David Both
I realized just a few days ago that Both.org should do something to celebrate the U.S. Independence...
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Don Watkins
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but a video demonstration can save much talking. I’m...
In Linux, and many other operating systems, directories can be structured in a tree-like hierarchy. The Linux...
Really — the lack of security. If you’ve been reading this site or my books for any...
Alan Formy-Duval
In a recent article, I introduced the chown command, which is used for modifying ownership of files...
Image by: Opensource.com CC-by-SA 4.0 Every file and directory on a Linux system is owned by someone,...
2 Every object on your Linux system has a permission mode that describes what actions a user...
Image by: Patti Black on Unsplash Mathematics was anathema to me in my early years. As a...
How my easy, home-made backup program saves time, space on the storage medium, and network bandwidth
How my easy, home-made backup program saves time, space on the storage medium, and network bandwidth
Nothing can ever go wrong with my computer and I will never lose my data. Riiiiight.
This article...
Adding a user is one of the most fundamental exercises on any computer system; this article focuses...
According to a study by Lansweeper, and reported on ZDNet in 2022, less than 43% of PCs...
Jim Hall
With QEMU and FreeDOS, you can run your favorite DOS applications and games.
have always been interested in historical dates and determining the actual day of the week an...
Using metacharacters on the Linux command line is a great way to enhance productivity.
Early in my Linux...
Here I am, almost 30 years into my personal crazy open source story, and it shows no...
Have you ever wondered why DOS text only comes in 16 colors and 8 background colors?