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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Very cool story. We certainly do live in interesting times.
Thanks for sharing.
I have two favorites myself.
I have used Konsole for a long time, as you say, because I use KDE and Konsole is the default. But I definitely like its features, especially the tabs and the ability to drag a tab off the window and create a new window with that tab; and then replace the tab on the original window. This appeals to me as a reasonably organized Virgo.
I recently learned about Terminator when one of our readers mentioned it in a comment on one of my articles. I find Terminator to be more flexible in terms of having multiple panes open in a tab, but less so in terms of the implementation of the tabs.
I switch back and forth between these two terminal emulators as the mood strikes me.
Thanks for a great article that has opened my eyes to some other options, as well.