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How to fix unresolvable file conflict errors upgrading or installing software RPMs

July 4, 2025July 3, 2025
2

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 23—Support your Favorite Open Source Project

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025
3

Short report on the Perl / Raku Conference

July 1, 2025July 2, 2025
4

Thinking about Algol 68

June 27, 2025June 26, 2025
5

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 22—Mentor the young SysAdmins

June 25, 2025June 27, 2025
6

Do I have enough space for that?

June 24, 2025June 20, 2025
7

A beginner’s guide to dc

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025
8

Strange problems with switches

June 19, 2025June 21, 2025
9

Nextcloud is a snap

June 18, 2025June 17, 2025
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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Open Source

What open source means to me

When I entered the open source community 12 years ago, I didn’t know the meaning of open source software. I had to Google the definition when I was offered a copy editing role on the Opensource.com team at Red Hat.

Jen Wike Huger
February 28, 2024February 27, 2024
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systemd

systemd — #11: Managing resources with cgroups in systemd

Cgroups manage resources per application rather than by the individual processes that make up an application.

David Both
February 27, 2024February 27, 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, 2024November 21, 2024
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Hardware

How I got RGB Lighting Working on my Corsair Keyboard

A good keyboard is important to your health and productivity. It can be fun, too.

David Both
February 25, 2024February 20, 2024
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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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Linux Networking

How I disabled IPv6 on Linux

Simplify your network by disabling IPv6.

David Both
February 23, 2024
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Linux System Administration systemd

systemd — #10: Analyze Linux startup performance

Use systemd-analyze to get insights and solve problems with Linux startup performance.

David Both
February 23, 2024February 23, 2024
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Linux systemd Tools

systemd — #9: Using systemd journals to troubleshoot transient problems

Find the root cause of hard-to-track errors by diving into your systemd journals.

David Both
February 22, 2024January 21, 2025
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Applications Linux

Generate QR codes with this open source tool

Create QR codes the easy — FOSS — way.

Don Watkins
February 21, 2024February 15, 2024
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Linux Networking

Diagnose connectivity issues with the Linux ping command

Networking is what makes the Internet, the cloud, file shares, media streaming, remote administration, printing, and much more possible. When something goes wrong, it can sometimes be challenging to diagnose. One of the most fundamental diagnostic tools for networked connectivity is the ping command.

Don Watkins
February 20, 2024February 8, 2024
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Linux systemd

systemd — #8: Analyzing systemd calendar and timespans

Learn how systemd uses calendar time, timestamps, and timespans to control when things happen.

David Both
February 19, 2024
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May 13,2025

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