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How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain programming_code_keyboard_orange_hands
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How I write with Linux — My complete toolchain

David Both October 20, 2025
Exploring the toolchain I use to write my books and articles.
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3 easy ways to make screenshots on Linux

Jim Hall October 20, 2025
Here are three methods I use to capture screenshots on Linux.
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How to parse text strings in C

Jim Hall October 17, 2025
Use strtok to parse a string using 'tokens' in your next C program.
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A quick look back at ATO 2025

David Both October 16, 2025
Here it is Thursday already and All Things Open 2025 closed its doors on Tuesday. I spent...
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Finding hidden package groups using DNF

David Both October 15, 2025
1 For some reason, the Fedora packagers are hiding a large number of package groups so that...
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A caution about using sudo

Jim Hall October 14, 2025
This example shows why it is important that users should not be able to edit scripts that...
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Rethinking su vs sudo Rethinking su vs sudo
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Rethinking su vs sudo

David Both October 13, 2025
If you’ve been hanging around Both.org for a while, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that I much prefer using...
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ATO book signing schedule announced ATO-2023-Book-Signing-Line-02
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ATO book signing schedule announced

David Both October 10, 2025
1 The ATO organizers have announced the book signing schedule for All Things Open 2025. I’ll be...
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Print ‘Hello world’ in color with conio

Jim Hall October 10, 2025
Learn how to write your first C program on FreeDOS with this example.
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Email can’t access the INBOX

David Both October 9, 2025
If you’ve been reading my posts here, or my books, you know that I like to experiment...
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Choose your new computer’s operating system

Alan Formy-Duval October 8, 2025
2 I recently built a new computer, and now it needs a fresh operating system. But before...
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Planning for End of Life

David Both October 7, 2025
1 We hear a lot about end of life (EOL) planning for hardware and software. At this...
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Unzipping archives from the command line

Jim Hall October 6, 2025
For many years, the de facto standard in file archives was Pkzip and Pkunzip, by Phil Katz....
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Write directly to the screen with DOS conio

Jim Hall October 3, 2025
Write text anywhere on the screen using conio.
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Best Linux Distros for Windows Users: From Mint to Pop!_OS

Don Watkins October 2, 2025
1 When you are new to Linux, it can be challenging to navigate all the options available...
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VirtualBox 7.2.2 fails to start VMs

David Both October 1, 2025
After a recent upgrade to VirtualBox 7.2.2, all of my many VMs would crash within seconds as...
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Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM 

Why there’s no such thing as AI

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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