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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux” All3-2ndEditionCoversForWebSite
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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux”

David Both March 7, 2026
3 I’ve just signed the contracts for the 3rd Edition of my “Using and Administering Linux“ series...
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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability KDE-Neon-Logo-01
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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

Don Watkins March 5, 2026
1 Recently, I came across a blog post about the latest release of Plasma KDE Neon, and it...
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Make your first contribution to open source

Jim Hall March 2, 2026
Looking to get started in open source? Check out these opportunities.
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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything OSDC_Penguin_Image_520x292_12324207_0714_mm_v1a-Cropped
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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

David Both February 27, 2026
1 I recently reinstalled Fedora 43 Server Edition on my primary workstation for multiple reasons. One was...
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Getting Help for Linux car-penguin-drive-linux-yellow
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Getting Help for Linux

David Both February 24, 2026
1 If you’re a newcomer to Linux, or you are considering making the move to Linux, one...
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Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin

David Both February 20, 2026
Follow this field guide if you want to understand the rare and elusive hard-core Unix geek
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A Distributed WordPress Cracking Attack malware-291793476-cropped
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A Distributed WordPress Cracking Attack

David Both February 16, 2026
1 If you’re running a server connected to the Internet, it’s under constant attack from the crackers...
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Getting Started With the cd Command files_documents_paper_folder
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Getting Started With the cd Command

David Both February 11, 2026
The cd command is used on the Linux command line to change from one directory to another....
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A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma Manjaro KDE Desktop picture showing menu.
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A Fresh Look at Manjaro KDE Plasma

Don Watkins February 10, 2026
1 Linux adventures come in many distributions, and Manjaro is no exception. I decided to download the...
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Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon ManjaroLinux-02
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Dipping My Toes into the Arch World with Manjaro Cinnamon

Don Watkins February 9, 2026
I decided it was time to explore a distribution I had no experience with, so I downloaded...
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A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition essex-20260202-01-Resized
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A look at Fedora 43 Server Edition

David Both February 4, 2026
3 I decided to look more closely at the Fedora 43 Server Edition after struggling to set...
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Reasons for Moving to Linux puzzle_computer_solve_fix_tool
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Reasons for Moving to Linux

David Both February 2, 2026
Cyndi Bulka, my yoga teacher and co-author of our book, "Linux for Small Business Owners", and I...
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Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) February Meeting

David Both January 29, 2026
Triangle Linux Users Group Topic: Why I use Linux — And have never used WindowsPresenter: David BothWhen:...
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Update on my Oldest Computer

David Both January 27, 2026
1 Something interesting happened today that I decided to write about. Not that I don’t find interesting...
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How Liquid-Cooling-001
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How

David Both January 26, 2026
Customizing a Fedora system from a minimal command line only installation.
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Network Upgrades Completed — Sort of

David Both January 24, 2026
0 So I didn’t upgrade to 3Gb Gfiber. I wanted a couple things like static IPs that...
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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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