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Minty Fresh on a Meerkat: My Latest Linux Setup

September 15, 2025September 10, 2025
2

My start with BASIC programming

September 12, 2025September 8, 2025
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Read long lines with getline

September 11, 2025September 8, 2025
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Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

September 10, 2025September 8, 2025
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Reading the command line with getopt

September 9, 2025September 8, 2025
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How do I choose a Linux distribution?

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025
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Using QGIS and MerginMaps for Geospatial Data Work

September 4, 2025September 3, 2025
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Exploring GNU Algol 68: Formatting numbers as strings for output

September 3, 2025September 2, 2025
9

What you need to know when you buy a new computer

September 2, 2025September 2, 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.
Book Event Linux

I will be at Open Libre Free (OLF) Dec 2 and 3, 2022

To Speak and Sign My Books I will be attending Open Libre Free (formerly Ohio LinuxFest) to speak and to do a book signing. OLF...

David Both
November 25, 2022September 27, 2023
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Saving Old Computers – and the planet

I have written about how Linux can keep old computers running and out of landfills or recycling streams. My most recent related article is "How...

David Both
September 1, 2022February 23, 2025
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Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

Here is an interesting article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols  at "The Register." https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/10/opinion_column_drop_windows_for_linux Some of the highlights Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop....

David Both
August 13, 2022October 5, 2023
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DigitalBridge to be at Wake Forest Job Fair

Digital Bridge will be participating in the next Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce Job Fair. Make sure you stop by and check out what...

David Both
July 30, 2022July 30, 2022
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Book Linux News

My Next Book

Linux for Small Business Owners: Using Free and Open Source Software to Power Your Dreams by David Both, Cyndi Bulka My next book, Linux for...

David Both
April 29, 2022August 28, 2022
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MasterFrame update

I have done some additional hacking on my primary workstation after initial installation in the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. The picture shows the current state. There...

David Both
March 22, 2022March 25, 2022
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New Case for my Primary Workstation

I just rebuilt my primary workstation in a new frame, the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. This is not a review but I just want to show...

David Both
February 7, 2022February 9, 2022
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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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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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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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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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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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“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

2nd Edition now Available

All three volumes of this best-selling second edition of my Linux Self-Study course are now available from Apress and Amazon. See the details of this 3-volume self-study course.

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