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A gentle introduction to ncurses programming-code-keyboard-laptop-music-headphones
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A gentle introduction to ncurses

Jim Hall September 11, 2024
You can create your own programs that use a text user interface to control the screen.
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Sharing Linux with a friend

Don Watkins September 10, 2024
I volunteer with Meals on Wheels once a week, and one of the clients on my route...
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Exploring Ollama and Llama 3.1 for Advanced Language Modeling openwires_fromRHT_520_0612LL
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Exploring Ollama and Llama 3.1 for Advanced Language Modeling

Don Watkins September 9, 2024
Everywhere you look, someone is talking or writing about artificial intelligence. I have been keenly interested in...
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Heading to the Beach

David Both September 8, 2024
Tomorrow, Saturday as I write this, we'll be heading to Atlantic Beach, our current favorite. By then...
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Learn C by writing a number guessing game code_development_programming
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Learn C by writing a number guessing game

Jim Hall September 7, 2024
The “Guess the number” game is a fun way to learn a new programming language.
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Easy File Management with Thunar hard_drives
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Easy File Management with Thunar

David Both September 6, 2024
Computers are all about files. Linux itself is a collection of many files; application programs like LibreOffice...
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Editing files with FreeDOS Edlin

Jim Hall September 5, 2024
Edlin is a classic editor from the early DOS days, but it’s still a fun and useful...
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Setting the status line for the screen program gears-01
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Setting the status line for the screen program

David Both September 4, 2024
In my recent article about the Screen program, I mention that one of the best things about...
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Using the screen command for flexibility OSDC_Penguin_Image_520x292_12324207_0714_mm_v1a-Cropped
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Using the screen command for flexibility

David Both September 3, 2024
You might at first think of “screen” as the device on which your Linux desktop is displayed....
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How I send email from the command line

David Both September 2, 2024
There are times when I find it useful to send email from the command line. I'm not...
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Join the community and share an article

Jim Hall September 1, 2024
Our community wants to read about your experience and how you use your favorite open source application.
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Is cron Obsolete? Clocks-01
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Is cron Obsolete?

David Both August 31, 2024
Is cron obsolete? See what I think.
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How to access Rescue mode (runlevel 1) in Linux th-2358250818
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How to access Rescue mode (runlevel 1) in Linux

David Both August 30, 2024
I frequently find need to perform maintenance on the filesystem of one of my dozen or so...
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 06 — Be the Lazy SysAdmin cat-yawn-lazy-vm
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 06 — Be the Lazy SysAdmin

David Both August 29, 2024
I am a lazy SysAdmin. I am also a very productive SysAdmin. Those two seemingly contradictory statements...
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Top Five reasons I use Dolphin as my file manager

David Both August 28, 2024
Linux has many file managers, and all of us have our favorites. I'm currently using Dolphin....
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Top Five reasons to use KDE Plasma desktop

David Both August 27, 2024
As many of my readers know, I have had problems with KDE Plasma in the past. I...
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System upgrades this Sunday, May 3

Tools illustrationFedora 44 was released this week and I’ve upgraded all my systems except for the two that directly affect Both.org. I’ll be upgrading the hosts for my server and firewall to Fedora 44 this Sunday afternoon, May 3.

Both.org will be down for most of the afternoon for these upgrades.

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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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