The IBM PC — 44 years old today
On August 12, 1981, the IBM PC — the IBM 5150 — was announced to the world. I’d known about it for several months as I’d written the training course for the IBM Customer engineers who were slated to repair it.
Ten moments that shaped Linux
This article was originally posted on opensource.com. It's been updated and is published here with the author's permission. In August 2018, Opensource.com posted a poll...
A brief history of the Linux desktop
Let’s look back on a brief history of the Linux desktop.
Looking ahead to FreeDOS 1.4
Help test the next version of FreeDOS with the FreeDOS 1.4 Release Candidate 1 distribution.
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.
A look back: FORTRAN 77
Take a step back in time to a time when programs were punched on cards.
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Author's note: This article first appeared in the June 2008 issue of Linux Magazine but is no longer maintained there.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...
Celebrating 30 years of FreeDOS
FreeDOS is a great example of the open source model: developers working together to create new programs
Why DOS only has 16 colors
Have you ever wondered why DOS text only comes in 16 colors and 8 background colors?
Comparing BASIC with FORTRAN 77
I applied what I learned about BASIC to learn the FORTRAN 77 programming language.
My open source story
How I got started in open source, from GNU Emacs and installing Linux in 1993.
MS-DOS 4.00 released as open source software
Why it’s important that Microsoft released this old version of MS-DOS.
Writing your own ‘fmt’ program
Learn a little programming to write tools that do things the way you want to do them.
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...
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...
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....