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History Linux

A brief history of the Linux desktop

Let’s look back on a brief history of the Linux desktop.

Jim Hall
May 19, 2025May 18, 2025
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FreeDOS History Installation

Looking ahead to FreeDOS 1.4

Help test the next version of FreeDOS with the FreeDOS 1.4 Release Candidate 1 distribution.

Jim Hall
January 7, 2025January 2, 2025
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Community History Open Source

What I’ve learned about open source community over 30 years

Open source projects are about more than just the code. It’s about the people that contribute to it.

Jim Hall
December 8, 2024September 13, 2024
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History Programming

A look back: FORTRAN 77

Take a step back in time to a time when programs were punched on cards.

Jim Hall
August 10, 2024August 7, 2024
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History Installation Linux Post-installation

Complete Kickstart: How to Save Time Installing Linux

Author's note: This article first appeared in the June 2008 issue of Linux Magazine but is no longer maintained there. I republish it here with...

David Both
July 22, 2024July 20, 2024
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FreeDOS History

Celebrating 30 years of FreeDOS

FreeDOS is a great example of the open source model: developers working together to create new programs

Jim Hall
June 29, 2024May 29, 2024
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FreeDOS History Linux

Why DOS only has 16 colors

Have you ever wondered why DOS text only comes in 16 colors and 8 background colors?

Jim Hall
June 8, 2024May 29, 2024
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Curiosity History Programming

Comparing BASIC with FORTRAN 77

I applied what I learned about BASIC to learn the FORTRAN 77 programming language.

Jim Hall
May 25, 2024May 14, 2024
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Fun History Opinion

My open source story

How I got started in open source, from GNU Emacs and installing Linux in 1993.

Jim Hall
May 19, 2024May 19, 2024
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FreeDOS History Open Source

MS-DOS 4.00 released as open source software

Why it’s important that Microsoft released this old version of MS-DOS.

Jim Hall
May 1, 2024April 26, 2024
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History Programming

Writing your own ‘fmt’ program

Learn a little programming to write tools that do things the way you want to do them.

Jim Hall
April 20, 2024April 14, 2024
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Hardware History

Linux hardware: The history of memory and storage devices

Buckle in for a trip back in time for a look at the early days of memory and storage, and how we got to where...

David Both
December 17, 2023December 17, 2023
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Hardware History

The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Its Components And Functionality

Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay An Introduction To The CPU, What It Does, How It Works, And How It Came To Be The legacies...

David Both
December 17, 2023December 17, 2023
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Hardware History

Computer History and Modern Computers for SysAdmins

Image by David Both: CC-by-SA 4 A historical perspective into the functionality of the CPU and RAM I started my Linux sysadmin path with hardware....

David Both
December 17, 2023December 17, 2023
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Unix is user-friendly. It just isn’t promiscuous about which users it’s friendly with.

— Steven King

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book, “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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