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Introduction to the BtrFS Filesystem

January 5, 2026December 25, 2025
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Quick Tip for umount

January 3, 2026December 31, 2025
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The Truth About Disk Fragmentation

January 2, 2026December 24, 2025
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Prognostications for 2026

January 1, 2026December 24, 2025
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Version Control Is Not Just for Code

December 31, 2025December 24, 2025
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Counting files and words from the command line

December 30, 2025December 22, 2025
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Behind the Badge: Community, Process, and Care in Open Source Exams

December 29, 2025December 21, 2025
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Edit text with this Emacs-like editor

December 27, 2025December 16, 2025
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Automate tasks with FreeDOS BAT files

December 26, 2025December 16, 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.
Command Line EXT4 Filesystems Linux

Commands I use to explore Linux filesystems

As a SysAdmin, I need to manage the filesystems on the hosts in my home lab. There's usually little to do, but when there is...

David Both
November 18, 2025January 2, 2026
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Command Line Linux Security

How to generate good passwords with pwgen

Whenever I change passwords on my systems, I need to try to think up ones that will be hard to crack as well as easy...

David Both
November 13, 2025November 13, 2025
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BtrFS EXT4 Filesystems Linux

Converting to BtrFS — Episode 1

It’s not going well.

David Both
November 11, 2025January 2, 2026
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Fedora Linux Problem Solving

Problems updating QT5 on Fedora 43

I've been having problems trying to install updates on my systems with graphical interfaces. This is due to a conflict with the qt5-qtwebengine-freeworld package. QT5...

David Both
November 7, 2025November 7, 2025
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Book Linux Moving to Linux Using and Administering Linux

Fedora 43 breaks my books

Well, it really only breaks the some of the experiments the 2nd Edition of my "Using and Administering Linux" series. This includes all three volumes...

David Both
November 7, 2025
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Climate Environment Opinion

Electric nonsense

I recently read a story on a local TV station's website that just made we want to cringe. The story was about "Phantom energy drain."...

David Both
November 6, 2025November 5, 2025
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BtrFS Fedora Filesystems Linux

Fedora 43 — A Second Look

I've been using Fedora 43 for a little over 3 days, since Tuesday, and I'm quite happy with it on all my systems. However, I've...

David Both
November 1, 2025October 31, 2025
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Fedora Linux Upgrades

First Look at Fedora 43

Fedora 43 dropped yesterday, October 28, right on schedule. It's nice to know that I can count on version upgrades every 6 months in April...

David Both
October 29, 2025
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Fedora Linux News

Fedora 43 Released

Fedora 43 has just been released. The best place to find the link to download Fedora 43 is on the Fedora Project home page. I...

David Both
October 28, 2025October 28, 2025
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Fedora Linux Upgrades

Fedora 43 set for release October 28, 2025

Based on the current schedule for Fedora development, Fedora 43 should be released tomorrow, October 28. Although a delay is possible, that happens rarely and...

David Both
October 27, 2025
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Both.org Linux Opinion Self-Hosting

AWS Agony

Did you notice that Both.org was up and running fine yesterday morning -- despite the global side-effects of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that...

David Both
October 21, 2025October 20, 2025
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Linux Tools Writing

How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain

Exploring the toolchain I use to write my books and articles.

David Both
October 20, 2025October 18, 2025
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Accessibility AI All Things Open Linux Open Source

A quick look back at ATO 2025

Here it is Thursday already and All Things Open 2025 closed its doors on Tuesday. I spent all three days there and once again had...

David Both
October 16, 2025October 16, 2025
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Command Line Fedora Linux Opinion Rant Tips and tricks

Finding hidden package groups using DNF

For some reason, the Fedora packagers are hiding a large number of package groups so that you can't see them when you search using dnf...

David Both
October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
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Linux Security System Administration Tips

Rethinking su vs sudo

If you've been hanging around Both.org for a while, you've undoubtedly noticed that I much prefer using the su - command to obtain elevated privileges...

David Both
October 13, 2025October 11, 2025
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All Things Open Book Signing Linux Open Source

ATO book signing schedule announced

The ATO organizers have announced the book signing schedule for All Things Open 2025. I'll be signing copies of three of my books on Monday...

David Both
October 10, 2025October 11, 2025
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