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Set a static IP on Linux:
nmcli con mod "connection-name" ipv4.addresses 192.168.1.100/24
nmcli con mod "connection-name" ipv4.gateway 192.168.1.1
nmcli con mod "connection-name" ipv4.method manual
nmcli con up "connection-name"
Because "it gets an IP from DHCP" is fine...until it isn't.
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Do Not Disturb isn't enough on its own.
The real move is setting VIP status on the people and channels you actually need to hear from so the right alerts still get through while everything else waits.
Your boss, your on-call rotation, your kids' school. Everything else can wait.
#Productivity #Focus #DeepWork #WorkLifeBalance
Kubuntu. Xubuntu. Lubuntu. Ubuntu Unity. There's no wrong answer. There's just the right tool for what you want to do.
Looking for guests for the Fedora Podcast!
If you're building something interesting in the Fedora ecosystem, contributing to the project, or doing something cool with open source that the community should know about — I want to talk to you.
Drop a comment, send me a message, or tag someone who should be on.
🎙️ podcast.fedoraproject.org
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May the 4th be with you!
And may your servers stay up, your configs stay clean, and your on-call alerts stay silent.
Ubuntu is an ancient Xhosa philosophy. "We're all connected. When I lift you up, I lift the whole community."
My guest thought it was marketing nonsense... until he kept seeing it actually happen.
#Ubuntu #Linux #OpenSource #ITGuyShow
Fun trick: ask Claude to write tests for your local LLM. Run them. Bring the results back to Claude and ask "what do you think?" You'll either get "pretty close" or "what the heck happened here." Either way, useful signal.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/XzW1JmNCYzs #LocalAI #Homelab #LLM
Networking on Linux isn't magic. It just looks that way until you know where to look!
Check your network interfaces: ip addr show
Test connectivity: ping -c 4 google.com
Check your routing table: ip route show
One of the smallest changes that made the biggest difference in my workday: scheduling Do Not Disturb. Not turning it on when I remember. Actually scheduling it.
Deep work hours in the morning. Lunch. After 6pm. Blocked and protected. Notifications will always be there when you're ready for them. Your focus window won't.
What hours do you guard the most?
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Teaching Linux humbled me fast. A student asked about apt and I realized I hadn't touched Ubuntu in years.
So I found Nathan, with 20+ years in the Ubuntu community, and asked him everything.
