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Movie made with open source software makes history An image of a cat from the movie Flow
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Movie made with open source software makes history

David Both May 27, 2025
Screenshot from the IMDb database. The Latvian movie, Flow (2024), has made history for more than one...
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Linux and Security

David Both May 23, 2025
Image via Creative Commons, modified by Both.org Security is a critically important part of using and administering...
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5 Unix books you must read

David Both May 22, 2025
— That also apply to Linux as well as all operating systems. I am always learning new...
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Redirectors — More than you think Redirectors — More than you think
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Redirectors — More than you think

David Both May 20, 2025
If you use the command line at all, you’re probably familiar with the basic concept of redirection...
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A brief history of the Linux desktop

Jim Hall May 19, 2025
Let’s look back on a brief history of the Linux desktop.
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Fine tuning the KDE Plasma desktop

Don Watkins May 16, 2025
In the my blog post I wrote about the new Lenovo V 15 laptop I purchased and...
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Upgrading a Lenovo V15 to Fedora KDE Plasma Rx-Linux
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Upgrading a Lenovo V15 to Fedora KDE Plasma

Don Watkins May 15, 2025
I’ve been looking for a new laptop for a couple of months because the one I’ve been...
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An interview with Jim Hall about FreeDOS button_push_open_keyboard_file_organize-02
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An interview with Jim Hall about FreeDOS

David Both May 14, 2025
The past, present, and future of the FreeDOS Project, an open source version of DOS.
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Celebrating 20 Years of ODF: The Backbone of Open Standards OPENHERE_blue
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Celebrating 20 Years of ODF: The Backbone of Open Standards

Don Watkins May 13, 2025
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It originated...
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How I use GNU Indent

Jim Hall May 12, 2025
Let GNU Indent make your source code easier to read.
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AI Malware strikes curl developers

David Both May 10, 2025
Image by: securitybydefault.com, Creative Commons The scourge of misused AI (so-called) is attacking the developers of the...
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Emulating systems with QEMU

Jim Hall May 9, 2025
Here's how I boot other systems using virtual machines in QEMU
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Make typing faster with the Keebio BDN9 macro pad

Jim Hall May 8, 2025
My brother recently gave me a Keebio BDN9 macro pad. It’s a configurable 9-key keyboard that supports...
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Code like it’s the 1980s

Jim Hall May 7, 2025
4 Our computers are so powerful today that it’s hard for younger developers to understand what early...
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Standard UNIX password manager

Seth Kenlon May 6, 2025
The pass command is a password manager that uses GPG encryption to keep your passwords safe, and...
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GIMP: the free Photoshop alternative GIMP-00
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GIMP: the free Photoshop alternative

Aster Rose May 5, 2025
1 The GNU Image Manipulation Program, the acronymous, free drawing program, is often also named as the...
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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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