Linux on John Dansak https://jlte.us/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on John Dansak Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Zero-Inventory Ansible Playbooks for macOS, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux https://jlte.us/blog/ansible-multi-os-workstation-playbooks/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jlte.us/blog/ansible-multi-os-workstation-playbooks/ How I built self-contained, multi-OS Ansible roles to install modern CLI tooling, Neovim, tmux, and Tokyo Night Storm across macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, and Arch Linux without a static inventory. Provisioning an AMD Strix Halo Local LLM Node with Ansible, ROCm 7.1, and llama.cpp https://jlte.us/blog/amd-strix-halo-rocm-llama-cpp-ansible/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jlte.us/blog/amd-strix-halo-rocm-llama-cpp-ansible/ Inside the 4-stage Ansible playbook suite that configures my Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 (gfx1150) server with a 100 GiB GPU GTT aperture, custom ROCm 7.1 llama.cpp build, multi-model routing, and OpenCode. Installing Splunk Enterprise on Ubuntu or Debian https://jlte.us/blog/splunk-install/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jlte.us/blog/splunk-install/ A quick guide to downloading and installing the latest Splunk Enterprise on any Ubuntu or Debian system, including the root gotcha that trips everyone up on 10.x.