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."...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain
Exploring the toolchain I use to write my books and articles.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Save the Computers
Computers aren’t as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it’s just as important to save the computers.
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...