Saving Another Computer with Linux: Updated
Last week a friend from church asked me if I could help her with an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56 ) laptop which was causing problems....
2nd Edition Updates Completed
I have completed the updates for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin series of books. Release is scheduled for...
Announcing the 2nd Edition – Using and Administering Linux
I am proud to announce that my publisher, Apress, will be releasing the 2nd edition of my "Using and Administering Linux - Zero to SysAdmin"...
Taming Static
It is now winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and the low humidity has allowed a significant increase of static electricity. Of course there are...
My OLF Conference Presentation
OLF 2022 is over now but videos of both days of the conference are available at YouTube. Each of the two videos is of the...
I will be at Open Libre Free (OLF) Dec 2 and 3, 2022
To Speak and Sign My Books I will be attending Open Libre Free (formerly Ohio LinuxFest) to speak and to do a book signing. OLF...
Saving Old Computers – and the planet
I have written about how Linux can keep old computers running and out of landfills or recycling streams. My most recent related article is "How...
Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop
Here is an interesting article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at "The Register." https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/10/opinion_column_drop_windows_for_linux Some of the highlights Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop....
DigitalBridge to be at Wake Forest Job Fair
Digital Bridge will be participating in the next Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce Job Fair. Make sure you stop by and check out what...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...