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Converting to solid-state disks (SSDs) on the desktop

David Both December 18, 2023
Image by David Both. CC-by-SA 4. If you have a need for speed, you need to consider...
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How to tune the Linux kernel with the /proc filesystem

David Both December 18, 2023
The Linux kernel is a tunable marvel that allows you to make changes to its parameters while...
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Use Audacity to Edit Music Recordings on Linux

David Both December 18, 2023
Image by: Internet Archive Book Images. Modified by Opensource.com. CC BY-SA 4.0 How COVID-19 caused me to...
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Linux hardware: The history of memory and storage devices

David Both December 17, 2023
Buckle in for a trip back in time for a look at the early days of memory...
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The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Its Components And Functionality

David Both December 17, 2023
Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay An Introduction To The CPU, What It Does, How It Works,...
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Computer History and Modern Computers for SysAdmins

David Both December 17, 2023
Image by David Both: CC-by-SA 4 A historical perspective into the functionality of the CPU and RAM...
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Five open source writing apps

Don Watkins December 16, 2023
AbiWord: AbiWord is a free and open-source word processor software. It is written in C++, and since...
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Use the Alpine email client in your Linux terminal

David Both December 16, 2023
Configure Alpine to handle your email the way you like it. Email is an important communications medium...
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How curiosity helped me solve a hardware problem

David Both December 16, 2023
1 Curiosity fuels the quest for knowledge and truth, whether it’s about hardware, open source software, programming,...
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How Linux rescues slow computers (and the planet)

David Both December 15, 2023
4 Image by Opensource.com: CC-by-SA Don’t throw away your old computer. Skip the landfill and revive it...
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Understanding the Digital World – A Book Review

David Both December 15, 2023
1 Image by: opensource.com CC-by-SA 4.0 Brian W. Kernighan’s second edition of Understanding the Digital World is...
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Getting the most out of your NVME drives

Don Watkins December 15, 2023
My laptops are equipped with NVMe drives, which impress me with their incredible speed. I’m delighted by...
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Cronopete: A graphical backup utility for Linux

Don Watkins December 15, 2023
Cronopete is a graphical backup utility for Linux that is modeled after Apple’s Time Machine. It aims...
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Should I run my computer 24/7?

David Both December 15, 2023
Does running my computer 24/7 wear it out? There’s an argument that it actually extends the life...
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Wordsmith on the Linux command line with dict

David Both December 14, 2023
Check your spelling with the dict command.
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Why sysadmins should license their code for open source

David Both December 13, 2023
One of the best ways I know to give back to the open source community that provides...
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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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