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Enjoy the holidays with this ASCII fireplace

Jim Hall December 24, 2024
Enjoy the holidays by writing a 'fire' program in ASCII text.
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Firewall your home network with a Raspberry Pi

David Both December 23, 2024
Image by: Opensource.com Editor’s note: This article by David Both was published by Opensource.com on March 15,...
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The day my mind became open sourced

David Both December 22, 2024
Image by: Opensource.com This article by Phil Shapiro originally appeared on Opensource.com and is republished here with...
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Using Web clipper to enhance your note taking

Don Watkins December 21, 2024
1 Joplin is my favorite note-taking app. It allows me to save ideas and content across all...
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What I learned by teaching others

Jim Hall December 20, 2024
Sharing knowledge with others is often a great way to refresh and update your own expertise.
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Linux Philosophy articles of 2024

David Both December 19, 2024
Having read a lot of books like, “Linux and the Unix Philosophy,” by Mike Gancarz, and “The...
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My first Linux in the enterprise

Jim Hall December 18, 2024
My first experience and lessons learned in deploying Linux in the enterprise.
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Set up an embedded system with FreeDOS

Jim Hall December 17, 2024
Setting up an embedded system with FreeDOS requires defining a minimal DOS environment that runs just a...
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5 ways to learn about programming

Jim Hall December 16, 2024
Read these popular articles from the last year to get started on your programming journey.
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Top Eleven Articles on AI this year

Don Watkins December 15, 2024
1 These days, there is a growing excitement about artificial intelligence and its potential benefits. Whether you...
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How I create encrypted passwords

David Both December 14, 2024
I sometimes need to create an encrypted password for use in scripts when adding one or more...
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How many releases of Fedora can I upgrade from?

David Both December 13, 2024
Upgrades are an important part of a SysAdmin’s job, whether you know you’re one or not. If...
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Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools

David Both December 12, 2024
Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We’ve published many articles this...
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Happy birthday Both.org

David Both December 11, 2024
On December 11, 2023. Both.org morphed from being simply my personal website to being a replacement for...
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How to install FreeDOS the old-school way

Jim Hall December 10, 2024
Here's how to install FreeDOS the old-fashioned way, with every step done by hand.
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5 popular articles about editing text

Jim Hall December 9, 2024
Text editors just do plain text. Explore these top 5 articles about text editors that you can...
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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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