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Setting the number of desktop workspaces for Xfce4

David Both December 12, 2020
I just learned something very cool. Sometimes it is necessary to make remote modifications to a desktop...
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Fedora 33 first impressions

David Both October 30, 2020
I have posted an article about my first impressions of Fedora 33 on my technical website. Well...
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Fedora name resolution fails

David Both October 27, 2020
Image by: Opensource.com: CC-by-SA 4.0 I installed Fedora 33 on October 27, 2020, the first day it...
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How I borked my computer

David Both September 14, 2020
Even seasoned Sysadmins can have epic fails And this was mine. It was a bit frustrating –...
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Migrating to SSD.

David Both September 9, 2020
A few weeks ago I installed an M.2 SSD drive in my primary workstation, and just today...
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Installing Fedora 32 on System76 Oryx Pro

David Both August 14, 2020
In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17″ display from System76. This laptop...
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Fedora 32 rocks – with a couple issues

David Both April 29, 2020
Fedora 32 became available yesterday and – LinuxGeek46 that I am – I managed to upgrade 7...
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Copy and Paste fails

David Both March 13, 2020
After a recent upgrade to my primary workstation, and a new installation on a couple virtual machines,...
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Migrate Thunderbird Config from one Linux Computer to Another

David Both February 29, 2020
While getting ready to do a presentation at Open Source 101 in a few days, I decided...
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Security by obscurity — NOT!

David Both January 23, 2020
As you can see in the posts below I switched internet service providers on Monday of this...
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Network migration complete

David Both January 21, 2020
The migration to AT&T fiber is now complete and everything went very well. Of course that is...
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Network migration Monday, January 20

David Both January 17, 2020
Outages through Monday Due to a large number of intermittent outages with my current internet provider, I...
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Speaking at Open Source 101

David Both January 15, 2020
I will be speaking at Open Source 101 in Columbia, SC, on March 3. I will present...
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Intermittent web site outages

David Both January 14, 2020
Due to issues with Spectrum business class, this web site is experiencing intermittent outages. I expect them...
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Great first review

David Both January 12, 2020
I am really happy to get a great 5-star first review on my Linux self-study series, Using...
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“Using and Administering Linux – Zero to SysAdmin” to be translated into Korean

David Both January 7, 2020
This morning I learned from my editor that Apress has licensed all three volumes of Using and...
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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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