I've previously explained the background and motivation of The Little Network That Could, but I realised that there are some implicit values that permeate my choices which would be worth making explicit. Here are a few which come to mind:...
Once again it has been too long between blog posts, and there has been quite a lot of activity going on behind the scenes in The Little Network That Could (or TLNTC, as I call it). I've built up such a large backlog of topics (mostly from the...
Yesterday I updated NTPmon to include telegraf support; if you are interested in the code changes see github compare for details. It should be considered alpha-quality at this stage; it communicates with telegraf using the TCP or socket listener,...
I've always been interested in learning and developing my skills, and over the past couple of years i've been increasingly targeting my professional development. On a long commute, a great way to explore different areas of interest is listening...
The Register has a review of the Ubuntu 11.04 beta release which suggests there are some rocky times for existing Ubuntu users ahead. The part the article that stuck out to me reads: The highlight of the current launcher is the plethora of...
EDIT: As of 2013-10, I've started an Observium fork called LibreNMS. This is just here for historical reference. I recently started using Observium (a great network monitoring package which you should use), and found that I had some useful...
I use IRC a lot for asking questions (and hopefully answering some as well) about Free Software projects, particularly Ubuntu-AU. Most of the time i use IRC from my laptop, which means that every time i shut the lid or disconnect from the wired...
IT Toolbox has a great little summary of the experiences of Mike Kavis, a guy who's been living Microsoft free in an all Microsoft shop - at work! It all started from an "eat your own dog food" challenge (something i did with my wife which...