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My start with BASIC programming

September 12, 2025September 8, 2025
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Read long lines with getline

September 11, 2025September 8, 2025
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Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

September 10, 2025September 8, 2025
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Reading the command line with getopt

September 9, 2025September 8, 2025
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How do I choose a Linux distribution?

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025
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Using QGIS and MerginMaps for Geospatial Data Work

September 4, 2025September 3, 2025
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Exploring GNU Algol 68: Formatting numbers as strings for output

September 3, 2025September 2, 2025
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What you need to know when you buy a new computer

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025
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Why beauty matters in computing

September 1, 2025August 30, 2025
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Month: April 2025

Freedom Linux Open Source Opinion

Why does M$ require so much personal information?

Microsoft is really getting insistent about requiring an account before you can install new versions of Windows. They're even blocking known circumventions in order to...

David Both
April 8, 2025April 6, 2025
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Linux

Using Linux on Apple Silicon

I bought an M3 MacBook Air last fall to experiment with AI tools and LLMs that were available for use on Apple Silicon.

Don Watkins
April 7, 2025April 7, 2025
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Linux Moving to Linux

A Fresh Start with Linux Mint

A few weeks ago, someone at the faith community I attend asked for my help logging into their computer. I suspected it might have been...

Don Watkins
April 4, 2025March 31, 2025
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Fun Linux Opinion

It should be fun

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun...

David Both
April 3, 2025March 31, 2025
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Backups Linux Linux Philosophy

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 19—Backup everything frequently

Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 21 of my book, The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, with some changes to update the...

David Both
April 2, 2025July 6, 2025
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Linux

Microsoft announces significant changes to Windows

In a sudden and short press conference early this morning, Microsoft has announced that Windows will be completely restructured at the operating system level. A...

David Both
April 1, 2025March 30, 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.

2nd Edition now Available

All three volumes of this best-selling second edition of my Linux Self-Study course are now available from Apress and Amazon. See the details of this 3-volume self-study course.

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