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Both.org Authors Working on New Books

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
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Privacy matters

April 7, 2026March 27, 2026
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Book Update

April 4, 2026
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Fedora Prix Fixe Menu Gives Flexibility

April 2, 2026March 28, 2026
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Why Linux Matters More Than Ever in 2026

March 31, 2026March 27, 2026
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“Using and Administering Linux” Book Progress Update

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026
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Use FreeDOS to learn about computers

March 26, 2026
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From ‘Obsolete’ to Opportunity: How Five Old PCs Found New Purpose

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026
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Fedora 44 Coming Soon

March 18, 2026
Announcement Books Linux Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin

Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1 – Zero to SysAdmin: Getting Started is Now Available

Volume 1 of this series is now available in electronic and softcopy versions. At Apress and Amazon. I have been working on the 2nd Edition...

David Both
September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
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Books Linux Using and Administering Linux

Book Proofs Completed

I have completed reviewing the proofs for the 2nd Edition of my Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin self-study training series. This is the...

David Both
September 25, 2023
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Information

Updates to Tech Website

You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t done much on my technical web site in the last few years, http://www.linux-databook.infot. As a result much of the...

David Both
August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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Hardware

Liquid Cooling Experiments

I currently have four computers that use liquid cooling. I use all-in-one (AIO) systems because I don't really want to deal with the high probability...

David Both
August 23, 2023February 9, 2024
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Fixing problems Hardware Linux

Why I Save Old Computer Parts

As a long-time system administrator I have become known to friends and others as someone who can repair or repurpose their old computers. Or they...

David Both
August 22, 2023October 8, 2025
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Books Using and Administering Linux

Volume 1 Finalized

2nd Edition of Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin nearing completion I have just submitted the final proofs of my book, Using and Administering...

David Both
August 4, 2023September 4, 2023
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Linux 101 Moving to Linux Problem Solving

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....

David Both
August 3, 2023February 3, 2026
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Announcement Books Linux

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...

David Both
July 29, 2023September 4, 2023
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Announcement Linux Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin

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"...

David Both
June 18, 2023September 4, 2023
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Linux

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...

David Both
December 16, 2022August 29, 2023
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Linux

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...

David Both
December 5, 2022September 27, 2023
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Books Event Linux

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...

David Both
November 25, 2022September 27, 2023
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Environment Linux

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...

David Both
September 1, 2022February 3, 2026
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Linux

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....

David Both
August 13, 2022October 5, 2023
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Linux

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...

David Both
July 30, 2022July 30, 2022
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Books 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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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

— Carl Sagan

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 

David Both ATO Interview

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)“.

“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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