Scott Lowe

OK, I have a potentially dumb question: if my home directory is on a BTRFS subvolume, how hard would it be to switch to a different OS/distribution while preserving the data/files in my home directory? Seems like it shouldn’t be terribly hard, but I’ve never done it before.

The list of people I can trust to NOT throw me under the bus grows shorter more often than I'd like.

Updating my #ArchLinux systems is usually pretty quick, but on the one system where I have an #NVIDIA GPU and have CUDA installed the process takes notably longer (primarily because the download sizes are so much larger).

I’ve been mulling over the idea of switching to an immutable/container-based #Linux like Bluefin (or similar). However, I really enjoy #ArchLinux and the breadth of up-to-date CLI tools available to me. Maybe I could use #Distrobox to run an Arch-based terminal for day-to-day usage?

That wasn't a failure, that was a successful attempt at learning how it doesn't work. #StateOfMind

@dennisfaucher This will sound odd, but in my normal day-to-day setup I use *both* the #Logi vertical mouse and an #Apple Magic Trackpad (mouse with the right hand, trackpad with the left hand).

Today is unusual because I’m not in my home office; I’m being a bit of a digital nomad this morning. :-)

After having used a #Logi vertical (ergonomic) mouse for a while, going back to an #Apple Magic Mouse is downright uncomfortable.

Time for an #introduction post!

Hi, I'm Scott. I've been a blogger since 2005, an author since 2009, & a podcast host since 2016. I've worked for companies like #EMC (acquired by Dell), #Nicira (acquired by #VMware), #Heptio (acquired by VMware), #Kong, & #Pulumi; currently I'm working at #Isovalent/#Cisco on #Cilium. I post about #Linux, #Kubernetes, #AWS, #IaC, & other topics.

On the personal side, I'm a devoted husband, a loving father, & a Christian who strives to love instead of condemn.