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  • Easiest way to Install Docker on Oracle Linux 8

    Some of my most popular articales on this blog are around Docker on Oracle Linux (this and this) but I realised today as my creative writing juices were flowing that I had never actaully written any article to detil how to Install Docker on Oracle Linux. In this article I will show how to install […]

  • Books I’ve Read in 2021 so far …

    Halfway through 2021 already here’s a list in no particular order of all the books I’ve read so far, 17 books jeez doesn’t seem that many, quite proud of myself maybe I’ll hit 40 books by the end of 2021 5 am ClubHow to Win Friends and Influence PeopleThe Happiness AdvantageAtomic HabitsAnything You WantShow Your […]

  • 4 Best FREE Resources for learning Linux Online

    It’s hard to pin down exactly how popular Linux is on the web, but recent studies estimate Unix and Unix-like operating systems power about 70% of all web servers. At least half of those run Linux—and probably the vast majority. If you are on a technology learning journey no matter if its back-end development, front-end […]

  • A Cop-out Post

    I’ve been bloging more seriously since November 2020 and since Janurary 2021 I’ve succesfully blogged at least once per week since, but this week was the first were I found it a real struggle to write or do something. So here somewhat of a cop-out post about nothing that will only ask questions and not […]

  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is an interesting book, one that is mentioned in Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris, the title and description piqued my interest so I gave it a read. Summary of Superintelligence The books describes how we as humans are rulers of the world, top of the food chain not because we […]

  • 5 Steps to use Oracle Database with Vagrant

    I’ve written about my love for Vagrant a few times already here, today I will show the steps to getting an Oracle Database with Vagrant. Why I Love Vagrant It is just so simple, I recall the days when I used to have to package up my own VM’s for re-use it wasn’t difficult but […]

  • 1 Month Growth on Self-Hosted WordPress

    Analysis of being on self-hosted WordPress 22nd of February marked one month that this blog has been on self-hosted WordPress. I never really believed sites that said if you want more traffic or to rank higher on Google you need to get off wordpress.com and start self-hosting. After one month I can tell you its […]

  • Transform CentOS to Oracle Linux 7 in 2 Easy Steps

    I’ve been meaning to write an article on how to switch from CentOS to Oracle Linux for a while since Red Hat owned by IBM announced its new direction for CentOS, I’ve found myself with a bit of spare time over the weekend so finally got around to documenting the steps required to migrate from […]