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Make typing faster with the Keebio BDN9 macro pad

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Code like it’s the 1980s

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Standard UNIX password manager

May 6, 2025
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GIMP: the free Photoshop alternative

May 5, 2025May 1, 2025
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The case of the Borked HDD

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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 20—Follow your curiosity

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How to get started with Linux

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How to find Open Source Software to replace your Windows software

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Mastering Screenshots with KDE Spectacle:

April 29, 2025April 24, 2025
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David Both is an Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker who lives in Raleigh North Carolina. He is a strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy." He’s been in the IT industry for over 50 years. He taught RHCE classes for Red Hat and has worked at MCI Worldcom, Cisco, and the State of North Carolina. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software for over 25 years. David likes to build his own computers to ensure that each new computer meets his exacting specifications. He has written articles for magazines including, Linux Magazine, Linux Journal, and Opensource.com. He currently has five books published with Apress, "The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins", a self-study training course in three volumes “Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin,” that was released in late 2019, and “Linux for Small Business Owners” with Co-author Cyndi Bulka.
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Creating test files

Some of my books and articles require you to create some files for testing. This can be done easily from the command line. Open a...

David Both
January 19, 2022September 3, 2024
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Linux

Download problems with “Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” files

Some files for experiments do not download properly It was brought to my attention by reader Benjamin Robertson that experiments that use the wget command...

David Both
January 15, 2022January 15, 2022
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Linux

Fedora 35 First Look

It has been a while since I posted anything here. For that I apologize, but I have been busy with a number of projects and...

David Both
November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
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Desktop Tips and tricks

My Laptop Has No Numlock LED

Note: The tool described in this post worked on Fedora 33 but no longer works with Fedora 34. Because this code is no longer maintained...

David Both
March 29, 2021May 8, 2021
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Linux

Using my own books

One of the things I state in the Introductions about my books is that I use them myself as references and this week was no...

David Both
January 23, 2021January 23, 2021
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Linux

Setting the number of desktop workspaces for Xfce4

I just learned something very cool. Sometimes it is necessary to make remote modifications to a desktop using the command line. In this case I...

David Both
December 12, 2020December 14, 2020
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Fedora Information Upgrades

Fedora 33 first impressions

I have posted an article about my first impressions of Fedora 33 on my technical website. Well - in addition to that in my previous...

David Both
October 30, 2020November 4, 2020
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Fedora Problem Solving Tips and tricks

Fedora name resolution fails

Image by: Opensource.com: CC-by-SA 4.0 I installed Fedora 33 on October 27, 2020, the first day it became available. One of the major changes, a...

David Both
October 27, 2020January 25, 2025
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Fixing problems I really borked it this time

How I borked my computer

Even seasoned Sysadmins can have epic fails And this was mine. It was a bit frustrating - well, a lot frustrating. I managed to totally...

David Both
September 14, 2020September 19, 2020
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Fixing problems Information

Migrating to SSD.

A few weeks ago I installed an M.2 SSD drive in my primary workstation, and just today I installed a second one. The complete story...

David Both
September 9, 2020September 13, 2020
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Linux

Installing Fedora 32 on System76 Oryx Pro

In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17" display from System76. This laptop came with the System76 version of Ubuntu, POP_os!....

David Both
August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
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Fedora News Opinion

Fedora 32 rocks – with a couple issues

Fedora 32 became available yesterday and - LinuxGeek46 that I am - I managed to upgrade 7 out of 8 of my Fedora hosts yesterday...

David Both
April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
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Desktop Fixing problems Linux

Copy and Paste fails

After a recent upgrade to my primary workstation, and a new installation on a couple virtual machines, I discovered that copy and paste was not...

David Both
March 13, 2020March 14, 2020
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Information Linux

Migrate Thunderbird Config from one Linux Computer to Another

While getting ready to do a presentation at Open Source 101 in a few days, I decided that it would be good to reinstall POP_os!...

David Both
February 29, 2020
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Security

Security by obscurity — NOT!

As you can see in the posts below I switched internet service providers on Monday of this week. As a result I received a different...

David Both
January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
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Outage

Network migration complete

The migration to AT&T fiber is now complete and everything went very well. Of course that is not to say it was problem-free. I have...

David Both
January 21, 2020December 6, 2020
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