Setting up Shares with SAMBA (CentOS)
Description: How to set up file shares viewable on a Windows network with SAMBA, using CentOS Linux. Uploaded: 2018-03-16T06:48:55Z Subscribe to my Channel! Want to learn more about Linux? Of course you do. Check out this Linux …
Which Distribution of Linux Should I Use?
I’m often asked: “hey, you’re a Linux guy right? What Linux should I use? I have this friend who recommends _____ and I want to know what you think?” I usually reply with the same question: what do you want to do? So …
My Latest Virtualization Setup
Like many geeks of the time I spent the 90s and 2000s with at least 2 or 3 old computers in a closet, connected by a switch running various operating systems with various services running on them. Giant, loud, clunky machines whirring away. …
Load Testing Your IIS Web Server
If you want to learn IIS you can go from beginner to expert with my courses in the IIS Skill Path. Check it out! All the theories, calculations, and estimations in the world aren’t going to tell you how your website will truly …
How To Install Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Linux in 5 Minutes
I must admit I was surprised when I learned that Microsoft SQL Server would be availble in Linux. They’ve been pushing the open source initiative hard, but I didn’t expect something this big. Oh yeah, Visual Studio is now …
Intro to Application Pools in IIS
If you want to learn IIS you can go from beginner to expert with my courses in the IIS Skill Path. Check it out! Application Pools in IIS can be somewhat of a mystery. Since they’re created for you automatically many times …
Easy CRUD for your Web API with Dapper
Full disclosure here: I don’t like ORMs. If you’re building an enormous enterprise project, you should absolutely use an ORM. If you have data you really care about and a complex, monstrous system using something like Entity …
Setting up the Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 Breakout
Recently I showed a friend of mine some of the projects I’ve working on with Arduino and Wifi, and he introduced me to the ESP8266 chip. I found them all over the internet ranging from $1.50 US to $20, with a variety of configurations …
Failed Request Tracing with IIS
If you want to learn IIS you can go from beginner to expert with my courses in the IIS Skill Path. Check it out! A great tool I’ve discovered recently is the Failed Request Tracing Tool is IIS. If you’re building an ASP.Net …
Getting Started with Adafruit IO
There is an updated article showing the features of Adafruit IO here Check it out! Earlier this year Adafruit Industries put their IoT dashboard Adafruit.IO into Beta, and it looks pretty cool. I’ll show you how to set up a dashboard …
