I've been pondering what to write in my blog now that I no longer lead Adélie Linux. There isn't a great amount of things to write about around my day job making libre networking software, and there's even less to write about my "spare time" projects. (Mostly because that spare time is spent playing with … Continue reading Libre software and moral absolutism
Journal
Leaving the Linux distribution community
It is with a heavy heart that I am publicly announcing my immediate retirement from the Linux distribution community. This is not a decision I have arrived at lightly. This year has been challenging for every living being on planet Earth. For me personally, 2020 has given me a lion's share of financial challenges. I … Continue reading Leaving the Linux distribution community
Cascading failures (or, why I did nothing this weekend)
This is a fun one. To set the scene and provide information in temporal order, my Talos and WD Black NVMe device have never "gotten along" well. Frequently, the device would fail to train for whatever reason. Calling reboot from a Petitboot shell with fast-reset enabled was enough to fix this, so I didn't think … Continue reading Cascading failures (or, why I did nothing this weekend)
Speaking with authority
I've just spent the better part of three hours arguing on IRC about Let's Encrypt clients. After speaking with two others, I realised that nobody who I spoke with before knew their facts were facts. Different people all told me various incorrect information, such as: No ACME client supports doing a manual DNS TXT record … Continue reading Speaking with authority
