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  1. Sometimes I feel really #n00b ...
    A couple of day ago the #touchpad on my #slimbook #kde edition stopped working. I restarted, looked at #dmesg, searched the device in #lsusb, but found no clue... I just used a #mouse waiting to have time for a deeper troubleshooting.
    Today, I noticed the trackpad was working perfectly before login πŸ€”

    ...it was disabled in the settings 🀦

    #linux #newbie #noob #pebkac
  2. @adastra1930 good advice! #hybrid setups provide #fault_tolerance too. If the cloud provider goes down, or trunk connections are cut, or there's a massive public #DNS outage, or even a large-scale power outage - you can still have #authentication services, and some #connectivity with internally hosted sites and services. Plus, managing an on-prem Domain Controller gives we #sysadmins the control on routes and content delivery for our users and devices, and we can pivot quickly to recover services should the Internets take a massive shit. Of course, there are limits to what can be done today without some #cloud services in place, or even #electricity, but that's not the point here.

    There are fewer and fewer of us anymore that actually know how to spec and build out a #physical_server for a target environment, let alone how to make it play well with clouds. And don't get me started on #n00b tech people's lack of understanding on how the #Internet actually functions. It's a lost art form anymore lol.

    I still believe A+, and Networking Fundamentals (Level 1 & 2) courses should be required learning for anyone in computer science. Part of passing those courses should be building a PC, building a Server, and building a Network, from scratch. Then break/fix/break/fix until you "get it." We also need more #support for #n00bs landing #industry jobs with quality #leaders who actually #mentor them, making them better than they could be. Teaching these now older concepts of "on-prem" setups and the like.

    Now, if I could just get my CEO to release the purse strings a bit, I could continue doing my part. But that's a whole other discussion lol.

    #HUZZAH #HugASysadmin

  3. @mpjgregoire

    This is exactly what I have been waiting / hoping for (well, I want them to have their own servers and broadcast to threads, etc. but closer!)
    But I don't get it? When I click on those links I go to threads and if I follow it will follow from my Threads account.
    I cant find their accounts from search on this side either.

    So, how do I follow here?

    #n00b #fediversesupport

  4. N00b Orientation (i.e., Fediverse 101πŸ˜‰ ): How Mastodon Fits Into the Larger Fediverse (Infographic): axbom.com/fediverse/. (It's not meant to be an all-encompassing view of the Fediverse but the various overlapping circles are Venn-Diagram-ish in nature.)

    #mastodon #community #mastodoncommunity #usercommunity #user #no00bhelp #n00borientation #n00btip #n00b #tip #help #fediverse #infographic #venndiagram #welcome #welcomen00bs #welcometomastodon