one. Brandon had a hand in one of the largest corporate Windows to Linux desktop migrations around fifteen years ago, and we used this…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep09-storage-technologies/Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:05:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep09-storage-technologies/Episode 9 of the Sudo Show is a bonus episode that exists because one question during our AMA turned into way more than we expected. ComputerKid asked about SAN storage in the chat, and what followed…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/sudoshow-ep06-elements-of-cloud/Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:55:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep06-elements-of-cloud/Sudo Show episode 6 continues our cloud arc by digging into how applications actually got to cloud native architecture, starting with the monolith and working forward from there.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep05-open-source-cloud/Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:52:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep05-open-source-cloud/Sudo Show episode 5 kicked off a new arc on cloud architecture, and we used it to dig into open source cloud management tools with Brandon doing most of the heavy lifting since this is squarely his…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep04-education-career/Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:52:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep04-education-career/Back in 2020, Brandon and I sat down for Sudo Show episode 4, where we wrapped up our ‘getting started’ arc with a conversation about education, certifications, and how to actually grow a career in…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep03-devops-and-automation/Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:58:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep03-devops-and-automation/Episode three, aired July 23, 2020, tackles one of the most misunderstood terms in IT. Brandon and I both came at DevOps from different timelines, and that contrast made for a good episode. He had…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep02-getting-started-open/Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:19:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep02-getting-started-open/Episode two of the Sudo Show, and we threw out most of our original outline because the community conversation after episode one made it clear what people actually wanted to hear: how do you get…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/interview-on-linux-spotlight-55/Wed, 08 Jul 2020 06:00:24 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/interview-on-linux-spotlight-55/Rocco was one of the people I instantly connected with in the open source community. His values and his love of the people in open source really resonated with me. Rocco really helped encourage me…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep01-enterprise-open-source/Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:30:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudoshow-ep01-enterprise-open-source/This is where the Sudo Show actually started. Episode one of a podcast that had been two years in the making, finally out on the Destination Linux Network with my co-host Brandon Johnson.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-podcast-launch/Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:11:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-podcast-launch/This is the trailer that started it all. In June 2020, Brandon Johnson and I launched the Sudo Show on the Destination Linux Network, a podcast covering enterprise open source, cloud management…https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-00-launch-announcement/Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-00-launch-announcement/The teaser that kicked off Sudo Show on the DLN — what Brandon and I set out to build.https://itguyeric.com/blog/self2019-busting-open-source-security-myths/Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/self2019-busting-open-source-security-myths/I gave my Busting Open Source Security Myths talk at DevSecOps Days Denver to a packed out auditorium. If was so well received, I decided to bring it back for Day 2 of SELF 2019!https://itguyeric.com/blog/self2019-getting-started-with-open-source/Mon, 17 Jun 2019 06:00:24 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/self2019-getting-started-with-open-source/This talk defined the voice of the IT Guy for me. This was the moment when the Sudo Show got its wings, when I realized that I was on the right track towards re-inventing my career. I had people in…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/the-it-guys-house/Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-it-guys-house/Hey all! I am starting a new open source ‘project’: my next home! Please help me by making recommendations and helping me build the IT Guy’s dream house!https://itguyeric.com/blog/return-of-the-first-attempt/Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/return-of-the-first-attempt/We got a single test episode before going back to the drawing board. After months of networking, planning, seeing what else is out there, we settled on a great approach that we feel will be unique…https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-first-attempt/Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-first-attempt/Some time ago, our favorite IT Guy published a couple of test episodes. Its funny to look back at these episodes in light of the upcoming release of The IT Guy podcast!https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-show-debut/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-show-debut/Waaaaay back on Episode 26 of the Ask Noah Show, The IT Guy was being formed an molded. Now, a little over a year later, we are getting ready to launch our brand, our podcast, and our efforts to help…https://itguyeric.com/blog/chillin-on-the-ask-noah-show/Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/chillin-on-the-ask-noah-show/I got to join Noah Chelliah on the Ask Noah Show to continue my coverage of Peertube. It was a great chat, took a couple of calls, and found a toy I really want from Paravel Systems: The Rivendell…https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-case-for-peertube/Tue, 23 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-case-for-peertube/I had the pleasure to head out to Lawrence, KS to talk at the local LUG (Linux Users Group)! Today’s topic? Peertube and the problems it can solve!https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-big-interview/Fri, 28 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/the-big-interview/Sometimes, a dream just comes together. Sometimes its a dream that you didn’t even know you had!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/las2018-day-3/Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/las2018-day-3/Oops! The downside to staying up pretty much all night talking about FOSS, life, and everything else under the sun is that the next morning comes WAY to quickly!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.