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Is there a better Pi Day than March 14?

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Let’s measure pi with a Raspberry Pi

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Why I Really Like Linux

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California’s age verification law is bad for open source

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Announcing the 3rd Edition of “Using and Administering Linux”

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Fresh KDE Innovation Meets Ubuntu Stability

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Make your first contribution to open source

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The Fedora “Everything” 43 Image Changes Everything

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Getting Help for Linux

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Month: December 2024

Opinion Prognostication

Looking forward to 2025

The end of the year is always a good time to look forward to the next year -- and so I will look at a...

David Both
December 31, 2024December 26, 2024
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Linux Raspberry Pi Review

Raspberry Pi 500 — a review

I've had several Raspberry Pi Single-Board Computers in the past and used them in interesting ways. Many years ago I even used one as a...

David Both
December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
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Linux Security

Bitwarden: Secure Password Management

Managing passwords is no easy task. There was a time when I relied on the browser to remember my passwords. Those passwords were easily remembered...

Don Watkins
December 29, 2024December 26, 2024
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Opinion Rant Security

Microsoft Recall still captures your data

Even with "sensitive information" supposedly blocked I don't usually opine about Microsoft, or rant, but this is just ... there are no words. But I'll...

David Both
December 28, 2024December 21, 2024
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Kernel Linux

The joy of a modular kernel

What is a modular kernel? Modern modular kernels use a relatively small core that contains only the bare minimum code required to get a computer...

David Both
December 27, 2024December 23, 2024
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Both.org FreeDOS

Explore FreeDOS with these 5 articles

FreeDOS is a 16-bit open source operating system that replaces the DOS on older computers. These are your favorite articles about FreeDOS.

Jim Hall
December 26, 2024December 1, 2024
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FreeDOS Programming

Enjoy the holidays with this ASCII fireplace

Enjoy the holidays by writing a ‘fire’ program in ASCII text.

Jim Hall
December 24, 2024December 20, 2024
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Firewall Linux Raspberry Pi

Firewall your home network with a Raspberry Pi

Image by: Opensource.com Editor's note: This article by David Both was published by Opensource.com on March 15, 2016. It's republished here without changes by permission...

David Both
December 23, 2024December 20, 2024
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Open Source

The day my mind became open sourced

Image by: Opensource.com This article by Phil Shapiro originally appeared on Opensource.com and is republished here with the author's permission. I can remember so clearly...

David Both
December 22, 2024December 20, 2024
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Linux

Using Web clipper to enhance your note taking

Joplin is my favorite note-taking app. It allows me to save ideas and content across all the platforms I use every day. In my case,...

Don Watkins
December 21, 2024
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FreeDOS Programming

What I learned by teaching others

Sharing knowledge with others is often a great way to refresh and update your own expertise.

Jim Hall
December 20, 2024December 17, 2024
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Linux Philosophy

Linux Philosophy articles of 2024

Having read a lot of books like, "Linux and the Unix Philosophy," by Mike Gancarz1, and "The Art of Unix Programming," by Eric S. Raymond2,...

David Both
December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
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Linux Web Server

My first Linux in the enterprise

My first experience and lessons learned in deploying Linux in the enterprise.

Jim Hall
December 18, 2024December 17, 2024
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FreeDOS

Set up an embedded system with FreeDOS

Setting up an embedded system with FreeDOS requires defining a minimal DOS environment that runs just a single application.

Jim Hall
December 17, 2024December 5, 2024
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Both.org Programming

5 ways to learn about programming

Read these popular articles from the last year to get started on your programming journey.

Jim Hall
December 16, 2024December 1, 2024
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AI Linux

Top Eleven Articles on AI this year

These days, there is a growing excitement about artificial intelligence and its potential benefits. Whether you support or criticize this technology, opinions and experiences are...

Don Watkins
December 15, 2024December 13, 2024
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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 

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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