Category Archives: Opinion

A Tale of Two Build Systems: Launchpad and Copr

Whoa, a blog post! Haven’t written one of those in a while. I’ll make another one to go over what’s happened since my last post, but right now, let’s focus on something very specific: package managers, and the build systems that support them. It’s Ubuntu vs Fedora, RPM vs DEB, apt vs dnf (or yum), Launchpad vs Copr.

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Demystifying Email: Why It’s Only As Hard As You Make It

Most of us know that one can set up a private email server. It’s, uh, been in the news. Aside from all that, if you ask most people “Okay, how do I set one up?” They’ll say something along the lines of “Don’t. It’s too complicated.” I’m here to tell you that it’s really not. It’s only as complicated as you make it. And here’s why. Continue reading Demystifying Email: Why It’s Only As Hard As You Make It