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How Linux keeps time Clocks-01
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How Linux keeps time

David Both January 22, 2025
Knowing the exact time is important to computers for many reasons. A GPS, which is a computer,...
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A Journey Towards Ad-Free Photography Sharing Beach-Cropped-02
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A Journey Towards Ad-Free Photography Sharing

Don Watkins January 21, 2025
I’ve been interested in photography since I co-opted my father’s Kodak 620 camera as a young boy....
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Personal backups with ‘rsync’ files_documents_paper_folder
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Personal backups with ‘rsync’

Jim Hall January 20, 2025
Make backups of your personal data in case your laptop is lost, stolen, or damaged.
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How to get a clean screen — on the command line magnifying-glass-zero
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How to get a clean screen — on the command line

David Both January 18, 2025
After some time using terminal sessions they can get a bit cluttered with previous commands and their...
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Using enumerations in C code_development_programming
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Using enumerations in C

Jim Hall January 17, 2025
Using enumerations with enum makes it easy to store values in a program, yet keep the code...
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How to do updates on the command line How to do updates on the command line
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How to do updates on the command line

David Both January 16, 2025
Keeping your Linux computer as safe as possible from various types of cyber attacks is only possible...
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 16 —Find the simplicity bulb-light-energy-power-idea
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 16 —Find the simplicity

David Both January 15, 2025
Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part from chapter 18 of my book, The Linux Philosophy...
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For a traditional Unix experience, try Crux Linux Crux Linux
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For a traditional Unix experience, try Crux Linux

Seth Kenlon January 14, 2025
1 The Linux operating system can be implemented in many ways, and these implementations can very generally...
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Empowering Everyone: Accessibility Features in LibreOffice metrics_data_dashboard_system_computer_analytics
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Empowering Everyone: Accessibility Features in LibreOffice

Don Watkins January 13, 2025
LibreOffice.org is my preferred productivity suite, and I’ve covered how I use it both as a graphical office...
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Using bit fields and bit masks in C code_computer_development_programming
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Using bit fields and bit masks in C

Jim Hall January 10, 2025
Using bit fields and bit masks is a common method to combine data without using more complex...
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The secrets of the usermod command programming_code_keyboard_orange_hands
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The secrets of the usermod command

David Both January 9, 2025
1 Most SysAdmins use a diverse set of commands, but it’s usually the same set of commands....
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How Kiwix Is Revolutionizing Offline Access to Global Information Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen
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How Kiwix Is Revolutionizing Offline Access to Global Information

Don Watkins January 8, 2025
Emmanuel Engelhart and Renaud Gaudin wanted everyone to have access to Wikipedia, and in 2007, the dream became a reality...
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Looking ahead to FreeDOS 1.4 computer_browser_web_desktop
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Looking ahead to FreeDOS 1.4

Jim Hall January 7, 2025
Help test the next version of FreeDOS with the FreeDOS 1.4 Release Candidate 1 distribution.
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Using htop to manage your Linux system htop-cpuHog-04
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Using htop to manage your Linux system

David Both January 6, 2025
1 I use a lot of tools in my daily SysAdmin role. One of the most important...
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Etherpad: Revolutionizing Real-Time Collaboration browser_web_internet_website
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Etherpad: Revolutionizing Real-Time Collaboration

Don Watkins January 3, 2025
A conversation with a friend today led me to remember Etherpad. In an age of digital collaboration, finding...
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Processing files with ‘find’ and ‘xargs’ files_documents_paper_folder
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Processing files with ‘find’ and ‘xargs’

Jim Hall January 2, 2025
Here's how I used 'find' and 'xargs' to locate the articles I wrote and count the words.
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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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