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From ‘Obsolete’ to Opportunity: How Five Old PCs Found New Purpose

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026
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Fedora 44 Coming Soon

March 18, 2026
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VirtualBox Problem Solved

March 16, 2026March 17, 2026
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Is there a better Pi Day than March 14?

March 14, 2026March 14, 2026
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Let’s measure pi with a Raspberry Pi

March 13, 2026October 17, 2025
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Why I Really Like Linux

March 12, 2026March 13, 2026
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California’s age verification law is bad for open source

March 10, 2026March 9, 2026
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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux”

March 7, 2026March 7, 2026
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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

March 5, 2026March 4, 2026
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Fedora Getting Started Linux Problem Solving VirtualBox

VirtualBox Problem Solved

I recently wrote about booting to a previous kernel when the updated kernel caused problems with VirtualBox. This did allow me to continue using the...

David Both
March 16, 2026March 17, 2026
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Getting Started Linux 101 Moving to Linux Open Source Software Philosophy

Begin the Journey: Finding a practical starting point with Free Open Source Software

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 2025-07-20 at https://beardystarstuff.net/ and is reproduced here with the author’s permission. As I’m writing this post it’s...

Denny Henke
August 13, 2025February 4, 2026
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Getting Started Linux Security SELinux SysAdmin System Administration

Getting Started with SELinux

SELinux was developed by the NSA to provide a highly secure computing environment. True to the GPL, they have made this code available to the rest of the Linux community and it is included as part of nearly every mainstream distribution.

David Both
July 15, 2025July 13, 2025
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Getting Started Moving to Linux My Linux Story

Cyndi: My open source story — Linux, the loyal friend

Editor's note: Cyndi is my yoga teacher and the coauthor of our book, "Linux for Small Business Owners." This article is collected from her many...

David Both
June 13, 2025February 4, 2026
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Getting Started Open Source

How to get started in open source?

Linux, LibreOffice, GnuCash, and Audacity are all open-source projects, meaning the folks who write the code and/or the documentation are usually not paid for it....

Don Watkins
January 23, 2025January 22, 2025
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Both.org Getting Started Open Source

Join the community and share an article

Our community wants to read about your experience and how you use your favorite open source application.

Jim Hall
September 1, 2024August 11, 2024
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Getting Started Linux 101 Moving to Linux

Getting started with Linux

I recently became a member of several Linux groups on Facebook because I was interested to see what they were all about. Many of the...

David Both
August 4, 2024February 4, 2026
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Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.

— Dave Barry

Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

David Both ATO Interview

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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