CIQ at Open Source Summit 2026: Minneapolis Recap I spent three days on the expo floor at Open Source Summit 2026 in Minneapolis with Howard Van Der Wal and Stephen Simpson, and it was one of the better events we…
Why RLC Pro? Enterprise Linux Built on Rocky I wrote this piece for CIQ making the case for RLC Pro, what it is, who it serves, and why the foundation it is built on matters before you get to any…
Home Lab in 2026: Is It Still Worth It? | The IT Guy Show Episode 023 Josh from Keep It Techie joins me for a conversation about home lab ownership in 2026, what it actually costs, what it gets you,…
What Is RLC+? Rocky Linux with GPU Drivers Built In I wrote this explainer for CIQ introducing RLC+, the free, GPU-ready tier that sits between community Rocky Linux and the full RLC Pro subscription. The post is built around a…
AI and the Human in the Loop: What Actually Gets Replaced | IT Guy Show Ep. 022 Episode 22 of The IT Guy Show is a milestone for me, and not just because the number is round. Karl Abbott was…
Why Rocky Linux? Enterprise Linux Built to Last I wrote this piece for CIQ as a foundational explainer on Rocky Linux, covering where it came from, who is running it, and why the governance structure matters as much as the…
LinuxFest Northwest 2026: Worth the Trip I made it to Bellingham this spring for LinuxFest Northwest, and I get why this event has been earning its reputation for 27 years. This is not a conference where corporations show up to…
Bootc in Production: What It Actually Looks Like | Fedora Podcast Ep. 054 Episode 54 of the Fedora Podcast is out, and this one digs into something I am genuinely curious about for my own homelab: what does bootc look…
GPU-Ready in Minutes: Running AI on Azure with RLC Pro AI Getting from the Azure Marketplace to actual inference used to mean a day of driver archaeology. This webinar with Brian Dawson, Damon Knight, and Hugo from Microsoft Azure’s core…
Deploy RLC Pro on Google Cloud Marketplace I wrote this deployment guide for CIQ, walking through how to get RLC Pro up and running on Google Cloud Marketplace from start to a live VM. Google was one of the first…
Deploy RLC Pro on AWS Marketplace I wrote this guide for CIQ covering how to get RLC Pro running on AWS, from the Marketplace listing to a live EC2 instance with LTS and FIPS available. The post makes the case…
Flock to Fedora 2026: What to Expect in Prague Flock to Fedora 2026 is heading back to Prague this June, and on episode 53 of the Fedora Podcast, Noah and I sat down with Justin Wheeler and Emma from the…
Deploy RLC Pro on Microsoft Azure Marketplace I wrote this deployment guide for CIQ covering how to get RLC Pro running on Microsoft Azure, from the Marketplace listing to a production-ready Enterprise Linux environment. The post opens with a question…
From Fresh Install to AI Inference in Under 4 Minutes Getting a GPU box ready for AI workloads is way harder than it should be, and we proved that live on the CIQ Webinar Series on April 2nd. I brought…
CIQ Portal Is Live: Access and Deploy CIQ Products on Your Own Terms I wrote the launch post announcing the CIQ portal going live at portal.ciq.com, covering what it is, who it’s for, and how to go from registration to…
How to Migrate from RHEL to RLC Pro Without Re-Architecting I wrote this guide for CIQ covering how to convert a running RHEL system to RLC Pro, without rebuilding servers or re-certifying your application stack. The core of the post…
CIQ at SCaLE 23x: Trip Report I co-wrote this recap with Michael Young and R. Leigh Hennig covering CIQ’s presence at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, and I was there in person as a speaker. The post covers the full picture:…
What Enterprise Linux Support Actually Means (And Why It Matters) Rocky Linux is everywhere, and for good reason. But community is not always enough, and this webinar is where Brady Dibble and I got into exactly what changes when you…
Tech Burnout Recovery: What I Shared at SCaLE 23 This one was personal. I gave this talk at SCaLE 23 in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and I will be honest, I almost did not write it…
From Bash to Burnout: My SCaLE 23x Talk I gave this talk at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena as part of Open Source Career Day, and it is probably the most personal thing I have ever put on a stage. 2025…
Proactive Linux Security: How RLC Hardened Goes Beyond Patching Reactive security is table stakes at this point, and it is not keeping up. I sat down with Nathan Blackham, Brady Dibble, and Sultan Alof from CIQ to talk about what…
Sovereign AI Infrastructure: Training, Inference, and Exploration in One Workflow This was my first CIQ webinar and I walked away genuinely excited, which is not something I say lightly. Dave Godlove and Jonathan Sparks showed off Fuzzball’s new service endpoints…
TuxCare Enterprise Support Vertical Explainer Series These three short videos were part of a vertical marketing campaign I produced at TuxCare, each one aimed at a different regulated industry dealing with the same core problem: Linux infrastructure that has to…
Every six months or so, I found myself in the same spot. A new release was out, the features were solid, the engineering work was impressive… and yet the same questions kept coming back from sales, customers, and even internal…
How to Install Nvidia Drivers on AlmaLinux I hosted this short tutorial for the official AlmaLinux YouTube channel covering how to install Nvidia drivers on AlmaLinux 10, one of those setup steps that trips people up if they have not…
