Linux resource guides
Practical guides to installation, kernels, web publishing, desktops, performance, clusters, storage, licensing, and compatibility. Updated September 5, 2026.
Debian GNU/Linux: Choose, Install, and Maintain a Stable System
Choose a Debian release, prepare hardware and backups, make installation decisions, and plan updates and release upgrades.
Linux Web Applications: Deploy a Small, Maintainable Service
Follow a Debian web-service example with a dedicated account, Gunicorn, systemd, a reverse proxy, HTTPS, health checks, and rollback planning.
Linux Enterprise Desktops: Plan a Pilot Before a Rollout
Evaluate applications, documents, hardware, identity, support, and recovery with a practical Linux desktop pilot and acceptance worksheet.
High-Performance Linux: Find the Bottleneck Before Tuning
Measure compute-heavy Linux workloads, interpret CPU, memory, NUMA, and storage evidence, and compare scaling with a worked example.
Red Hat Container Storage: Persistence and Migration Planning
Understand OpenShift storage objects, block, file and object choices, failure domains, backups, and migration readiness for older deployments.
Linux Kernel Updates: Versions, Drivers, and Recovery
Identify running and installed kernels, prepare driver and boot checks, and recover methodically after a kernel update regression.
Running a CMS on Linux: Choose and Maintain the Architecture
Compare database-backed, flat-file, and static publishing; test editorial workflows, updates, permissions, backups, and complete restores.
How a Linux HPC Cluster Runs a Job
Follow an HPC job through Slurm, compute nodes, parallel processes, storage, result checks, and a worked scaling comparison.
Open-Source Licenses: A Practical Compliance Workflow
Build a component inventory, distinguish use and distribution scenarios, compare license obligations, and assemble release-specific compliance evidence.
Linux Standard Base and Application Compatibility Today
Understand LSB and ABI boundaries, inspect executable requirements, and troubleshoot Linux loader, library, architecture, and container mismatches.