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How to untangle the systemd-resolved DNS mess rh_003499_01_other21x_cc
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How to untangle the systemd-resolved DNS mess

David Both September 26, 2024
The change from the venerable nsswitch and NetworkManager to systemd-resolved has damaged and slowed name services. The...
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Elevating Your Writing with Ollama and Phi3 Model Synergy

Don Watkins September 25, 2024
In today’s digital age, writers seek tools that enhance their craft and provide real-time feedback and assistance....
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Do I really need to know how to compile the Linux kernel?

David Both September 24, 2024
Most lists of things we do to learn Linux ignore the bits you don’t really need to...
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5 Linux commands you should never run (and why) A black cat holding a person's arm on a keyboard.
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5 Linux commands you should never run (and why)

David Both September 23, 2024
Sometimes we run into articles on other sites that we wish we’d written. This one on ZDNET...
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Book Errata

David Both September 22, 2024
There’s a bit of clarification needed in Volume 1, Chapter 4, Preparation, of my book series, Using...
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A little Vim trick I learned today

David Both September 22, 2024
I learned a neat new trick today that greatly improves my work with Vim when I’m editing...
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Secure electronic document disposal with Linux files_documents_paper_folder
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Secure electronic document disposal with Linux

David Both September 21, 2024
We can’t be too careful about ensuring that our personal data is safe, both paper documents and...
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Using Python and Ollama on a Linux desktop api.openverse-02
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Using Python and Ollama on a Linux desktop

Don Watkins September 20, 2024
Continuing my exploration of using a locally hosted Ollama on my Linux desktop computer, I have been...
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 08 — Always use shell scripts osdc_terminals_0
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 08 — Always use shell scripts

David Both September 19, 2024
Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 9 of my book, The Linux Philosophy...
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Write a guessing game in ncurses

Jim Hall September 18, 2024
Use the flexibility of ncurses to create a guess-the-number game on Linux.
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 07 — Automate Everything Drawing of a man with beard sittingat a laptop with applications in the background.
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 07 — Automate Everything

David Both September 17, 2024
SysAdmins are most productive when creating the shell programs that automate the solutions that they have conceived...
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Terminal size and ncurses

Jim Hall September 16, 2024
1 When programs like vi first came along, terminals had a predefined size: usually 80 columns and...
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Searching text files from the command line

Jim Hall September 15, 2024
The find command is a powerful and flexible tool to locate files under a path.
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Random numbers from the Linux kernel

Jim Hall September 14, 2024
Let the kernel generate random numbers for you using 'getrandom.'
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Working with Ollama Header-data_stack_blue_disks
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Working with Ollama

Don Watkins September 13, 2024
Now that I’m working with Ollama, I needed to figure out how to locate the models on...
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Beachy thoughts: Many ways to solve a problem

David Both September 12, 2024
I’m always thinking about solving problems and the beach doesn’t change that. It’s kind of the way...
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Unix was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things.

— Doug Gwyn

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 

Why there’s no such thing as AI

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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