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Advanced stress testing for DevOps 20250223-Both.org-Servers-02
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Advanced stress testing for DevOps

David Both December 15, 2025
I recently discovered stress-ng which, while similar to the original stress program, offers far more flexibility and...
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System76 and the New COSMIC Desktop

Don Watkins December 12, 2025
System76 is celebrating 20 years, and they did so by officially releasing Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the COSMIC desktop....
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Everything you never wanted to know about the /etc/fstab File A cup of coffee on an orange saucer next to a laptop
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Everything you never wanted to know about the /etc/fstab File

David Both December 11, 2025
Mounting of filesystems during the startup process is managed by the /etc/fstab configuration file.
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Gift ideas for 2025

Jim Hall December 10, 2025
Use this list of unique gift ideas for this holiday season!
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Linux and AI: Why Efficiency Still Matters car-penguin-drive-linux-yellow
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Linux and AI: Why Efficiency Still Matters

Don Watkins December 9, 2025
1 Choosing the Right Hardware My daily driver is a System76 Meerkat, powered by an Intel Core...
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What do AI and Timothy Leary have in common? Fireworks-09
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What do AI and Timothy Leary have in common?

David Both December 8, 2025
1 If you were around in the ’60s, you probably know who Timothy Leary was. If you...
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A New Way to Watch Your Linux System Work

Don Watkins December 5, 2025
Here are 3 ways you can keep an eye on your Linux system performance.
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The secret to fixing a mangled filesystem hard_drives
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The secret to fixing a mangled filesystem

David Both December 4, 2025
1 Modern computers and the storage devices we use in them, both HDDs and SSDs, are quite...
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15 Essential Open-Source Backup Utilities to Protect Your Data HDD-Closeup-01
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15 Essential Open-Source Backup Utilities to Protect Your Data

Don Watkins December 3, 2025
Protecting your data has never been more crucial. With the advent of hybrid work, cloud-native applications, and...
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Why Zorin OS 18 Might Be the Best Linux Release for New Users 3-Penguins-Cropped
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Why Zorin OS 18 Might Be the Best Linux Release for New Users

Don Watkins December 2, 2025
It’s been a while since I tried a new Linux distribution, so I was game for a...
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Is the Internet grinding to a halt?

David Both December 1, 2025
Is there a new conspiracy theory to worry about?
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 3 building_blocks
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 3

David Both November 25, 2025
It worked -- sort of.
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AI slop broke Windows a window with broken glass
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AI slop broke Windows

David Both November 24, 2025
30% of the code in Windows has been written by AI. At the same time, pretty much...
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Flexible updates with Linux

David Both November 21, 2025
Flexibility is an important consideration when performing updates to your operating system. Linux gets it right.
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 2 BtrFS-Logo-01
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 2

David Both November 20, 2025
I've started testing.
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Easily Create Windows Installation Media Using Linux Tool

Don Watkins November 19, 2025
1 Recently, I’ve been helping people with Windows machines. In one case, I needed to create bootable...
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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 

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)“.

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