Published May 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows systems and networking, especially in mixed environments where things don't always behave the way the documentation says they should. Writing things down is how he makes sense of it all and hopefully saves someone else a few hours. The late '90s were an exciting time for tech enthusiasts , with new and experimental gadgets appearing constantly. Looking back now, it's easy to remember early portable storage media like floppy disks , CDs, and flash drives. But that's because those are the devices that won the war, at least for a little while.…