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Getting Started With the cd Command files_documents_paper_folder
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Getting Started With the cd Command

David Both February 11, 2026
The cd command is used on the Linux command line to change from one directory to another....
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A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma Manjaro KDE Desktop picture showing menu.
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A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma

Don Watkins February 10, 2026
1 Linux adventures come in many distributions, and Manjaro is no exception. I decided to download the...
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Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon ManjaroLinux-02
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Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon

Don Watkins February 9, 2026
I decided it was time to explore a distribution I had no experience with, so I downloaded...
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A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition essex-20260202-01-Resized
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A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition

David Both February 4, 2026
3 I decided to look more closely at the Fedora 43 Server Edition after struggling to set...
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Reasons for Moving to Linux puzzle_computer_solve_fix_tool
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Reasons for Moving to Linux

David Both February 2, 2026
Cyndi Bulka, my yoga teacher and co-author of our book, "Linux for Small Business Owners", and I...
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Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) February Meeting TriLUG-Logo
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Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) February Meeting

David Both January 29, 2026
Triangle Linux Users Group Topic: Why I use Linux — And have never used WindowsPresenter: David BothWhen:...
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Update on my Oldest Computer Intrepid-Crashed
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Update on my Oldest Computer

David Both January 27, 2026
1 Something interesting happened today that I decided to write about. Not that I don’t find interesting...
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How Liquid-Cooling-001
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How

David Both January 26, 2026
Customizing a Fedora system from a minimal command line only installation.
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Network Upgrades Completed — Sort of

David Both January 24, 2026
0 So I didn’t upgrade to 3Gb Gfiber. I wanted a couple things like static IPs that...
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Saving Public Library Computers With Linux Mint MATE A public library
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Saving Public Library Computers With Linux Mint MATE

Don Watkins January 22, 2026
I was volunteering at the local public library, where I find myself frequently these days. The library...
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Network Upgrades at Both.org connections_wires_sysadmin_cable
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Network Upgrades at Both.org

David Both January 21, 2026
Starting Friday morning, January 23, I’m having Google fiber installed. It’s 3Gb symmetric, which is 3x that...
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Why I Didn’t Convert My Primary Workstation to BtrFS Butter-on-a-plate-pexels-felicity-tai-7965940
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Why I Didn’t Convert My Primary Workstation to BtrFS

David Both January 21, 2026
When I started writing this series about the BtrFS filesystem, I fully intended to migrate my primary...
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Create a Linux kiosk at your library Library with books
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Create a Linux kiosk at your library

Seth Kenlon January 20, 2026
2 As a frequent client of my local library, I’m very invested in the health, sustainability, and...
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Writing a fun turn-based game learn-programming-code-keyboard
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Writing a fun turn-based game

Jim Hall January 19, 2026
With a bit of programming, you'll never get bored.
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 5 Wide picture of an open 5-inch hard drive showing the disks and the read / wriute heads.
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 5

David Both January 16, 2026
2 The previous step in conversion of my main test computer from EXT4 filesystems on a Logical...
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Why I prefer tar to zip Photo by Anna Evans on Unsplash
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Why I prefer tar to zip

Seth Kenlon January 15, 2026
1 I love having choices when it comes to computing, and especially in the world of open...
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System upgrades this Sunday, May 3

Tools illustrationFedora 44 was released this week and I’ve upgraded all my systems except for the two that directly affect Both.org. I’ll be upgrading the hosts for my server and firewall to Fedora 44 this Sunday afternoon, May 3.

Both.org will be down for most of the afternoon for these upgrades.

Thanks for your patience.

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The fastest algorithm can frequently be replaced by one that is almost as fast and much easier to understand.

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Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

Why there’s no such thing as AI

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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