How Kiwix Is Revolutionizing Offline Access to Global Information
Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin wanted everyone to have access to Wikipedia, and in 2007, the dream became a reality with the creation of Kiwix. The project aimed at...
Everyday tech that runs on Linux
Linux runs almost everything, but many people are unaware of that. Some folks might be aware of Linux and might have heard it runs supercomputers....
Digging into ODT file contents
All LibreOffice files are zip file containers with XML data and metadata.
Updates to Tech Website
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t done much on my technical web site in the last few years, http://www.linux-databook.infot. As a result much of the...
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...
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...
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!...
Network migration Monday, January 20
Outages through Monday Due to a large number of intermittent outages with my current internet provider, I have decided to move to a new provider....
About ebooks for “Using and Administering Linux”
All three volumes of my Linux self-study series of books, Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin, are available in multiple formats. In addition...
Update on BookAuthority
After some additional research, it turns out that BookAuthority is merely an Amazon "partner." They advertise Amazon books and get a bit of money from...
Back to Firefox
I really like Chrome for a web browser but I have recently started having significant problems with it. The main issue is that it no...
Linux Desktop History
I have found a very concise and interesting history of the Linux Desktop. If you are interested check it out at How the Linux desktop...
Outage fixed
A few days ago we had an outage on this web site that lasted from Monday through Wednesday night. This has - obviously - now...
Innovative New Linux Desktops and other Changes in Fedora 30
Fedora 30 was released on April 30. The Fedora Wiki contains a complete list of the changes that were accepted for inclusion in this release....
Linux process scheduling
I read an informative and interesting article today at Opensource.com about process scheduling in Linux, CFS: Completely fair process scheduling in Linux. It goes into...
Server repairs completed
It has been a challenging few days due to a series of hardware failures. I had two systems that were complete failures two with minor...