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.
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Thank you for your comment, Peter.
I see too many instances like yours where the Pointy Haired Bosses (PHBs) make decisions based on really crappy reasoning -- if any at all. Sucks for the planet and costs lots of money as well.
I used Perl extensively in one of my jobs. It is a good language and I found it fairly easy to learn and use. It is also incredibly powerful. I have used Bash for some time now but have been thinking about getting back to Perl for many of my more complex programs. I have found that Bash is a great command line and scripting language but Perl makes it easy to do things that are quite difficult in Bash.
Thanks for a great article!