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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

David Both November 25, 2025
It worked -- sort of.
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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

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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Commands I use to explore Linux filesystems

David Both November 18, 2025
As a SysAdmin, I need to manage the filesystems on the hosts in my home lab. There’s...
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Why VirtualBox is my goto Hypervisor

Don Watkins November 17, 2025
1 I first started using VirtualBox many years ago, and it quickly became my favorite virtualization platform....
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How to generate good passwords with pwgen

David Both November 13, 2025
1 Whenever I change passwords on my systems, I need to try to think up ones that...
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Converting to BtrFS — Episode 1

David Both November 11, 2025
It's not going well.
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13 years is a long time for a laptop

Jim Hall November 10, 2025
I'll always have fond memories of my X1 Carbon. Goodbye, little laptop.
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Problems updating QT5 on Fedora 43

David Both November 7, 2025
3 I’ve been having problems trying to install updates on my systems with graphical interfaces. This is...
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Fedora 43 breaks my books

David Both November 7, 2025
2 Well, it really only breaks the some of the experiments the 2nd Edition of my “Using...
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Electric nonsense

David Both November 6, 2025
I recently read a story on a local TV station’s website that just made we want to...
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Installing Fedora 43 Minimal on a Raspberry Pi

Jim Hall November 5, 2025
I prefer running my Pi in text mode. Here's how I did it with Fedora 43.
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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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