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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Nice play for the company name upon the Carnot heat cycle engine.
I do a lot of computing and all of my computers are in my bonus room. This makes for lots of heat year-round, but it is really only welcome in the winter. So between a combination of fans to the outside and cycling the air in the house to more or less equalize the heat throughout, I can stay reasonably comfortable all year. It still does increase cooling costs in the summer, but reduces heating costs in the winter.
It is also very nice for our dog since she loves the nice warm computer room year-round. So we have moved her bed in there.
Mostly she meant one like the previous Linux computer I had built for her while she was in Tennessee. But she also meant something that worked and, as you say, worked with minimum interference.
Her Linux computer just sits there and runs with no interruptions or slowing down. So she is happy and therefore I am happy. ;-)