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Connect to a Windows drive from Linux

Jim Hall March 21, 2025
Here's how I connected my Linux system to a Windows AD fileshare.
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Reading a whole file at once

Jim Hall March 20, 2025
Two methods to load a data file into memory. Use mmap on Linux sysetms.
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Old-school programming with Turbo C

Jim Hall March 19, 2025
Explore retroprogramming on FreeDOS with this popular freeware IDE.
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Openclipart.org: A Treasure Trove of Free Vector Images

Don Watkins March 18, 2025
I am not a talented artist, but I enjoy using graphics for greeting cards, posters, and occasionally...
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Update Linux from the command line

Jim Hall March 17, 2025
Be a power user by updating your system from the command line.
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Calculate pi by counting pixels

Jim Hall March 14, 2025
This is a very simple way to measure pi, but it was a fun exercise and I...
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Kernel musings

David Both March 13, 2025
Being a curious sort of person, I wonder about a lot of interesting things. For some reason,...
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Don’t skip the learning process

Jim Hall March 12, 2025
Using AI as a tool to do a thing still relies on knowing how to do the...
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btop — the top of my dreams

David Both March 11, 2025
1 The top program is the original system monitoring and management tool for Unix and Linux. It...
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What Robbie the Robot can teach us about AI

David Both March 10, 2025
3 Way back in 1956, when I was ten years old, my parents took my brother and...
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Perl and Raku Conference will be held June 27-29, 2025 in Greenville, SC, USA

David Both March 8, 2025
David Both to be the keynote speaker The Perl and Raku Conference for 2025 is coming up...
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Using AI to translate code

Jim Hall March 7, 2025
I was impressed that AI did so well translating from an old language like FORTRAN 77 into...
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Cautions when using AI for coding

Jim Hall March 6, 2025
While AI agents can help streamline development, keep in mind these cautions when using AI for coding.
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Text fun with Inkscape

Don Watkins March 5, 2025
Inkscape is one of my favorite open-source graphic design tools. It has an intuitive interface that is...
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Selective updates using ‘dnf’

Jim Hall March 4, 2025
Here's how I update my system except for one problem library
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 17— Use your favorite editor programming_code_keyboard_orange_hands
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 17— Use your favorite editor

David Both March 3, 2025
Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 19 of my book, The Linux Philosophy...
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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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