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

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How to remove a stuck kernel from GRUB

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What USB device is that?

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How to selectively apply updates

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Straight quotes from pandoc

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Viewing PDF documents in console mode

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AI Terror: The struggle to stay alive

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Loving the command line with the Raspberry Pi

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Year: 2022

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Taming Static

It is now winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and the low humidity has allowed a significant increase of static electricity. Of course there are...

David Both
December 16, 2022August 29, 2023
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Linux

My OLF Conference Presentation

OLF 2022 is over now but videos of both days of the conference are available at YouTube. Each of the two videos is of the...

David Both
December 5, 2022September 27, 2023
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Book Event Linux

I will be at Open Libre Free (OLF) Dec 2 and 3, 2022

To Speak and Sign My Books I will be attending Open Libre Free (formerly Ohio LinuxFest) to speak and to do a book signing. OLF...

David Both
November 25, 2022September 27, 2023
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Linux

Saving Old Computers – and the planet

I have written about how Linux can keep old computers running and out of landfills or recycling streams. My most recent related article is "How...

David Both
September 1, 2022February 23, 2025
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Linux

Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

Here is an interesting article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols  at "The Register." https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/10/opinion_column_drop_windows_for_linux Some of the highlights Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop....

David Both
August 13, 2022October 5, 2023
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DigitalBridge to be at Wake Forest Job Fair

Digital Bridge will be participating in the next Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce Job Fair. Make sure you stop by and check out what...

David Both
July 30, 2022July 30, 2022
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Book Linux News

My Next Book

Linux for Small Business Owners: Using Free and Open Source Software to Power Your Dreams by David Both, Cyndi Bulka My next book, Linux for...

David Both
April 29, 2022August 28, 2022
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Linux

MasterFrame update

I have done some additional hacking on my primary workstation after initial installation in the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. The picture shows the current state. There...

David Both
March 22, 2022March 25, 2022
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Linux

New Case for my Primary Workstation

I just rebuilt my primary workstation in a new frame, the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. This is not a review but I just want to show...

David Both
February 7, 2022February 9, 2022
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Linux

Creating test files

Some of my books and articles require you to create some files for testing. This can be done easily from the command line. Open a...

David Both
January 19, 2022September 3, 2024
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Linux

Download problems with “Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” files

Some files for experiments do not download properly It was brought to my attention by reader Benjamin Robertson that experiments that use the wget command...

David Both
January 15, 2022January 15, 2022
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“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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