Tech Friday: A Linux server snapshot and WordPress 6.8 update
Posted By RichC on April 25, 2025
Today’s Tech Friday post is a full Linux server backup, a snapshot and finally an update that includes one that brings WordPress to 6.8. Nobody really cares until something doesn’t work … including me!
WordPress 6.8 is code named “Cecil” … in keeping with jazz music pioneers, this one Cecil Taylor.
Cecil Taylor was an American jazz musician and composer, renowned as one of the leading free-jazz pianists. He was born on March 25, 1929, in New York City and began playing piano at the age of six, under his mother’s encouragement. Taylor’s musical style was characterized by a furious attack on the piano, using the entire range of the instrument to create a unique musical language that inspired other musicians. He studied at the New York College of Music and Boston’s New England Conservatory, and his work was influenced by 20th-century classical composers, as well as jazz musicians like Lennie Tristano, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Horace Silver.
Taylor was a pioneer of free jazz and an icon of the avant-garde, known for his radical approach to music that often led to controversy. He performed live improvisational marathons and was part of the free jazz revolution, which he helped initiate with his 1956 album “Jazz Advance.” Despite his innovative contributions, Taylor faced ostracism from mainstream jazz clubs and sometimes struggled financially. He was recognized as a NEA Jazz Master in 1990 and continued to perform and innovate until his death on April 5, 2018, at the age of 89
Taylor’s legacy includes his profound impact on the development of free jazz and his unwavering commitment to his artistic vision, even in the face of adversity.
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