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California’s age verification law is bad for open source

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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

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Make your first contribution to open source

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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

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Getting Help for Linux

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Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin

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A Distributed WordPress Cracking Attack

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Getting Started With the cd Command

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Linux Networking System Administration

How I configured a DHCP server for my personal lab network

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides network configuration data to client hosts on a network, allowing for centralized network configuration management.

David Both
March 17, 2024March 9, 2024
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AI Linux Open Source

Mozilla Unveils Llamafile: A Game-Changer for Large Language Models in AI

Mozilla, a pioneer in open-source software, has once again made a significant contribution to artificial intelligence by introducing the Llamafile. This innovative technology is designed to simplify the deployment and utilization of large language models (LLMs), marking a significant leap forward in AI.

Don Watkins
March 16, 2024March 6, 2024
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Linux Raspberry Pi 1

How I run my blog on a Raspberry Pi

How I set up a Raspberry Pi to act as a web server to host my personal blog on Drupal.

mandclu
March 14, 2024January 18, 2024
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Linux Problem Solving

System statistics with sar and the /proc filesystem

SAR, the System Activity Reporter, is my starting place for accessing historical performance data to solve problems.

David Both
March 13, 2024March 6, 2024
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Bash Code Linux System Administration

Parsing config files with Bash

Separating config files from code enables anyone to change their configurations without any special programming skills.

David Both
March 12, 2024March 2, 2024
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Fedora Linux Security System Administration VirtualBox

Convert your Windows install into a VM on Linux

Here’s how I configured a VirtualBox VM to use a physical Windows drive on my Linux workstation.

David Both
March 11, 2024February 9, 2025
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Desktop Linux System Administration Xfce

Configure a Linux workspace remotely from the command line

Nearly everything can be done from the Linux command line, including remote configuration of desktops such as Xfce4.

David Both
March 9, 2024March 3, 2024
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Linux Open Source Software System Administration

Manage your APC battery backup system with this Linux command

Protect yourself from power incidents by running a simple utility: apcupsd.

David Both
March 8, 2024March 2, 2024
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Ansible Linux System Administration

Ansible #1: My first day using Ansible

A sysadmin shares information and advice about putting Ansible into real-world use configuring computers on their network.

David Both
March 7, 2024April 28, 2024
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Digital Images Linux Privacy

Protecting Your Privacy: Removing Exif Metadata from Your Digital Images with ExifCleaner

Each picture you take with a digital camera contains numerous tags that provide a great deal of information, some of which might ordinarily be considered confidential.

Don Watkins
March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
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Linux System Administration

What is a sysadmin?

What does the term “sysadmin” or “system administrator” mean to you? What does a sysadmin do? How do you know you are one?

Existential questions like this seldom have concrete answers, and the answers that do present themselves can be pretty fluid. The answers are also significantly different for different people and depend upon their work experience.

David Both
March 4, 2024February 28, 2024
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Linux System Administration systemd

systemd — #13: Why I support the systemd plan to take over the world

There is no nefarious plan, just one to bring System Management into the 21st century.

David Both
March 3, 2024March 1, 2024
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Desktop Linux

How I customize my Linux window decorations

How I made minor modifications to the Alienware-Bluish theme on my Xfce desktop to suit my own aesthetic.

David Both
March 2, 2024February 28, 2024
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Linux systemd

systemd — #12: Fixing systemd-resolved name service failures using Ansible

Name resolution and the ever-changing networking landscape.

David Both
March 1, 2024September 11, 2024
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Linux System Administration Tools

4 open source tools for Linux system monitoring

Information is the key to resolving any computer problem, including problems with or relating to Linux and the hardware on which it runs. There are many tools available for most distributions. These tools can be used to obtain huge amounts of information.

David Both
February 26, 2024February 1, 2026
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Linux Tips and tricks

Transfer files between your phone and Linux

Are you looking for a way to quickly copy files from your iPhone or Android mobile device to your Linux computer or from your Linux...

Don Watkins
February 24, 2024February 15, 2024
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Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.

— Dave Barry

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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