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Tinkering with Immutable Linux: How Fedora Cosmic Atomic Won Me Over

January 13, 2026January 6, 2026
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Using Wildcards on the Bash Command Line

January 12, 2026January 5, 2026
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2025 — a Great Year for Both.org

January 10, 2026January 11, 2026
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How Immutable Linux Could Save Libraries Thousands

January 9, 2026December 31, 2025
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The difference in open source licenses

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026
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Counting words from online articles

January 7, 2026December 29, 2025
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Buying a Linux laptop that will last

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026
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Introduction to the BtrFS Filesystem

January 5, 2026December 25, 2025
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Quick Tip for umount

January 3, 2026December 31, 2025
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Climate Environment Opinion

Electric nonsense

I recently read a story on a local TV station's website that just made we want to cringe. The story was about "Phantom energy drain."...

David Both
November 6, 2025November 5, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux

My oldest computer turns 20 today

My oldest computer turns 20 today, August 30, 2025. I use this data because, according to the Dell service information for it, that’s the date that this Dell Optiplex was shipped from the Dell factory. Unable to even install current versions of Windows, I keep it running using the most current versions of Fedora Linux.

David Both
August 30, 2025August 30, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux Sustainability

Linux: The Sustainable Choice for Computing and Environmental Responsibility

Sustainability is an increasingly important problem in computing. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is a famous motto for environmentally responsible consumption, but applying it to computer...

Don Watkins
July 23, 2024September 23, 2025
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Environment Linux Opinion

As many as 400,000,000 Windows 10 PCs can’t be upgraded to Windows 11

According to a study by Lansweeper, and reported on ZDNet in 2022, less than 43% of PCs can be upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Will you ditch your old Windows 10 PCs for new Windows 11 ones, or is there another way?

David Both
June 14, 2024June 16, 2024
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David Both ATO Interview

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It just posted this week in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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On Linux you’re an admin
On Mac you’re an end user
On Windows you’re a victim

— @sudoku.bsky.social

Links: Moving to Linux

  • 7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint
  • 7 Reasons Why Windows Users Avoid Linux (Which Aren’t True Anymore)
  • Best Linux distros to try before Windows 10 support ends
  • How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint – for free
  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
  • Isn’t It Time to Switch to Linux? 12 Reasons to Abandon Windows
  • KDE for W10 Exiles
  • Linux: A true story
  • Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
  • Why I Switched to Linux From Windows

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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