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Convert your Windows install into a VM on Linux Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen
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Convert your Windows install into a VM on Linux

David Both March 11, 2024
Here's how I configured a VirtualBox VM to use a physical Windows drive on my Linux workstation.
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Team of one? The Zen postmortem zen_rocks_stack_blue_yoga_peace
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Team of one? The Zen postmortem

David Both March 10, 2024
The practice of yoga offers sysadmins valuable lessons in self-examination.
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Configure a Linux workspace remotely from the command line Stylized image in shades of orange of a woman sitting in front of a laptop.
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Configure a Linux workspace remotely from the command line

David Both March 9, 2024
Nearly everything can be done from the Linux command line, including remote configuration of desktops such as...
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Manage your APC battery backup system with this Linux command bulb-light-energy-power-idea
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Manage your APC battery backup system with this Linux command

David Both March 8, 2024
Protect yourself from power incidents by running a simple utility: apcupsd.
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Ansible #1: My first day using Ansible puzzle_computer_solve_fix_tool
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Ansible #1: My first day using Ansible

David Both March 7, 2024
A sysadmin shares information and advice about putting Ansible into real-world use configuring computers on their network.
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How to write your first article Illustration: laptop with a picture on side and plant on the other
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How to write your first article

Jim Hall March 6, 2024
Open source is for everyone! And at Both.org, we encourage everyone to share their open source journey.
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Protecting Your Privacy: Removing Exif Metadata from Your Digital Images with ExifCleaner The Ulitimage Photo Shoot Location - Targeting Earth Photographs From Orbit
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Protecting Your Privacy: Removing Exif Metadata from Your Digital Images with ExifCleaner

Don Watkins March 5, 2024
Each picture you take with a digital camera contains numerous tags that provide a great deal of...
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What is a sysadmin? pexels-hitesh-choudhary-340152
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What is a sysadmin?

David Both March 4, 2024
What does the term "sysadmin" or "system administrator" mean to you? What does a sysadmin do? How do you...
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systemd — #13: Why I support the systemd plan to take over the world rack_server_sysadmin_cloud_520
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systemd — #13: Why I support the systemd plan to take over the world

David Both March 3, 2024
There is no nefarious plan, just one to bring System Management into the 21st century.
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How I customize my Linux window decorations windows-tiling-windows-wall
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How I customize my Linux window decorations

David Both March 2, 2024
How I made minor modifications to the Alienware-Bluish theme on my Xfce desktop to suit my own...
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systemd — #12: Fixing systemd-resolved name service failures using Ansible rh_003499_01_linux11x_cc
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systemd — #12: Fixing systemd-resolved name service failures using Ansible

David Both March 1, 2024
Name resolution and the ever-changing networking landscape.
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What open source means to me

Jen Wike Huger February 28, 2024
When I entered the open source community 12 years ago, I didn’t know the meaning of open...
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systemd — #11: Managing resources with cgroups in systemd A Black femail working on a computer in an office.
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systemd — #11: Managing resources with cgroups in systemd

David Both February 27, 2024
Cgroups manage resources per application rather than by the individual processes that make up an application.
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4 open source tools for Linux system monitoring

David Both February 26, 2024
Information is the key to resolving any computer problem, including problems with or relating to Linux and...
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How I got RGB Lighting Working on my Corsair Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB MK2 keyboard with RGB light patterns.
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How I got RGB Lighting Working on my Corsair Keyboard

David Both February 25, 2024
A good keyboard is important to your health and productivity. It can be fun, too.
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Transfer files between your phone and Linux metrics_data_dashboard_system_computer_analytics
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Transfer files between your phone and Linux

Don Watkins February 24, 2024
Are you looking for a way to quickly copy files from your iPhone or Android mobile device...
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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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