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What you need to know when you buy a new computer 20250223-Both.org-Servers-cropped
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What you need to know when you buy a new computer

David Both September 2, 2025
Author’s Note: This article is based on parts of Chapter 4, “Using Linux – Choosing Hardware,” of...
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Why beauty matters in computing

David Both September 1, 2025
Why we should care about beauty as it applies to computing? And how do we define beauty...
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My oldest computer turns 20 today

David Both August 30, 2025
My oldest computer turns 20 today, August 30, 2025. I use this date because, according to the...
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Building a random text generator Image of a keyboard
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Building a random text generator

Jim Hall August 29, 2025
Generate your own random placeholder text by writing a few lines in Bash.
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Exploring GNU Algol 68 code_development_programming
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Exploring GNU Algol 68

Chris Hermansen August 28, 2025
Since early 2019, I’ve spent some time here and there refreshing my appreciation for the Algol 68...
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Why I switched to Linux programming-code-keyboard-laptop-music-headphones
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Why I switched to Linux

Seth Kenlon August 27, 2025
1 When I first encountered Linux as an operating system, it wasn’t exactly love at first sight....
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10 reasons to use Linux My Desktop
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10 reasons to use Linux

David Both August 26, 2025
Southern humorist, newspaper editor and columnist, comedian, and author, Lewis Grizzard once said that there are two...
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My first Linux system linux_keyboard_desktop
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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 th-1801221844
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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… E-Waste-01
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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 code_computer_development_programming
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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 systemd-for-SysAdmins-Cover-01
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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 F42-LockScreen-02
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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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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 

Why there’s no such thing as AI

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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