What’s Linux? A Primer
Hi Again, Today I thought we would roll things back a bit and take a look at what some of the core topics I’ve been covering really are. First things first, we will take a look at what Linux is, and what it isn’t. If I have space, I will talk about infrastructure,...
Jitsi 101
Tired of knowing that Zoom, Hangouts, Meet, Skype, and most of the other video conferencing platforms get snooped on by the CCP, if not our own intelligence community? Need a good alternative? There are a few out there, and most of the free ones are more or less...
Altha Tech, Self-Hosting, and You
If you ever wondered about self-hosting, this week will be a good introduction to the concept as well as to the fediverse, a portmanteau of Federated and Universe. The Fediverse is a set of interoperable protocols and applications which can talk to one another, and...
Altha Tech + WordPress: a Match Made in Heaven
What you need to know about how Altha Tech uses WordPress to host and manage your sites A match made in heaven. Altha Tech has used WordPress to power most of its web design and hosting services for 7+ years. Altha Tech can build just about any kind of website for...
What’s Nextcloud, Anyway?
What is Nextcloud all about? Maybe you’ve heard of it, or maybe this will be an introduction for you, but it is, in short, a powerful, private, open source collaboration solution which you can self-host (on any hardware you want which has a network connection) or set...
NixOS and Altha Tech
What is NixOS, anyway? NixOS is more of a packaging system than a full-fledged Linux Distribution. What makes it interesting or worthwhile? It, like VanillaOS (https://vanillaos.org/) or BlendOS (https://blendos.co/), has atomized updating, and each package sits in...
The Altha Phone
Hey Folks, This week we are launching our first product. The Altha Phone. It is a de-googled phone experience. We have been working on this project, as far as website and business idea, for about 6 weeks. I think it's a good idea and a good move. We really don't like...
TrueNAS – What is it and Why is it?
Hey There, TrueNAS is an operating system that provides some serious flexibility for the home and medium, and enterprise for that matter, business. It runs on FreeBSD, which is a little different than linux, but can lend itself to being very stable. It allows for your...
How We Do WordPress Security
Hey There, Wordpress security is a concern. I was just talking to a sysadmin the other day and he made an off-hand comment about their frontend concerning the hardness of the website, "Well, it's Wordpress, so...". What he's getting at is that Wordpress is known for...
How an Initial Website Consultation Works
Hey There, Why do you need a website? Well, you may not need one. Like everything in IT, it depends. When we begin planning out a website with a customer the first question I usually ask is, "What do you want it to do?". This is a good place to start as it starts...