Calling all /r/sysadmin reddit refugees!

I ~~setup~~ (took over and spruced up, to be precise) this community specifically because of the time I've spent over the years browsing and relying on reddit.com/r/sysadmin for sources of information on tips/tricks, security exploits & patches, outages, and yes even the ranting about how our jobs all suck. (I like mine, for what it's worth.)

Come on down, ask questions, post what the sysadmin community needs to know about, or head in to get either sympathy or chastisement about why you haven't left your job yet. 🤣

Want to be a mod? Let me know!

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Honestly, my two comments are
Great to see a place that might take over for sysadmin
Too bad it's on lemmy.ml instead of an instance for sysadmin communities like sysadmin, networking, cybersec etc etc to distribute the load. Having lemmy.ml as a default for communities really hits their instance hard.
- https://programming.dev/ looks like a good instance to migrate to. It's tech-focused, small and not overwhelmed by signups, and the administrator has experience running a developer subreddit. Best to migrate early before too many users arrive here and something bad happens to lemmy.ml.
  
  Cool. I'm already not on lemmy.ml but I'll keep that in mind if I need a different instance for any reason.
- I mean, that is the upside and design intent of Lemmy. Be the change you want to see and stand up an IT focused Lemmy server. I don't have the time or resources for that, but I can help by contributing to and moderating this community on what is currently the largest Lemmy server. Something tells me there will be a number of iterations before the Lemmy-verse settles on which servers become predominate.
- I think this shouldn't be that huge of a deal right now. We all have to start somewhere and I think that in the future there will be a way for us to migrate the community if we decide it is time to do so (maybe there is already, I am not really familiar with lemmy yet). I would support setting up an instance if we should decide to

Less Windows content than reddit please.
- Omg yes for some time now it seems like r/sysadmin has been a shit ton of windows admins complaining about windows server or windows admins shilling windows server. Its gotten quite cringey.
  Microsoft really ruins everything
  
  a lot of them aren't even Microsoft sysadmins (eg talking about MS Exchange, Domain Controllers, etc) but are actually just IT helpdesk posting about dumb user tickets.
  Let's have less of that here, please.
- For that we would need more non-Windows admins than Windows admins.
  Good luck.
- I'd like to see whatever everyone wants to post about, and would also encourage you to be the change you want to see. I'm more into the Microsoft space myself but manage a handful of Linux servers (which I typically never have to bother with unless I'm standing another one up, and our team manages patching), though I'm not sure where good sources of news & updates would be for Linux information.
- That is up to you, the community is still small so you can make a big difference.
  Personally I will not post any Windows content because I do not have any Windows knowledge, but I suppose some people find it interesting.

One of my first lemmy searches and I found my peeps! Thanks for setting this up.
- Same here. Was an active redditor ever since the Digg migration. Looking forward to seeing the content here as I suspect the normie tier people will stay over on reddit and the actual good content creators and commenters will migrate here.

/r/sysadmin and /r/networking lurker/rare poster here. Seems the networking community isnt active at all quite yet
- Feel free to use this space for networking related posts as well. Not all of us have the fortune of being able to wear a single hat, and I know I'm just as interested in networking news & discussion as anything else in the IT space.
  
  Not all of us have the fortune of being able to wear a single hat
  Isn't that the truth, haha
  
  Cool beans. There's a TON of overlap I've noticed, but it is nice to have vendor specific focused discussions sometimes.
  That and there were a lot less employer rants on the networking sub 🤣
- I created the networking and juniper subs here but I'm just one person. I can't get anyone to join them to post stuff.
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Glad to see a familiar community on Lemmy!

I'm a brand new reddit refugee who has also relied on r/sysadmin (and more niche technical subreddits) for over a decade. The only reason I feel like, professionally, I might be able to abandon reddit safely is because of ChatGPT. Thank you for being here when I got here!

Looking forward to the Patch Tuesday megathreads.
- Really? Patching Tuesdays are a PITA. Lol.
  But seriously, I'm looking forward to creating a new home.

Is there an old.reddit.com version of Lemmy? asking for a friend :-|
- I know there are many different front ends with which you can participate in Lemmy servers via the Fediverse, but haven't gotten into it enough to make a recommendation. I've just began checking out https://kbin.social which might be closer to what you're looking for?
  I agree that the Lemmy UI isn't old reddit, but it's enough unlike new reddit that I'm comfortable with it. Sure it's got some 'wasted' / open space, but it works well.
  
  Regarding lemmy.ml and its open space, I installed '1440p lemmy' in Stylus and it made lemmy look so much nicer. Definitely worth a try!
- On jerboa, you can change the view to list view and that helps a ton.

More posts to come (from me, at least) starting later in the week. In the meantime, post what you want to discuss with the community! 👍

Ty for taking me in
- Welcome!

One thing the Sysadmin community no longer needs to know about:
My job is horrible, I commute 6 hours each way to my office in the cellar. My boss is useless a wet blanket who's only working muscle is his tongue which he uses to kiss the backside of the attention-seeking, sociopath CEO who won't spend any money because our Windows NT4 infra is "as good as it gets". Being a Sysadmin sucks! What should I do?
If the most common phrase here is "brush up your CV" we have a problem.
- It would be nice if this community was more technical in discussion!
- LOL
  I admit that I haven't spent time in /r/sysadmin a lot these past few years, but it always did seem full of people whining about their jobs.

Let’s continue where we left off!

thank you for your service brether

Thank you. Look forward to participate in this community (used to lurk on Reddit, but I feel much more motivated to contribute to the fediverse) :-)

Thanks for providing an alternative to the big reddit machine.

Excellent, thank you! Looking forward to participating. I spent a lot of time reading (and some time commenting as well) in the sysadmin subreddit. Very glad to see a presence here as well!
I may have some future interest in moderating once I spent more than my first few hours on Lemmy and finish getting settled in, so to speak. Thanks for all the work you're doing!

Long time lurker, occasional r/sysadmin poster reporting in. Looking forward to more and more people moving over

Woohoo, found my people!

This and few other subreddits I will miss! Where else will I get real time and/or regional outage details?
- Well, hopefully here or on one of the other /c/Sysadmin subs I've setup on the various large Lemmy servers. :)

Hey thanks! Seeking refuge here. Deleting my reddit soon!

Thank you! Really hoping this takes off

Thanks for getting this setup!

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