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Behind the Badge: Community, Process, and Care in Open Source Exams

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Edit text with this Emacs-like editor

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Automate tasks with FreeDOS BAT files

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2 ways to listen to music on FreeDOS

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Old-school programming with BW BASIC

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How to add and remove packages on FreeDOS

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The FreeDOS editor makes it easy

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4 cool facts about FreeDOS for #DOScember

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When an Apparent DDOS Attack is a Good Thing

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Reviving a Windows Laptop with Linux Tools and ClamAV

Recently, I was helping a Windows-using friend transition from her ten-year-old Windows 10 laptop to a new Windows 11 laptop. All of her important files...

Don Watkins
December 18, 2025December 17, 2025
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AI Linux Opinion Windows

What do AI and Timothy Leary have in common?

If you were around in the '60s, you probably know who Timothy Leary was. If you weren't around then, the short story is that he...

David Both
December 8, 2025December 5, 2025
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AI Slop Linux Opinion Windows

AI slop broke Windows

30% of the code in Windows has been written by AI. At the same time, pretty much all Windows core features are broken.

David Both
November 24, 2025November 24, 2025
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Linux Open Source Windows

Easily Create Windows Installation Media Using Linux Tool

Recently, I've been helping people with Windows machines. In one case, I needed to create bootable drives for Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025...

Don Watkins
November 19, 2025November 14, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux Windows

Save the Computers

Computers aren’t as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it’s just as important to save the computers.

David Both
September 26, 2025October 3, 2025
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Linux News Opinion Windows

Microsoft Nonsense

This morning, as I was reading various newsfeeds, I found some news about Microsoft these days. That's not interesting in itself, but the items I'm...

David Both
August 9, 2025August 9, 2025
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Linux Opinion Windows

I’m glad I run Linux

Linux puts you in control, Windows does not.

Jim Hall
August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
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Linux Opinion Windows

Five reasons for Windows users to move to Linux

Take back your power As the October deadline for dumping Windows 10 is fast approaching, many users are considering their options. This is for many...

David Both
April 14, 2025April 13, 2025
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Linux News Opinion Windows

Breaking News – M$ Allows older computers to install Windows 11

Microsoft has finally bowed to the inevitable and changed their draconian stance on older computers. They'll now allow older computers to install Windows 11 despite...

David Both
April 8, 2025April 9, 2025
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Security Windows

Microsoft Warns 1 Billion Windows Users—Do Not Use Password

This headline on Forbes is not quite as strange as it looks at first. The article is about how Microsoft is trying to move that...

David Both
March 28, 2025
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“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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