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Counting words from online articles

January 7, 2026December 29, 2025
2

Buying a Linux laptop that will last

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026
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Introduction to the BtrFS Filesystem

January 5, 2026December 25, 2025
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Quick Tip for umount

January 3, 2026December 31, 2025
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The Truth About Disk Fragmentation

January 2, 2026December 24, 2025
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Prognostications for 2026

January 1, 2026December 24, 2025
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Version Control Is Not Just for Code

December 31, 2025December 24, 2025
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Counting files and words from the command line

December 30, 2025December 22, 2025
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Behind the Badge: Community, Process, and Care in Open Source Exams

December 29, 2025December 21, 2025
Kernel Linux

The joy of a modular kernel

What is a modular kernel? Modern modular kernels use a relatively small core that contains only the bare minimum code required to get a computer...

David Both
December 27, 2024December 23, 2024
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Both.org FreeDOS

Explore FreeDOS with these 5 articles

FreeDOS is a 16-bit open source operating system that replaces the DOS on older computers. These are your favorite articles about FreeDOS.

Jim Hall
December 26, 2024December 1, 2024
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FreeDOS Programming

Enjoy the holidays with this ASCII fireplace

Enjoy the holidays by writing a ‘fire’ program in ASCII text.

Jim Hall
December 24, 2024December 20, 2024
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Firewall Linux Raspberry Pi

Firewall your home network with a Raspberry Pi

Image by: Opensource.com Editor's note: This article by David Both was published by Opensource.com on March 15, 2016. It's republished here without changes by permission...

David Both
December 23, 2024December 20, 2024
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Open Source

The day my mind became open sourced

Image by: Opensource.com This article by Phil Shapiro originally appeared on Opensource.com and is republished here with the author's permission. I can remember so clearly...

David Both
December 22, 2024December 20, 2024
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Linux

Using Web clipper to enhance your note taking

Joplin is my favorite note-taking app. It allows me to save ideas and content across all the platforms I use every day. In my case,...

Don Watkins
December 21, 2024
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FreeDOS Programming

What I learned by teaching others

Sharing knowledge with others is often a great way to refresh and update your own expertise.

Jim Hall
December 20, 2024December 17, 2024
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Linux Philosophy

Linux Philosophy articles of 2024

Having read a lot of books like, "Linux and the Unix Philosophy," by Mike Gancarz1, and "The Art of Unix Programming," by Eric S. Raymond2,...

David Both
December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
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Linux Web Server

My first Linux in the enterprise

My first experience and lessons learned in deploying Linux in the enterprise.

Jim Hall
December 18, 2024December 17, 2024
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FreeDOS

Set up an embedded system with FreeDOS

Setting up an embedded system with FreeDOS requires defining a minimal DOS environment that runs just a single application.

Jim Hall
December 17, 2024December 5, 2024
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Both.org Programming

5 ways to learn about programming

Read these popular articles from the last year to get started on your programming journey.

Jim Hall
December 16, 2024December 1, 2024
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AI Linux

Top Eleven Articles on AI this year

These days, there is a growing excitement about artificial intelligence and its potential benefits. Whether you support or criticize this technology, opinions and experiences are...

Don Watkins
December 15, 2024December 13, 2024
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Linux Security

How I create encrypted passwords

I sometimes need to create an encrypted password for use in scripts when adding one or more new user accounts to hosts in my lab....

David Both
December 14, 2024December 12, 2024
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Linux Tips and tricks Upgrades

How many releases of Fedora can I upgrade from?

Upgrades are an important part of a SysAdmin's job, whether you know you're one or not. If you think about updates and upgrades, then you...

David Both
December 13, 2024December 10, 2024
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Linux Open Source Tools

Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools

Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We've published many articles this year about those tools, and here are 9...

David Both
December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
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Linux

Happy birthday Both.org

On December 11, 2023. Both.org morphed from being simply my personal website to being a replacement for Opensource.com (OSDC). On that day, a small group...

David Both
December 11, 2024December 10, 2024
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“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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