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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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Month: February 2026

Fedora Fedora Everything Linux 101 Moving to Linux

The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

I recently reinstalled Fedora 43 Server Edition on my primary workstation for multiple reasons. One was that operating systems -- even Linux -- tend to...

David Both
February 27, 2026March 13, 2026
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Documentation Fedora Linux Linux Mint

Getting Help for Linux

If you're a newcomer to Linux, or you are considering making the move to Linux, one question you'll most certainly ask is, "Is there help...

David Both
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
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Linux SysAdmin Unix

Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin

Follow this field guide if you want to understand the rare and elusive hard-core Unix geek

David Both
February 20, 2026February 24, 2026
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Fail2Ban Firewall Linux Malware Security WordPress

A Distributed WordPress Cracking Attack

If you're running a server connected to the Internet, it's under constant attack from the crackers wanting to steal personal or business data, or to...

David Both
February 16, 2026February 16, 2026
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Command Line Linux 101

Getting Started With the cd Command

The cd command is used on the Linux command line to change from one directory to another. This article looks at how it works and some of its interesting yet less well-known capabilities.

David Both
February 11, 2026February 10, 2026
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KDE Plasma Linux Manjaro

A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma

Linux adventures come in many distributions, and Manjaro is no exception. I decided to download the KDE Plasma version of Manjaro and install it on...

Don Watkins
February 10, 2026February 9, 2026
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Linux Manjaro

Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon

I decided it was time to explore a distribution I had no experience with, so I downloaded Manjaro Cinnamon. I regularly listen to podcasts and...

Don Watkins
February 9, 2026February 6, 2026
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Advanced Installation Linux

A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition

I decided to look more closely at the Fedora 43 Server Edition after struggling to set up a BtrFS system to a particular set of...

David Both
February 4, 2026February 3, 2026
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FOSS Linux Moving to Linux Open Source Software

Reasons for Moving to Linux

Cyndi Bulka, my yoga teacher and co-author of our book, “Linux for Small Business Owners”, and I both switched to Linux for some similar as well as a few different reasons. We did it for our businesses as well as our personal computing needs.

David Both
February 2, 2026February 2, 2026
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Random Quote

Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cost of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done.

— Gilb’s laws of unreliability

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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