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Prognostications for 2026

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Version Control Is Not Just for Code

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Counting files and words from the command line

December 30, 2025December 22, 2025
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Behind the Badge: Community, Process, and Care in Open Source Exams

December 29, 2025December 21, 2025
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Edit text with this Emacs-like editor

December 27, 2025December 16, 2025
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Automate tasks with FreeDOS BAT files

December 26, 2025December 16, 2025
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2 ways to listen to music on FreeDOS

December 25, 2025December 16, 2025
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Old-school programming with BW BASIC

December 24, 2025December 16, 2025
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How to add and remove packages on FreeDOS

December 23, 2025December 16, 2025
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Month: January 2020

Security

Security by obscurity — NOT!

As you can see in the posts below I switched internet service providers on Monday of this week. As a result I received a different...

David Both
January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
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Outage

Network migration complete

The migration to AT&T fiber is now complete and everything went very well. Of course that is not to say it was problem-free. I have...

David Both
January 21, 2020December 6, 2020
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Information Outage

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....

David Both
January 17, 2020January 17, 2020
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Event Linux Open Source 101 Speaking engagements

Speaking at Open Source 101

I will be speaking at Open Source 101 in Columbia, SC, on March 3. I will present an extended 3 hour session entitled, "Configuring and...

David Both
January 15, 2020February 19, 2020
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Outage

Intermittent web site outages

Due to issues with Spectrum business class, this web site is experiencing intermittent outages. I expect them to arrive here between 2pm and 3pm Wednesday,...

David Both
January 14, 2020January 14, 2020
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Book Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin

Great first review

I am really happy to get a great 5-star first review on my Linux self-study series, Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin. Among...

David Both
January 12, 2020January 15, 2020
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Book News Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin

“Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” to be translated into Korean

This morning I learned from my editor that Apress has licensed all three volumes of Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin for translation...

David Both
January 7, 2020
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Opinion Security

High Anxiety

Yesterday was a very challenging day for me. It involved winblowze 10 which is not a common thing for me to touch. Very uncommon, in...

David Both
January 4, 2020January 4, 2020
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Random Quote

Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.

— Laws of Computer Programming

End of 10...

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Links: Humor

  • Linux: A true story

Links: Interesting info

  • Replace Kubernetes with systemd

Links: Linux

  • Fedora
  • KDE for W10 Exiles
  • Linux Mint
  • Ubuntu

Links: Moving to Linux

  • 7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint
  • 7 Reasons Why Windows Users Avoid Linux (Which Aren’t True Anymore)
  • Best Linux distros to try before Windows 10 support ends
  • How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint – for free
  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
  • Isn’t It Time to Switch to Linux? 12 Reasons to Abandon Windows
  • KDE for W10 Exiles
  • Linux: A true story
  • Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
  • Why I Switched to Linux From Windows

Links: Open Source Software

  • GIMP
  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
  • LibreOffice

“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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