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Well, my disdain for Microsoft has developed over the course of decades of using their products and feeling constrained by Redmond in doing things. They weren't always that way. But these days, they have gotten very much controlling of the Windows environment. I get tickets and complaints...

Gotcha - so it's more of a review than an initial teach. That changes things quite a bit. In the trade school demographic, we're not commonly dealing with 'advanced/AP' students. Many of them have GED's or are veterans looking for a new career, or are working some kind of job. Working...

Actually, as a member of the CompTIA Partner program, I have access to all the vouchers that I can use. I'm not sure if your school is a CompTIA Academic Partner - you (or your administrator, etc etc) might want to reach out to your Business Manager and see what your status is.

Um, yeah...? The question I would have to ask is how much did the students actually retain in all that? Our school uses 12 weeks to go through both sides of the A+, including dedicated laboratory time. I can't conceive of packing all that into 20 hours of time we have or even a 40 hour boot...

So, following up on my Omarchy experiments: 1) The Optiplex 7070 running Omarchy screams. It's pretty great. I had one guy ask me about running Plex on it. Seems that's a thing - running Plex servers with Arch, so they're not saddled with bloat. 2) I did manage to get Omarchy on the...

Thanks for that - and I don't mind the hiccups for sure. I tell people now that I run Linux but support Windows. It is sad that there are still a few things out there that Linux can't quite do effectively - or with out extreme amounts of configuration. What's funny is that I reminded a...

Hi Shane: So my understanding here is that everyone who had the Project+ or Server+ credentials were automatically awarded the CE designation as a separate certification entry. Mine are set to expire on 12-30-2028. I also have a separate set of credentials that are Good for Life (GFL). So...

I'd tell you how I feel, but this *is* a PG rated board and not everyone appreciates my very unique sense of humor.

I tried using it, personally and found it was tougher than just using the website, IMAO. In most applications, I think the website does just fine. The ONLY thing I wish we could get on the CIN boards are pinned posts on the Home feed. That way, important posts about TTT's (not my ramblings...

I've gotten into arguments now with folks who are stuck in the Microslop cult, which now is being led by Slopilot. And I've been tinkering with Omarchy as of yesterday...loaded it on a couple machines. It's not very peppy on my Dell Chromebook 3400 - which I've learned is very reliant on the...

So as I sit here writing Anthology reports and installing Omarchy on an old OptiPlex 7070, and trying to work on my SC300 MSFT learning, I can hear Redmond crying now... Okay, not really, but @jasoneckert should appreciate the joke. But I thought I'd share with all of you the next steps on the...

Blame these guys:

Good work!

Locked and loaded. I took DataSys v1 and actually enjoyed doing that one. Looking forward to DS2. /r

Congrats on the win. What's next on the list?

Counseling? Nah. I'll just convince any therapist that Linux is better and Microsoft will lose more business - which...may not be a half bad idea. Mostly, those that slink back to Windows usually aren't ready for the commitment of having to relearn all the muscle memory keystrokes and shortcuts...

Usually, a publisher will offer a promotional copy - this has been a go-to for me when I just needed a text to study. For me, however, that has been less and less. But then, while I call it a blessing to get free copies of texts, expecting it or even demanding it, to me is no good...

Why do you hate me so much, Brian? So, funny story that. Long ago, I had a lead of our now defunct Personal Training program who saw that we had an iMac in our department that was used to help our Computer students get acclimated to iOS. One day, he came in and told me how he wanted it on his...

Great work. Linux+ is a good thing to have under your belt!

So, I've been in IT for about 35 years. There's not much that I've not done with a computer, both above board and well...(yeah, I won't get into all that). But for the greatest part of my life, I've been using Windows. Like so many chained to Redmond, I started with Windows 2.0 and used every...