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I need a list of URLs

June 16, 2025June 10, 2025
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Cyndi: My open source story — Linux, the loyal friend

June 13, 2025June 9, 2025
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How to remove a stuck kernel from GRUB

June 12, 2025June 4, 2025
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What USB device is that?

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How to selectively apply updates

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Straight quotes from pandoc

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Viewing PDF documents in console mode

June 6, 2025May 31, 2025
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AI Terror: The struggle to stay alive

June 5, 2025June 4, 2025
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Loving the command line with the Raspberry Pi

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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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btop — the top of my dreams

The top program is the original system monitoring and management tool for Unix and Linux. It performs its task well and with a minimum of...

David Both
March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
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AI Opinion

What Robbie the Robot can teach us about AI

Way back in 1956, when I was ten years old, my parents took my brother and I to a drive-in movie theater to see the...

David Both
March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
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Perl and Raku Conference will be held June 27-29, 2025 in Greenville, SC, USA

David Both to be the keynote speaker The Perl and Raku Conference for 2025 is coming up June 27-29, 2025, and it’s set to be...

David Both
March 8, 2025March 10, 2025
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 17— Use your favorite editor

Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 19 of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, with some changes to update the...

David Both
March 3, 2025March 17, 2025
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Linux Opinion

What our system maintenance this past weekend says about Linux

I've been thinking a lot about the system maintenance I performed on Saturday, February 22. Prior to that day, I thought about what needed to...

David Both
February 28, 2025February 25, 2025
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In Depth Linux

Keeping time with chrony

“Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?” -- Chicago, 1969 Perhaps that rock group didn’t care what time it was...

David Both
February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
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I really borked it this time Linux Problem Solving

How I recovered from another self-inflicted problem

And how I got there in the first place. Those of you who read my articles and books know that I do updates frequently to...

David Both
February 19, 2025February 17, 2025
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KDE Plasma Linux

Updates fix KDE Plasma issues

If you've been reading Both.org for a few months, you'll know that I have two favorite desktops. I like Xfce for it's no-nonsense user interface...

David Both
February 13, 2025February 12, 2025
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Linux Software

Filelight — my new favorite Linux tool

I like to explore all corners of my Linux installations. Sometimes I find interesting and useful new (to me) tools that -- for some reason...

David Both
February 11, 2025February 9, 2025
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Ansible Linux Open Source

Fixing Ansible playbooks

I've been using Ansible for several years to perform different tasks on my many physical and virtual hosts. It's an excellent tool for defining the...

David Both
February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
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Configuration Linux Name Services System Administration

How I reverted to Name Service Switch (NSS) for name resolution — And why

There are problems with the new systemd-resolved resolver and that gives us some good reasons to keep or revert to the NSSwitch resolver. The Domain...

David Both
February 4, 2025January 31, 2025
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Announcement Book Linux

New book announcement

I'm currently working on a new book that will be available in July 2025, "systemd for Linux SysAdmins: All You Need to Know About The...

David Both
January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
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Command Line Linux System Administration

Using the dmesg command

As a SysAdmin I frequently need to access the kernel log to obtain information of various types. This can range from searching for why a...

David Both
January 24, 2025January 23, 2025
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How Linux keeps time

Knowing the exact time is important to computers for many reasons. A GPS, which is a computer, needs to know the exact time so it...

David Both
January 22, 2025January 21, 2025
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Command Line Linux Tips and tricks

How to get a clean screen — on the command line

After some time using terminal sessions they can get a bit cluttered with previous commands and their output data streams. At other times, I want...

David Both
January 18, 2025January 16, 2025
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Command Line Linux System Administration Updates

How to do updates on the command line

Keeping your Linux computer as safe as possible from various types of cyber attacks is only possible if you perform updates regularly and upgrade to...

David Both
January 16, 2025January 16, 2025
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