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Booting FreeDOS with two CD-ROM drives

Jim Hall August 5, 2025
Here's how I boot FreeDOS with two CD-ROMs in QEMU
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Bulk Document Conversion Made Easy with LibreOffice

Don Watkins August 4, 2025
 I have many documents created with Microsoft Office for assignments written for graduate school courses years ago....
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I’m glad I run Linux

Jim Hall August 1, 2025
Linux puts you in control, Windows does not.
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Tips for faster note taking with Joplin

Don Watkins July 31, 2025
Joplin has become my default note-taking app. I use it for everything, whether short notes on what...
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Disk Disaster

David Both July 30, 2025
Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to be on the periphery of an IT disaster and not the cause...
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Ten moments that shaped Linux

Alan Formy-Duval July 29, 2025
1 This article was originally posted on opensource.com. It’s been updated and is published here with the...
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My six tenets for learning to be a Linux SysAdmin

Antwan Beckett July 28, 2025
5 I have been working with Linux operating systems for a little over a year and a...
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Three surprising reasons I like the Cinnamon desktop

David Both July 25, 2025
1 I wrote about my five reasons to like Cinnamon back in April, and in the time...
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My worst self-inflicted IT disaster

David Both July 24, 2025
1 I’ve managed to stuff up many times over the more than 50 years I’ve worked in...
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My Journey From Zero to Linux SysAdmin

Antwan Beckett July 23, 2025
1 I never expected that I would be where I am today in my Linux journey especially...
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Making FORTRAN 77 easier to read

Jim Hall July 22, 2025
If you're getting started with FORTRAN, add this pretty printer to your programming toolkit.
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An Algol 68 Pretty Printer

Chris Hermansen July 21, 2025
1 For Marcel van der Veer, with many thanks for Algol 68 Genie If you pick up...
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The Perfect Programmer

David Both July 19, 2025
1 August 10, 2014 I found this little bit of poetry in a pile of very old...
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A Small Algol 68 Project, Part 3

Chris Hermansen July 18, 2025
In memory of J. Kevin Douglas, a good friend and fellow fan of Algol 68 In the...
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3 ways to write bugs with FORTRAN 77

Jim Hall July 17, 2025
Explore old-style FORTRAN programming with Arithmetic IF, Computed GOTO, and Assigned GOTO.
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Using a Live USB for Linux recovery

David Both July 16, 2025
Over the years I’ve managed to need recovery mode quite a few times. Most of those instances...
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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.

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