Unlocking system performance: A practical guide to tuning PCP on Fedora & RHEL Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a robust framework for collecting, monitoring, and analyzing system performance metrics. Available in the repos for Fedora and RHEL, it allows administrators to gather a wide array of data with minimal configuration. This guide walks you through tuning PCP’s pmlogger service to better fit your needs—whether you’re debugging performance issues or […]
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Deep dive into sosreport: understanding the data pack layout in Fedora & RHEL This article will describe the content and structure of the sosreport output. The aim is to improve its usefullness through a better understanding of its contents. What is sosreport? sosreport is a powerful command-line utility available on Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and other RHEL-based systems to collect a comprehensive snapshot of […]
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System insights with command-line tools: free and vmstat In this fifth article of the “System insights with command-line tools” series we explore free and vmstat, two small utilities that reveal a surprising amount about your Linux system’s health. free gives you an instant snapshot of how RAM and swap are being used. vmstat (the virtual memory statistics reporter) reports a real-time view of […]
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Making sense of software licensing with FSFE REUSE: A beginner’s guide for open source developers Among the many details developers juggle, software licensing is often treated as an afterthought. We know we need it. However, faced with choosing the right license, tracking inherited code, and keeping things consistent, license management can feel like a bureaucratic burden. Licensing is what makes the REUSE project, maintained by the Free Software Foundation Europe […]
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Flock to Fedora 2025 Recap: Streaming from Kenya This is my recap of Flock to Fedora 2025, streamed live from Kenya! I would really like to thank the amazing team – speakers, volunteers as well, who made FLOCK possible this year!  This recap is from a virtual attendee’s viewpoint, tuning in live from Kenya for June 5–6. Massive appreciation to everyone behind the […]
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