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Version Control Is Not Just for Code

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Counting files and words from the command line

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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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Month: October 2023

All Things Open Linux

My ATO Talk Download and Resource List

Bash Code You can download the Bash program and other files I used for my talk at ATO 2023 here. This is a tgz file...

David Both
October 18, 2023October 19, 2023
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Linux

Red Hat to Name New Leader for Fedora Project

After getting rid of many employees in April of 2023, Red Hat now seems to be attempting to back-fill some of the more critical positions...

David Both
October 15, 2023January 1, 2024
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Climate and Environment Environment Linux

E-Waste – Where does it go?

Image by Dan Speicher/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/AP from CNN If you've read some of my posts on this site or Opensource.com, or some of my books, you...

David Both
October 9, 2023September 25, 2025
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All Things Open Book Talk

All Things Open (ATO) 2023

I will be attending All Things Open again this year and have the schedules for my talk and book signing. ATO is an amazing conference...

David Both
October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
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Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.

— Laws of Computer Programming

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  • 7 Reasons Fedora Might Be a Better Windows Replacement Than Linux Mint
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  • Best Linux distros to try before Windows 10 support ends
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  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
  • Isn’t It Time to Switch to Linux? 12 Reasons to Abandon Windows
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  • Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
  • Why I Switched to Linux From Windows

Links: Open Source Software

  • GIMP
  • I replaced my entire Microsoft Office subscription with free open-source apps
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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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