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How to parse text strings in C

October 17, 2025September 26, 2025
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A quick look back at ATO 2025

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025
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Finding hidden package groups using DNF

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
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A caution about using sudo

October 14, 2025October 11, 2025
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Rethinking su vs sudo

October 13, 2025October 11, 2025
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ATO book signing schedule announced

October 10, 2025October 11, 2025
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Print ‘Hello world’ in color with conio

October 10, 2025September 26, 2025
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Email can’t access the INBOX

October 9, 2025October 6, 2025
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Choose your new computer’s operating system

October 8, 2025October 7, 2025
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Month: September 2025

Command Line History Linux Text Editors

7 ways I use ed every day

Here are 7 ways I like to use the ed editor for daily tasks.

Jim Hall
September 30, 2025September 21, 2025
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Command Line FreeDOS

3 ways I use aliases in FreeDOS

Here are 3 ways that I use aliases on FreeDOS:

Jim Hall
September 29, 2025October 2, 2025
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Environment Linux Moving to Linux Windows

Save the Computers

Computers aren’t as cute as say, baby seals or kittens, but it’s just as important to save the computers.

David Both
September 26, 2025October 3, 2025
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Algol 68 Code Interview Programming

Interview with Marcel van der Veer

Creator of Algol 68 Genie Having written a number of articles about using the open source Algol 68 compiler and interpreter, Algol 68 Genie, I...

Chris Hermansen
September 25, 2025September 29, 2025
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End of 10... Event Installfest Linux News TriLUG

End of 10 event success

This past Saturday, September 20, the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) held an installfest. We had some good success despite the short time-frame we had...

David Both
September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
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Information News Open Source

SourceForge is ending free personal web hosting

SourceForge will end personal web hosting (unrelated to project web hosting) in October.

Jim Hall
September 18, 2025September 17, 2025
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Event Linux Moving to Linux News

Triangle Linux Users Group to hold installfest

Members of the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) are having a meetup to discuss and demonstrate Linux for you. Keep your old computers that can't...

David Both
September 17, 2025September 17, 2025
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Linux

Why do you love Linux?

We’ll collect your ideas in a future “round-up” article with comments from our community!

Jim Hall
September 16, 2025September 13, 2025
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Hardware Linux

Minty Fresh on a Meerkat: My Latest Linux Setup

A trip to Denver and the System76 factory in 2018 afforded me a chance to meet their technology team and look at the products they...

Don Watkins
September 15, 2025September 10, 2025
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Fun Programming

My start with BASIC programming

Here’s how I wrote my first BASIC programs on the Apple II.

Jim Hall
September 12, 2025September 8, 2025
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Linux Programming

Read long lines with getline

Getline offers a more flexible way to read user data into your program without breaking the system.

Jim Hall
September 11, 2025September 8, 2025
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Applications Linux

Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

I like Rhythmbox as my music player on Linux because it’s simple and stays out of my way.

Jim Hall
September 10, 2025September 8, 2025
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Command Line Programming

Reading the command line with getopt

You can make your program much more flexible if it can respond to the user every time the program runs.

Jim Hall
September 9, 2025September 8, 2025
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Desktop Distributions Linux Moving to Linux

How do I choose a Linux distribution?

I see a lot of potential Windows refugees asking this question on the two social media sites I still use, BlueSky and Mastodon. While it's...

David Both
September 5, 2025September 5, 2025
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Linux Open Source

Using QGIS and MerginMaps for Geospatial Data Work

Recently, a friend asked me if I could help him map his walk around the area where he lives. I use a pedometer to track...

Don Watkins
September 4, 2025September 3, 2025
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Algol 68 Code Hacking History Linux Programming

Exploring GNU Algol 68: Formatting numbers as strings for output

As I mentioned in my introductory article to this mini-series, GNU Algol 68 is in development, and as of the date of writing this article,...

Chris Hermansen
September 3, 2025September 2, 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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