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Best Linux Distros for Windows Users: From Mint to Pop!_OS Blue background with shooting stars "Tope Five"
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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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7 ways I use ed every day

Jim Hall September 30, 2025
Here are 7 ways I like to use the ed editor for daily tasks.
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3 ways I use aliases in FreeDOS

Jim Hall September 29, 2025
Here are 3 ways that I use aliases on FreeDOS:
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Save the Computers

David Both September 26, 2025
Computers aren't as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it's just as important to save...
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Interview with Marcel van der Veer

Chris Hermansen September 25, 2025
4 Creator of Algol 68 Genie Having written a number of articles about using the open source...
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End of 10 event success

David Both September 22, 2025
This past Saturday, September 20, the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) held an installfest. We had some...
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SourceForge is ending free personal web hosting

Jim Hall September 18, 2025
SourceForge will end personal web hosting (unrelated to project web hosting) in October.
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Triangle Linux Users Group to hold installfest

David Both September 17, 2025
1 Members of the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) are having a meetup to discuss and demonstrate...
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Why do you love Linux?

Jim Hall September 16, 2025
We'll collect your ideas in a future "round-up" article with comments from our community!
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Minty Fresh on a Meerkat: My Latest Linux Setup

Don Watkins September 15, 2025
A trip to Denver and the System76 factory in 2018 afforded me a chance to meet their...
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My start with BASIC programming

Jim Hall September 12, 2025
Here's how I wrote my first BASIC programs on the Apple II.
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Read long lines with getline

Jim Hall September 11, 2025
Getline offers a more flexible way to read user data into your program without breaking the system.
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Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

Jim Hall September 10, 2025
I like Rhythmbox as my music player on Linux because it's simple and stays out of my...
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Reading the command line with getopt

Jim Hall September 9, 2025
You can make your program much more flexible if it can respond to the user every time...
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How do I choose a Linux distribution?

David Both September 5, 2025
1 I see a lot of potential Windows refugees asking this question on the two social media...
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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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