Tips on writing open source documentation
Adjust your style when writing documentation to reach a wider audience.
Open source in organizations
Open source is a power multiplier for today’s IT organizations.
Play a fun math game with Linux commands
Use these commands to generate random numbers for a fun math quiz game.
5 common C programming bugs (and how to avoid them)
Add a little extra code to your next program to avoid these common C programming mistakes.
How to run DOS apps on Linux
With QEMU and FreeDOS, you can run your favorite DOS applications and games.
Running FreeDOS on Linux
Here’s how I boot FreeDOS on my Linux desktop machine using QEMU.
Why DOS only has 16 colors
Have you ever wondered why DOS text only comes in 16 colors and 8 background colors?
Running FreeDOS on legacy hardware
How I installed FreeDOS on a 386-SX micro laptop called the Pocket386.
Using ‘awk’ to filter text
Here’s how to use awk to strip out sample code from a Markdown file.
Digging into ODT file contents
All LibreOffice files are zip file containers with XML data and metadata.
Use ‘grep’ to solve a 2-dimensional word puzzle
Regular expressions match patterns and help you solve problems.
Comparing BASIC with FORTRAN 77
I applied what I learned about BASIC to learn the FORTRAN 77 programming language.
A little programming goes a long way
It helps to know some programming to solve these little problems.
My open source story
How I got started in open source, from GNU Emacs and installing Linux in 1993.
My first programming language
Apple BASIC was how I first learned how to write my own computer programs.