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Is there a better Pi Day than March 14?

March 14, 2026March 14, 2026
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Let’s measure pi with a Raspberry Pi

March 13, 2026October 17, 2025
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Why I Really Like Linux

March 12, 2026March 13, 2026
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California’s age verification law is bad for open source

March 10, 2026March 9, 2026
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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux”

March 7, 2026March 7, 2026
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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

March 5, 2026March 4, 2026
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Make your first contribution to open source

March 2, 2026February 28, 2026
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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

February 27, 2026March 13, 2026
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Getting Help for Linux

February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
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Fun Programming

Draw a heart for Valentine’s Day

With a bit of programming, you can draw your own Valentine heart in graphics mode on FreeDOS.

Jim Hall
February 14, 2024February 3, 2024
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Community Linux Open Source

Open Hearts, Open Source: Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Creativity and Community

It’s Valentine’s day so we have to share the love!

Don Watkins
February 14, 2024February 1, 2024
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Drupal

How I use Drupal as an advanced blogging platform

Drupal is a flexible and powerful blogging platform that I enjoy customizing to suit my needs.

mandclu
February 13, 2024February 6, 2024
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Community Drupal Open Source

Open source runs on non-code contributions

Sometimes the hardest part of becoming an open source contributor is realizing how much you have to offer.

johnpicozzi
February 12, 2024February 5, 2024
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Drupal

Drupal 10 is worth a fresh look

Drupal 10 is chock-full of useful features, a fresh look, and a brand-new editor. That makes it an exciting time to try Drupal.

mandclu
February 11, 2024February 6, 2024
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Community Open Source

Looking ahead to 30 years of FreeDOS

Learn about the origins of this classic open source operating system.

Jim Hall
February 10, 2024February 10, 2024
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Linux Open Source Software

Explore the cosmos from your armchair

Remember the days when exploring the cosmos meant bundling up, venturing out into the night, and hoping your local planetarium wasn't booked solid? Those stargazing...

Don Watkins
February 9, 2024January 31, 2024
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Linux systemd

systemd — #4: How to use systemd as a troubleshooting tool

systemd is powerful troubleshooting tool. The information we can extract from it points the way toward solving problems.

David Both
February 8, 2024February 8, 2024
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Fixing problems Linux

How I hacked my Linux system with a Live USB device

I used a Fedora Live USB to hack into my systems, enter recovery mode, and resolve a problem that I’d created on multiple computers.

David Both
February 7, 2024January 25, 2024
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systemd

systemd — #3: Using the systemctl command to manage systemd units

Units are the basis of everything in systemd so we’ll explore them in more detail and use the systemctl command to investigate and manage units.

David Both
February 6, 2024January 30, 2024
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Command Line Linux Tools

Check disk usage in Linux

Using these tools can show how much of your disk is being used no matter how much storage you have.

Don Watkins
February 5, 2024January 22, 2024
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Linux System Administration systemd

systemd — #2: Understanding Linux startup with systemd

systemd’s startup provides important clues to help you solve problems when they occur.

David Both
February 4, 2024February 4, 2024
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Linux System Administration systemd SystemV

systemd — #1: Learning to love systemd

systemd is the mother of all processes, responsible for bringing the Linux host up to a state where productive work can be done.

David Both
February 3, 2024January 29, 2024
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Programming Python

How I teach Python with open source tools

Open source tools can be used to help new programmers learn Python.

Don Watkins
February 2, 2024January 24, 2024
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Community Programming

You don’t need a computer science degree to work with open source software

Open source makes software knowledge accessible to anyone, so formal training isn’t the only path to a technology career.

Jim Hall
February 1, 2024January 23, 2024
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macOS Open Source Software

Unleashing the power of Homebrew on MacOS

Homebrew at your side, your M2 MacBook Air bridges the walled garden and the wild plains of open source.

Don Watkins
January 31, 2024January 20, 2024
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If a test installation functions perfectly, all subsequent systems will malfunction.

— Troutman’s Programming Postulates

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 

David Both ATO Interview

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)“.

“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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