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One strong opinion per issue, drawn from real-world sysadmin experience. Agree, or argue back — both are always welcome.
Latest issue · #48 Sample
Always upgrading to the newest version doesn’t always make your system better
Linux talk over a cup of coffee, from someone who has really run servers, really fixed them, and really broken them too. Delivered to your inbox every two weeks, short enough to finish before your coffee does.
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In this cup:
- This Cup — why “LTS” is a sysadmin’s best friend
- What I Fixed This Week — a full disk because logs weren’t rotated
- Coffee & Kernel — which kernel to run on your work machines
- Community events calendar
“The best system is the one you don’t have to think about for a whole month.”
— from the This Cup column
Back issues Sample
- #47Can systemd timers really replace cron? A straight talkSample · 2 weeks ago
- #46Office printers and driverless printingSample · 1 month ago
- #453‑2‑1 backups for small shopsSample · 6 weeks ago
- #44Bring that old Windows 10 PC at home back to life with LinuxSample · 2 months ago
- #43An SSH key is not a password — stop sharing them in chatSample · 10 weeks ago
Regular columns
What I Fixed This Week
Notes from real repair jobs: the symptoms, the cause and the fix, told without embarrassment — because everyone breaks things.
Coffee & Kernel
The kernel and what goes on under the hood, explained as simply as if I were telling a friend.
Community events calendar Sample events
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 (sample) | Casual Linux users meetup | A café in Ari, Bangkok |
| Nov 28 (sample) | Intro to homelab workshop | Online |
| Dec 12 (sample) | Install Party: revive your old laptop | Chiang Mai |
Have a community event for the calendar? Let us know
The barista
linuxcup.com has been around since 2011. It started as a professional Linux services site in Thailand, covering server administration, mail servers, and Hotspot systems for hotels and dormitories.
Today it’s back as a newsletter about what I run into while managing real systems. Not translated news, but the opinions of someone who has been woken up at 3 a.m. by a server outage.
This introduction is a sample and can be adjusted to fit.