The awk script interpreter is a very handy tool for systems administrators, and anyone else who uses...
Month: May 2025
1 If you work in IT, you know that things never go completely as you think they...
Last Updated on May 29, 2025 by David Both When HAL 9000 went off the rails in...
Last Updated on June 7, 2025 by David Both Screenshot from the IMDb database. The Latvian movie,...
Image via Creative Commons, modified by Both.org Security is a critically important part of using and administering...
Last Updated on February 3, 2026 by David Both — That also apply to Linux as well...
If you use the command line at all, you’re probably familiar with the basic concept of redirection...
Let’s look back on a brief history of the Linux desktop.
In the my blog post I wrote about the new Lenovo V 15 laptop I purchased and...
I’ve been looking for a new laptop for a couple of months because the one I’ve been...
The past, present, and future of the FreeDOS Project, an open source version of DOS.
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It originated...
Let GNU Indent make your source code easier to read.
Image by: securitybydefault.com, Creative Commons The scourge of misused AI (so-called) is attacking the developers of the...
Here's how I boot other systems using virtual machines in QEMU
My brother recently gave me a Keebio BDN9 macro pad. It’s a configurable 9-key keyboard that supports...