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First Look at Fedora 43 Fedora_logo_and_wordmark
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First Look at Fedora 43

David Both October 29, 2025
1 Fedora 43 dropped yesterday, October 28, right on schedule. It’s nice to know that I can...
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Fedora 43 Released

David Both October 28, 2025
Fedora 43 has just been released. The best place to find the link to download Fedora 43...
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Why I love Cool Retro Term retro_old_unix_computer
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Why I love Cool Retro Term

Jim Hall October 28, 2025
Try Cool Retro Term for a classic terminal feel.
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Fedora 43 set for release October 28, 2025

David Both October 27, 2025
Based on the current schedule for Fedora development, Fedora 43 should be released tomorrow, October 28. Although...
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Setting up OBS Studio to record videos

Jim Hall October 27, 2025
Here's how I configure and use OBS Studio so I can create videos for my YouTube channel.
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Free Office Software That Works

Don Watkins October 24, 2025
Recently, I had a client who, despite my recommendation for Linux or macOS, chose instead to opt...
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Empowering Communities with WordPress: WordPress-Logo-With-Gears-Cropped
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Empowering Communities with WordPress:

Don Watkins October 23, 2025
1 In 2025, WordPress continues to be the backbone of accessible, customizable web publishing—especially for community organizations,...
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Why Linux Is the Hidden Engine Behind Modern Tech

Don Watkins October 22, 2025
Linux is everywhere—quietly powering the digital world. Whether you’re streaming, driving, learning, or exploring space, chances are...
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AWS Agony

David Both October 21, 2025
Did you notice that Both.org was up and running fine yesterday morning — despite the global side-effects...
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How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain programming_code_keyboard_orange_hands
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How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain

David Both October 20, 2025
Exploring the toolchain I use to write my books and articles.
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3 easy ways to make screenshots on Linux

Jim Hall October 20, 2025
Here are three methods I use to capture screenshots on Linux.
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How to parse text strings in C learn-programming-code-keyboard
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How to parse text strings in C

Jim Hall October 17, 2025
Use strtok to parse a string using 'tokens' in your next C program.
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A quick look back at ATO 2025

David Both October 16, 2025
Here it is Thursday already and All Things Open 2025 closed its doors on Tuesday. I spent...
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Finding hidden package groups using DNF

David Both October 15, 2025
1 For some reason, the Fedora packagers are hiding a large number of package groups so that...
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A caution about using sudo

Jim Hall October 14, 2025
This example shows why it is important that users should not be able to edit scripts that...
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Rethinking su vs sudo Rethinking su vs sudo
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Rethinking su vs sudo

David Both October 13, 2025
If you’ve been hanging around Both.org for a while, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that I much prefer using...
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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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