by Matthew Patten | May 19, 2023 | Awesomeness, IT Work, main
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,...
by Matthew Patten | Apr 28, 2023 | Awesomeness, IT Work, main, Web Work
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...
by Matthew Patten | Apr 21, 2023 | Awesomeness, main, Web Work
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...
by Matthew Patten | Apr 14, 2023 | Awesomeness, IT Work, main, Web Work
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...
by Matthew Patten | Apr 7, 2023 | IT Work, main
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...
by Jared Heath | Jul 30, 2022 | main
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...
