Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

Windows 10 Primer Tutorial

The Windows 10 operating system (by Microsoft) is a breath of fresh air compared to Windows 8. This is the opinion of someone trying to teach beginner and intermediate level students confidence with Windows and the Internet. Somehow it felt … Continue reading

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Ansible Dynamic Inventory Tutorial

The last time we talked about Ansible (and we want to also direct you to a great article called Ansible tutorial – Automate your systems – Like Geeks, thanks) we advised you to read about the subject “Dynamic Inventory”. This … Continue reading

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Ansible Inventory Primer Tutorial

The last time we talked about Ansible (with Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial is shown below) we advised to read about the subject “Inventory”. Well, today, we dip our toes into this big subject matter, and thank very much “Ansible Up … Continue reading

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Windows/DOS xcopy Backup Primer Tutorial

Do you like to try to keep things simple and fundamental? Sorry … call me troglodyte … but that is often moi … figure what you got operating system wise should be enough to do most things … otherwise, why … Continue reading

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Mac Linux DVD Troubleshooting Primer Tutorial

Troubleshooting is a term familiar to anybody supporting a product. That product in the Information Technology world can be hardware or software. We find the times when we are most seeking a “troubleshooting” piece of advice is when, perhaps (sometimes … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial

Yesterday saw this blog’s first Ansible Playbook to create an nginx web server on a VirtualBox virtual machine referenced by http://localhost:8080 but, did you notice, that https://localhost:8443 came up with, in Firefox, at least … Secure Connection Failed The connection … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook Primer Tutorial

As a programmer, as time goes on, I get the creeping feeling that more is being asked of our job description. Pretty sure am not alone, and hope world employment is not going to be too hard hit by similar … Continue reading

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Ansible Hello World Primer Tutorial

The role of a programmer is expanding into deployment with software tools such as Ansible, because it has the capability of making the piloting of automation systems “approachable” as an “art”. Why would you want to “pilot an automation system”? … Continue reading

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