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Reasons for Moving to Linux

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026
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Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) February Meeting

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026
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Update on my Oldest Computer

January 27, 2026January 28, 2026
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Why I Installed Fedora Server on My Primary Workstation — and How

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
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Network Upgrades Completed — Sort of

January 24, 2026
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Saving Public Library Computers With Linux Mint MATE

January 22, 2026January 21, 2026
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Network Upgrades at Both.org

January 21, 2026January 22, 2026
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Why I Didn’t Convert My Primary Workstation to BtrFS

January 21, 2026January 18, 2026
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Create a Linux kiosk at your library

January 20, 2026January 14, 2026
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David Both is an Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker who lives in Raleigh North Carolina. He is a strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy." He’s been in the IT industry for over 50 years. He taught RHCE classes for Red Hat and has worked at MCI Worldcom, Cisco, and the State of North Carolina. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software for over 25 years. David likes to build his own computers to ensure that each new computer meets his exacting specifications. He has written articles for magazines including, Linux Magazine, Linux Journal, and Opensource.com. He currently has five books published with Apress, "The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins", a self-study training course in three volumes “Using and Administering Linux: Zero to SysAdmin,” that was released in late 2019, and “Linux for Small Business Owners” with Co-author Cyndi Bulka.
BtrFS Fedora Filesystems Linux

Fedora 43 — A Second Look

I've been using Fedora 43 for a little over 3 days, since Tuesday, and I'm quite happy with it on all my systems. However, I've...

David Both
November 1, 2025October 31, 2025
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Fedora Linux Upgrades

First Look at Fedora 43

Fedora 43 dropped yesterday, October 28, right on schedule. It's nice to know that I can count on version upgrades every 6 months in April...

David Both
October 29, 2025
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Fedora Linux News

Fedora 43 Released

Fedora 43 has just been released. The best place to find the link to download Fedora 43 is on the Fedora Project home page. I...

David Both
October 28, 2025October 28, 2025
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Fedora Linux Upgrades

Fedora 43 set for release October 28, 2025

Based on the current schedule for Fedora development, Fedora 43 should be released tomorrow, October 28. Although a delay is possible, that happens rarely and...

David Both
October 27, 2025
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Both.org Linux Opinion Self-Hosting

AWS Agony

Did you notice that Both.org was up and running fine yesterday morning -- despite the global side-effects of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that...

David Both
October 21, 2025October 20, 2025
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Linux Tools Writing

How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain

Exploring the toolchain I use to write my books and articles.

David Both
October 20, 2025October 18, 2025
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Accessibility AI All Things Open Linux Open Source

A quick look back at ATO 2025

Here it is Thursday already and All Things Open 2025 closed its doors on Tuesday. I spent all three days there and once again had...

David Both
October 16, 2025October 16, 2025
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Command Line Fedora Linux Opinion Rant Tips and tricks

Finding hidden package groups using DNF

For some reason, the Fedora packagers are hiding a large number of package groups so that you can't see them when you search using dnf...

David Both
October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
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Linux Security System Administration Tips

Rethinking su vs sudo

If you've been hanging around Both.org for a while, you've undoubtedly noticed that I much prefer using the su - command to obtain elevated privileges...

David Both
October 13, 2025October 11, 2025
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All Things Open Book Signing Linux Open Source

ATO book signing schedule announced

The ATO organizers have announced the book signing schedule for All Things Open 2025. I'll be signing copies of three of my books on Monday...

David Both
October 10, 2025October 11, 2025
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Email Linux Problem Solving

Email can’t access the INBOX

If you've been reading my posts here, or my books, you know that I like to experiment with many different aspects of Linux and open...

David Both
October 9, 2025October 6, 2025
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EOL Linux System Administration

Planning for End of Life

We hear a lot about end of life (EOL) planning for hardware and software. At this time, the end of Windows 10 springs to mind...

David Both
October 7, 2025October 7, 2025
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Linux Problem Solving

VirtualBox 7.2.2 fails to start VMs

After a recent upgrade to VirtualBox 7.2.2, all of my many VMs would crash within seconds as they tried to start. While this isn't exactly...

David Both
October 1, 2025September 30, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux Windows

Save the Computers

Computers aren’t as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it’s just as important to save the computers.

David Both
September 26, 2025October 3, 2025
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End of 10... Event Installfest Linux News TriLUG

End of 10 event success

This past Saturday, September 20, the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) held an installfest. We had some good success despite the short time-frame we had...

David Both
September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
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Event Linux Moving to Linux News

Triangle Linux Users Group to hold installfest

Members of the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) are having a meetup to discuss and demonstrate Linux for you. Keep your old computers that can't...

David Both
September 17, 2025September 17, 2025
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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’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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If the input editor has been designed to reject all bad input, an ingenious idiot will discover a method to get bad data past it.

— Troutman’s Programming Postulates

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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