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Cyndi: My open source story — Linux, the loyal friend

June 13, 2025June 9, 2025
2

How to remove a stuck kernel from GRUB

June 12, 2025June 4, 2025
3

What USB device is that?

June 11, 2025June 4, 2025
4

How to selectively apply updates

June 10, 2025June 4, 2025
5

Straight quotes from pandoc

June 9, 2025June 4, 2025
6

Viewing PDF documents in console mode

June 6, 2025May 31, 2025
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AI Terror: The struggle to stay alive

June 5, 2025June 4, 2025
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Loving the command line with the Raspberry Pi

June 4, 2025May 31, 2025
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 21—There is no should

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025
Book Linux News

My Next Book

Linux for Small Business Owners: Using Free and Open Source Software to Power Your Dreams by David Both, Cyndi Bulka My next book, Linux for...

David Both
April 29, 2022August 28, 2022
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Linux

MasterFrame update

I have done some additional hacking on my primary workstation after initial installation in the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. The picture shows the current state. There...

David Both
March 22, 2022March 25, 2022
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Linux

New Case for my Primary Workstation

I just rebuilt my primary workstation in a new frame, the CoolerMaster MasterFrame 700. This is not a review but I just want to show...

David Both
February 7, 2022February 9, 2022
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Linux

Creating test files

Some of my books and articles require you to create some files for testing. This can be done easily from the command line. Open a...

David Both
January 19, 2022September 3, 2024
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Linux

Download problems with “Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” files

Some files for experiments do not download properly It was brought to my attention by reader Benjamin Robertson that experiments that use the wget command...

David Both
January 15, 2022January 15, 2022
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Linux

Fedora 35 First Look

It has been a while since I posted anything here. For that I apologize, but I have been busy with a number of projects and...

David Both
November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
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Desktop Tips and tricks

My Laptop Has No Numlock LED

Note: The tool described in this post worked on Fedora 33 but no longer works with Fedora 34. Because this code is no longer maintained...

David Both
March 29, 2021May 8, 2021
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Linux

Using my own books

One of the things I state in the Introductions about my books is that I use them myself as references and this week was no...

David Both
January 23, 2021January 23, 2021
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Linux

Setting the number of desktop workspaces for Xfce4

I just learned something very cool. Sometimes it is necessary to make remote modifications to a desktop using the command line. In this case I...

David Both
December 12, 2020December 14, 2020
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Fedora Information Upgrades

Fedora 33 first impressions

I have posted an article about my first impressions of Fedora 33 on my technical website. Well - in addition to that in my previous...

David Both
October 30, 2020November 4, 2020
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Fedora Problem Solving Tips and tricks

Fedora name resolution fails

Image by: Opensource.com: CC-by-SA 4.0 I installed Fedora 33 on October 27, 2020, the first day it became available. One of the major changes, a...

David Both
October 27, 2020January 25, 2025
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Fixing problems I really borked it this time

How I borked my computer

Even seasoned Sysadmins can have epic fails And this was mine. It was a bit frustrating - well, a lot frustrating. I managed to totally...

David Both
September 14, 2020September 19, 2020
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Fixing problems Information

Migrating to SSD.

A few weeks ago I installed an M.2 SSD drive in my primary workstation, and just today I installed a second one. The complete story...

David Both
September 9, 2020September 13, 2020
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Linux

Installing Fedora 32 on System76 Oryx Pro

In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17" display from System76. This laptop came with the System76 version of Ubuntu, POP_os!....

David Both
August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
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Fedora News Opinion

Fedora 32 rocks – with a couple issues

Fedora 32 became available yesterday and - LinuxGeek46 that I am - I managed to upgrade 7 out of 8 of my Fedora hosts yesterday...

David Both
April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
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Desktop Fixing problems Linux

Copy and Paste fails

After a recent upgrade to my primary workstation, and a new installation on a couple virtual machines, I discovered that copy and paste was not...

David Both
March 13, 2020March 14, 2020
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“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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