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Why I love Cool Retro Term

Jim Hall October 28, 2025

Try Cool Retro Term for a classic terminal feel.

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System upgrades this Sunday, May 3

Fedora 44 was released this week and I’ve upgraded all my systems except for the two that directly affect Both.org. I’ll be upgrading the hosts for my server and firewall to Fedora 44 this Sunday afternoon, May 3.

Both.org will be down for most of the afternoon for these upgrades.

Thanks for your patience.

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On Linux you’re an admin
On Mac you’re an end user
On Windows you’re a victim

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Why I’ve Never Used Windows

On February 12 I gave a presentation at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) about why I use Linux and why I’ve never used Windows.

Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uCK_haOXPFM

Why there’s no such thing as AI

Last October at All Things Open (ATO) I was interviewed by Jason Hibbits of We Love Open Source. It’s posted in the article “Why today’s AI isn’t intelligent (yet)“.

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Our partner site, Technically We Write, has published a number of articles from several contributors to Both.org. Check them out.

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