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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.
Open Source

The day my mind became open sourced

Image by: Opensource.com This article by Phil Shapiro originally appeared on Opensource.com and is republished here with the author's permission. I can remember so clearly...

David Both
December 22, 2024December 20, 2024
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Linux Philosophy

Linux Philosophy articles of 2024

Having read a lot of books like, "Linux and the Unix Philosophy," by Mike Gancarz1, and "The Art of Unix Programming," by Eric S. Raymond2,...

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December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
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How I create encrypted passwords

I sometimes need to create an encrypted password for use in scripts when adding one or more new user accounts to hosts in my lab....

David Both
December 14, 2024December 12, 2024
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Linux Tips and tricks Upgrades

How many releases of Fedora can I upgrade from?

Upgrades are an important part of a SysAdmin's job, whether you know you're one or not. If you think about updates and upgrades, then you...

David Both
December 13, 2024December 10, 2024
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Linux Open Source Tools

Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools

Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We've published many articles this year about those tools, and here are 9...

David Both
December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
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Linux

Happy birthday Both.org

On December 11, 2023. Both.org morphed from being simply my personal website to being a replacement for Opensource.com (OSDC). On that day, a small group...

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December 11, 2024December 10, 2024
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Top 5 open source stories of 2024

2024 has been an interesting year in the news for many reasons. The open source world has been generating a lot of news this year....

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December 5, 2024
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Stupid SysAdmin tricks

When working on multiple remote systemd using the command line -- Be sure you're working in the terminal for the correct system before entering the...

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November 30, 2024November 30, 2024
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Why doesn’t my dict command work?

I upgraded to Fedora 41 as soon as it became available about a month ago. Most things worked as expected, but the dict command started...

David Both
November 28, 2024November 28, 2024
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Boot Linux Problem Solving

Fedora rescue mode fails

Have you ever noticed the bottom line on the GRUB bootloader menu? Well, you won't unless you're looking for it during the very first part...

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November 26, 2024November 25, 2024
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Kernel Linux System Administration

Linux signals — sending system-level commands to programs

A user and SysAdmin guide Let's say you've got a program running that you want to terminate. Or that you want to power off or...

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November 25, 2024November 25, 2024
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Command Line Linux System Administration

How I find and kill rogue programs

As useful and important as Firefox is to my ability to interact with the outside world, create on this website, manage my money, and much...

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November 22, 2024November 21, 2024
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Linux System Administration

Another reason I like Linux

I like and prefer Linux for may reasons. Today provides one example. I like to install updates on all my Linux systems ( I don't...

David Both
November 18, 2024
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An introduction to the Network Time Protocol

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...

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November 16, 2024November 16, 2024
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sync — The command you never heard of

Have you ever heard of the sync command? Have you heard of it but then forgotten all about it -- like me? The sync command...

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November 15, 2024November 15, 2024
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