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Tag: Linux
Make Your Servers Smile: Dynamic MOTDs with Figlet, Cowsay, Fortune, and Lolcat
A tour of /etc/update-motd.d/, the four tiny packages that build a great login banner (figlet, cowsay, fortune, lolcat), and how to drop a unicorn into your SSH greeting in under ten minutes.
Using Ansible and Jenkins to Automate Infra Tasks
From Chaos to Consistency: Automating Linux Maintenance with Ansible and Jenkins If you are running an internal IT team, or you are a business owner […]
Create a Backup Script for the /home Directory
When I first started using Gemini, version 2, I prompted a very simple, not much context “one shot prompt”: “Create a bash script that backs […]