The IT Guy Show
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Displaying items 1-10 of 16 in total of The IT Guy Show with the tag "linux".
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Episode 18: Wayland and My eX-11 | The IT Guy Show 018
November 18th, 2025 | 47 mins 33 secs
brodie robertson, compositor, display server, fedora, gnome, itguyeric, kde, linux, linux desktop, linux history, linux performance, linux podcast, linux window manager, nixos, open source, pipewire, screen tearing, tech podcast, the it guy show, tiling window manager, ubuntu, wayland, x11, xorg
Join Eric and guest Brodie Robertson as they explore the history of X11, its weird quirks, and why it stuck around so long, before unpacking what makes Wayland different, better, and sometimes frustrating.
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Episode 14: Life as a SysAdmin with Nate Lager
September 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
automation, careerstories, devops, eric the it guy, infrastructure, infrastructureascode, itguyeric, linux, nate lager, oncalllife, opensource, redhat, sres, sysadmin, sysadminlife, systemadministration, techcareer, techcommunity, technerds, techpodcast
The role of the system administrator has changed a lot in the last couple decades, but some of us are still proudly flying the flag.
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Episode 13: How I Became a SysAdmin
September 9th, 2025 | 32 mins 1 sec
bash, careerpath, devops, eric the it guy, homelab, howigotstarted, infrastructure, itcareer, itguyeric, itlife, itpodcast, linux, opensource, serveradmin, sysadmin, systemadministrator, techcareers, techcommunity, techjourney, techstory
Before DevOps, SRE, and the cloud were all the rage, there were sysadmins—tech generalists who kept the lights on, often with duct tape, bash scripts, and caffine.
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Episode 11: NixOS: The Distro That Thinks Code
August 12th, 2025 | 24 mins 12 secs
aaron honeycutt, ahoneybun, configurationmanagement, devops, eric the it guy, flake, homelab, itguyeric, linux, linuxadmin, linuxdesktop, linuxdistro, nix, nixenv, nixos, nixpkgs, nixstore, opensource, reproducibleinfrastructure, techcommunity, techpodcast
For many Linux users, configuration means dotfiles, bash scripts, and duct tape. But what if your entire system, from packages to users to services could be described, versioned, and rolled back like code?
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Episode 10: GitOps for the Linux Administrator
July 29th, 2025 | 42 mins 16 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, git, gitops, infrastructureascode, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, kubernetes, linux, linuxadmin, linuxsysadmin, opensource, platformengineering, red hat, site reliability engineering, sre, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
GitOps can feel like buzzword soup, especially for seasoned Linux admins who’ve spent years mastering bash, cron, and config files. But what if it’s not as scary—or as different—as it sounds?
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Episode 9: Lomiri - The Linux Shell That Goes Anywhere
July 15th, 2025 | 46 mins 15 secs
convergence, eric the it guy, gnome, itguyeric, itpodcast, kde, lightweightlinux, linux, linuxcommunity, linuxdesktop, linuxgui, linuxmobile, linuxphone, lomiri, opensource, opensourcedesktop, shell, technews, techpodcast, ubports, ubuntu touch, ui, wayland, x11
What if your desktop, tablet, and phone all spoke the same open-source language? Meet Lomiri — a fast, lightweight, and flexible user interface originally developed for Ubuntu Touch, and now maintained by the UBports community.
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Rebooting Eric the IT Guy: Where I’ve Been & What’s Next
May 1st, 2025 | 1 min 9 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
After a few months away from the mic, I’m back—and rebooting Eric the IT Guy not just as a brand, but as a mission.
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Episode 8: The Art of Continuous Improvement
October 1st, 2024 | 47 mins 49 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, red hat, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
We all seem to have this vision of “arriving” at some tech paradise where everything “just works”. After 17 years in IT, I’d say it's safe to say that will never happen. However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for better. Teams that embrace the chaos can make huge strides towards improving their environment.
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Episode 7: Battling Burnout…with a Sword
September 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
burnout, devops, digitaltransformation, dull made daring, eric the it guy, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, red hat, stress, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
Stress and burnout come for all of us at one time or another. You may not even realize that is what is going on. Join Eric as he sits down with Jennifer and Bryan Horton, owners of Dull Made Daring, and learn the warning signs, recovery methods, and how to slash your anxiety away, with a sword, yeah, a literal sword!
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Episode 6: A Quick Look at Ephemeral Environments
August 13th, 2024 | 44 mins 28 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
In my days as a Systems Administrator, there weren’t any “non-production” environments. It was all about keeping all the systems running, all the time, even Dev for the developers. Here comes Ephemeral Environments, a concept to quickly build and test disposable systems to make building and testing easier for the entire enterprise.