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David Both July 20, 2018
1 Due to some apparent data corruption in the MySQL database that stores the page and post...
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Working on book proofs

David Both July 16, 2018
The Apress production team has sent me the link to the on-line proofing site for my book....
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Real SysAdmins don’t sudo – Book excerpt

David Both July 14, 2018
I was just reading a very interesting article that contained some good information about a Linux feature...
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Book availability dates revised

David Both June 23, 2018
The availability dates for my book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins,” has been revised. Both the hardcopy...
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About my Book – “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins”

David Both June 2, 2018
The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins ISBN 978-1-4842-3729-8 Apress Amazon Barnes and Noble Availability dates revised. Expected hardcopy...
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“The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” has been sent to production

David Both May 31, 2018
My new book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins” has been sent to production. The next step for...
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First draft complete

David Both April 29, 2018
I have completed the first draft of my book and all of my 26 chapters have been...
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Book progress

David Both March 23, 2018
I have been making good progress on my book. I am still ahead of schedule and expect...
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Book thoughts

David Both February 13, 2018
As I started working on my book this morning, I looked at the total word count for...
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Book status

David Both February 12, 2018
I continue to make good progress on my book, The Linux Philosophy for System Administrators. I have...
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Book Deal Signed

David Both December 9, 2017
I recently signed a contract for a book deal with Apress publishing. My book is tentatively titled,...
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Welcome to my renovated blog

David Both December 1, 2017
1 I have just renovated my personal blog – yes, this one – because I have some...
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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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