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My first Linux system

Jim Hall August 25, 2025
Explore this blast from the past with SLS Linux.
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Good Reasons for Linux as your daily driver

Don Watkins August 22, 2025
Linux stands out as a consumer operating system thanks to its unique blend of freedom, performance, and...
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End of 10…

David Both August 21, 2025
There's an interesting new movement gearing up as Win10 nears the end of it's supported lifecycle. It's...
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Getting started with the Linux cat command Donald, the cat.
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Getting started with the Linux cat command

Alan Formy-Duval August 20, 2025
2 Cat is a fairly simple tool designed to concatenate and write file(s) to your screen, which...
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How to choose a computer store

David Both August 19, 2025
I've never purchased a computer or components from a big box store like Best Buy. And I've...
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Manage multiple service instances with systemctl

Alan Formy-Duval August 18, 2025
2 Services, services, services. A service is a huge part of computing. You’re reading this article on...
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A great year for Both.org

David Both August 16, 2025
Both.org is having a great year thanks to readers like you. We've got some really great stats...
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Xfce lock screen fails

David Both August 15, 2025
I like and frequently use the Xfce desktop because of it’s simplicity and relatively small resource footprint....
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Introducing Jan: A Privacy-Centric, Open-Source GPT for AI Enthusiasts Introducing Jan: A Privacy-Centric, Open-Source GPT for AI Enthusiasts
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Introducing Jan: A Privacy-Centric, Open-Source GPT for AI Enthusiasts

Don Watkins August 14, 2025
Are you looking for a locally hosted open source GPT that protects your privacy while allowing you...
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Begin the Journey: Finding a practical starting point with Free Open Source Software DippingToes_0
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Begin the Journey: Finding a practical starting point with Free Open Source Software

Denny Henke August 13, 2025
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 2025-07-20 at https://beardystarstuff.net/ and is reproduced here with the...
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The IBM PC — 44 years old today

David Both August 12, 2025
On August 12, 1981, the IBM PC — the IBM 5150 — was announced to the world....
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An Open-Source AI Tool for Voice Generation

Don Watkins August 11, 2025
Are you a scientist, developer or just a tinkerer like me? Are you fascinated with the power...
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Microsoft Nonsense

David Both August 9, 2025
This morning, as I was reading various newsfeeds, I found some news about Microsoft these days. That’s...
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Begin the journey: Why your ethics might require adoption of Free and Open Source Software myopensourcestory
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Begin the journey: Why your ethics might require adoption of Free and Open Source Software

Denny Henke August 8, 2025
My own journey into free software began with my ethics. It was, and is, deeply personal but...
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Why I support the “Right to Repair”

David Both August 7, 2025
I have a friend who wanted some help with her Dell laptop. I converted her to Linux...
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David Both to have book signing at ATO

David Both August 6, 2025
I’ve just completed arrangements to do a book signing at the All Things Open (ATO) conference this...
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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)“.

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