Selective updates using ‘dnf’
Here’s how I update my system except for one problem library
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...
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...
Resurrecting a Windows laptop
Recently, a friend gave me a recent model of a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion laptop. He said, “It turns on but goes off almost immediately. Maybe you...
Fix SELinux problems with this little-known option
SELinux is a security subsystem that works to prevent files and code from running from places they don't belong. It's a big complex system that's...
Linux tools for network administrators
My initial reaction to Linux was that I did not fully understand its range of tools. At that time, I was the technology director for...
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...
Open source Tools for Everyday Use
Many people don’t realize the abundance of free and open-source resources available online. Here are some of my favorite open-source tools across different categories, designed...
Ventoy: The Ultimate Multi-Boot USB Tool
Giving friends and neighbors a bootable USB drive containing your favorite Linux distribution is a great way to introduce neophyte Linux users to the experience...
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...
Learning to love ‘groff -ms’
My journey with markup systems began when I was an undergraduate physics student at university. Until then, I wrote class papers using a desktop word...
5 reasons to love init
The init system of an operating system is the component that starts all the programs that run on your computer. Without init, you'd have to...
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...
Open-Source Robotics: The Best Linux-Based Frameworks for Building Intelligent Machines
Open-source robotics is transforming the way intelligent machines are designed, developed and deployed. By leveraging Linux based frameworks developers can create customizable, scalable and high-performance...
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...
Top Five KDE Apps
I’ve been using Fedora 41 KDE Plasma for awhile now and I’ve already discovered some of the great available apps that I use daily. My...