Manage multiple service instances with systemctl
Services, services, services. A service is a huge part of computing. You're reading this article on a service. Your computer is running services. The internet...
A great year for Both.org
Both.org is having a great year thanks to readers like you. We’ve got some really great stats and I thought it would be good to share them with you.
Xfce lock screen fails
I like and frequently use the Xfce desktop because of it's simplicity and relatively small resource footprint. But sometimes, like all things tech, things break....
Introducing Jan: A Privacy-Centric, Open-Source GPT for AI Enthusiasts
Are you looking for a locally hosted open source GPT that protects your privacy while allowing you to leverage the latest AI models? Then you need to download Jan. Jan is easy to install on Linux, macOS, and Windows and has excellent documentation to guide that process.
An Open-Source AI Tool for Voice Generation
Are you a scientist, developer or just a tinkerer like me? Are you fascinated with the power of AI to generate and clone a human...
Microsoft Nonsense
This morning, as I was reading various newsfeeds, I found some news about Microsoft these days. That's not interesting in itself, but the items I'm...
Begin the journey: Why your ethics might require adoption of Free and Open Source Software
My own journey into free software began with my ethics. It was, and is, deeply personal but simultaneously connected to my understanding of the larger world I am a part of.
Why I support the “Right to Repair”
I have a friend who wanted some help with her Dell laptop. I converted her to Linux several years ago but this system is now...
David Both to have book signing at ATO
I've just completed arrangements to do a book signing at the All Things Open (ATO) conference this year. I don't yet know when I'll be...
Tips for faster note taking with Joplin
Joplin has become my default note-taking app. I use it for everything, whether short notes on what to pick up at the store to saving...
Ten moments that shaped Linux
This article was originally posted on opensource.com. It's been updated and is published here with the author's permission. In August 2018, Opensource.com posted a poll...
My six tenets for learning to be a Linux SysAdmin
I have been working with Linux operating systems for a little over a year and a half now, and as I have learned and developed...
Three surprising reasons I like the Cinnamon desktop
I wrote about my five reasons to like Cinnamon back in April, and in the time since, I've found even more reasons to like and...
My Journey From Zero to Linux SysAdmin
I never expected that I would be where I am today in my Linux journey especially because I never expected to be training in a...
An Algol 68 Pretty Printer
For Marcel van der Veer, with many thanks for Algol 68 Genie If you pick up a textbook on Algol 68 from the 1970s, such...
