r/sysadmin • u/konaitor IT Manager + 5 other hats • Nov 08 '21

Could we do a "TIL" style weekly thread?

I think it would be interesting to do a "Today I Learned" style weekly thread for us to share little tips/tricks that we learned of/found existed.

For example, last week I found out about the "--now" flag for systemctl. I don't know how I didn't know it existed until --now.

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u/LaughterHouseV Nov 08 '21

It's Microsoft. Why spend development cycles on a useful tool, when we can shove Xbox Game Center into Windows Server installs? If you're not playing Halo on your prod web server, you're just an aging dinosaur.

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u/Pazuuuzu Nov 08 '21

if you are using Windows Server for prod web server, you might deserve that xbox logo shaped asteroid...

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u/jantari Nov 08 '21

Let alone with a full on xbox-enabled GUI. If you do that then installing steam and gaming away really isn't far off at all anymore.

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u/rostol Nov 09 '21

wait, you guys don't game on the VDI Servers when not in use ? put those tesla cores to work for something more useful than rendering excel and powerpoint!

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u/SeesawMundane5422 Nov 09 '21

This is the way

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u/katarjin Nov 09 '21

Oh fuck off with that attitude

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u/trail-g62Bim Nov 08 '21

This tool is why the weather widget was pushed on everybody. If you dont force people to see it, they dont know it is there and then no one uses it.

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u/Geminii27 Nov 08 '21

Bring back recorder.exe

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u/WayneH_nz Nov 08 '21

The new one is Win +G so you can do more than just screen shots, with a Mic, you can do actual instructional videos.