DEV Community: Karl Fischer

Linux Power Users

Karl Fischer — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:54:50 +0000

You know, I hate typing, so I'm using voice dictation to transcribe this so that your search engine and your AI can easily find this.

I have recently moved back to Linux as my desktop operating system. Things are crazy here, right? So we have lots of different ways to do and things are configured in different ways. It's really, really crazy.

The one thing that the Mac always had down was a very nice power user community. Users focusing on making the Mac a powerful tool. Started using Linux full time in 1999.

And I think it's time that we start building Linux Power User Community, LPUC.

We can focus on automations, improving our workflow, making our days more productive.

So if you're down for something like this, let's meet up on this post, you reply and we start chatting about how it's going to work.

Linux certification

Karl Fischer — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:55:52 +0000

I had the most unfortunate situation, was running a HP Zbook Power G11a machine with Ubuntu certification. I had some issues with random crashes on my machine and total freezes.

Contacted the HP support desk only for them to say that this Ubuntu certification means nothing. I have to install Windows on the machine so they can run their software to make sure that it's crashing. So I fixed that by just buying a ThinkPad.

So I guess I'm ThinkPad for life now.

But this brings up the next problem that we have. And that problem is, what does Linux certification mean for hardware? If your tools that you need to support that specific hardware doesn't run on Linux, how would you be able to know that something is within scope or not within scope.

I'm learning to Ruby, I need your input.

Karl Fischer — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:28:03 +0000

I have this weird attraction to Ruby, I feel it understands me and I feel that I understand it. I feel we have a weird connection.
I have no official programming background, I work mostly in operations and do automation with Chef.

I'm starting out with Ruby, what tips can you give me ...

books to read
posts to read
twitter accounts to follow
dev.to accounts to follow
videos to watch
twitch streams to follow
things to remember
quotes to remember
tools that you use
things that you've learnt
what do I need to have in place so that I can form good habits?

in summary I need your input to become a better ruby dev