David Both

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David Both
Raleigh

David Both is an Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software since 1996 and with computers since 1969. He is a strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy for System Administrators."

He has written articles for magazines including, Linux Magazine, Linux Journal, and OS/2 Magazine back when there was such a thing. He currently writes prolifically for OpenSource.com. He particularly enjoys learning new things while researching his books and articles, building his own computers, and helping his grandchildren build their computers. He has found some interesting
and unusual ways of problem solving, including sitting on one computer on which he was working.

David has published five books with Apress. Four solo works, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins,” August 2018, and a three volume self-study training course, “Using and Administering Linux — From Zero to SysAdmin,” released in December, 2019. He has also written one book with co-author Cyndi Bulka, "Linux for Small Business Owners" that was released in 2022.

David currently lives in Raleigh, NC, with his amazing and supportive wife, Alice.

He can be reached via email at LinuxGeek46@both.org or on Mastodon at @LinuxGeek46@linuxrocks.online.

Authored Content

Manage NTP with Chrony

Chronyd is a better choice for most networks than ntpd for keeping computers synchronized with the Network Time Protocol.

Authored Comments

Try running the code that creates the links from the CLI outside the context of the RPM and see what happens.

I like this article because some people just don't understand that serverless is an operational concept rather than a technical one. The servers are still out there but someone else hosts them.