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What our system maintenance this past weekend says about Linux

David Both February 28, 2025
1 I’ve been thinking a lot about the system maintenance I performed on Saturday, February 22. Prior...
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Resurrecting a Windows laptop

Don Watkins February 27, 2025
Recently, a friend gave me a recent model of a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion laptop. He said, “It turns...
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Fix SELinux problems with this little-known option

Seth Kenlon February 26, 2025
SELinux is a security subsystem that works to prevent files and code from running from places they...
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Linux tools for network administrators

Don Watkins February 25, 2025
My initial reaction to Linux was that I did not fully understand its range of tools. At...
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Keeping time with chrony

David Both February 24, 2025
1 “Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?” — Chicago, 1969 Perhaps...
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Open source Tools for Everyday Use

Don Watkins February 21, 2025
Many people don’t realize the abundance of free and open-source resources available online. Here are some of...
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Ventoy: The Ultimate Multi-Boot USB Tool

Don Watkins February 20, 2025
1 Giving friends and neighbors a bootable USB drive containing your favorite Linux distribution is a great...
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How I recovered from another self-inflicted problem

David Both February 19, 2025
And how I got there in the first place. Those of you who read my articles and...
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Learning to love ‘groff -ms’

Jim Hall February 18, 2025
1 My journey with markup systems began when I was an undergraduate physics student at university. Until...
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5 reasons to love init

Seth Kenlon February 17, 2025
The init system of an operating system is the component that starts all the programs that run...
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5 reasons to love systemd Network components
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5 reasons to love systemd

Seth Kenlon February 14, 2025
There’s a lot happening on modern computers. Applications run in the background, automated events wait to be...
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Updates fix KDE Plasma issues

David Both February 13, 2025
If you’ve been reading Both.org for a few months, you’ll know that I have two favorite desktops....
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Open-Source Robotics: The Best Linux-Based Frameworks for Building Intelligent Machines

Saili February 12, 2025
Open-source robotics is transforming the way intelligent machines are designed, developed and deployed. By leveraging Linux based...
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Filelight — my new favorite Linux tool

David Both February 11, 2025
0 I like to explore all corners of my Linux installations. Sometimes I find interesting and useful...
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Top Five KDE Apps

Don Watkins February 10, 2025
1 I’ve been using Fedora 41 KDE Plasma for awhile now and I’ve already discovered some of...
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Fixing Ansible playbooks

David Both February 6, 2025
I’ve been using Ansible for several years to perform different tasks on my many physical and virtual...
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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)“.

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