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My favorite Vim color schemes retro_old_unix_computer
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My favorite Vim color schemes

Jim Hall July 12, 2024
Customize Vim to use the color scheme that works best for you.
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What is the Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins? car-penguin-drive-linux-yellow
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What is the Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins?

David Both July 11, 2024
The Unix Philosophy is an important part of what makes Unix unique and powerful. Much has been...
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3 steps to identifying Linux system automation candidates

David Both July 10, 2024
How do you know what to automate first on your network? Here are three steps to put...
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How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #2 — Bash scripts + RPM automation-gears-person
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How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #2 — Bash scripts + RPM

David Both July 9, 2024
In Episode 1, How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #1 — Bash scripts, I discussed how...
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Tips for using the ‘ls’ command in Linux linux_keyboard_desktop
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Tips for using the ‘ls’ command in Linux

Don Watkins July 8, 2024
One of the first commands I learned in Linux was ls. Knowing what’s in a directory where...
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Linux Malware scanning using ClamAV

Gaurav Kamathe July 7, 2024
Image via Creative Commons, modified by Both.org Introduction There are many different ways of protecting a system,...
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Is Linux Still Linux? OSDC_Penguin_Image_520x292_12324207_0714_mm_v1a-Cropped
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Is Linux Still Linux?

David Both July 6, 2024
Many things have changed since Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel in 1992. Is it still Linux...
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How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #1 — Bash scripts 3-Penguins-Cropped
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How to do fast, repeatable Linux installations #1 — Bash scripts

David Both July 5, 2024
Image by: Opensource.com Some of my articles and an entire book have been about The Linux Philosophy...
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Holiday Fireworks

David Both July 4, 2024
I realized just a few days ago that Both.org should do something to celebrate the U.S. Independence...
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Two open source desktop recording tools fiber-81623-e1692192333302-Pixabay-Cropped
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Two open source desktop recording tools

Don Watkins July 3, 2024
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but a video demonstration can save much talking. I’m...
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The Linux Filesystem Hierarchical Standard hard_drives
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The Linux Filesystem Hierarchical Standard

David Both July 2, 2024
In Linux, and many other operating systems, directories can be structured in a tree-like hierarchy. The Linux...
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Can Windows security get any worse? SwissCheese
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Can Windows security get any worse?

David Both July 1, 2024
Really — the lack of security. If you’ve been reading this site or my books for any...
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How Both.org is rebuilding a community after the death of an organization austin-distel-wD1LRb9OeEo-unsplash-1-Cropped
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How Both.org is rebuilding a community after the death of an organization

David Both June 30, 2024
For about ten years, a large number of writers from around the world contributed articles to Opensource.com....
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Celebrating 30 years of FreeDOS openwires_fromRHT_520_0612LL
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Celebrating 30 years of FreeDOS

Jim Hall June 29, 2024
FreeDOS is a great example of the open source model: developers working together to create new programs
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How many usability testers do you need? automation-gears-person
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How many usability testers do you need?

Jim Hall June 28, 2024
It doesn't take many testers to get results that are "good enough" to improve your design.
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Intro to the Linux chgrp and newgrp commands

Alan Formy-Duval June 27, 2024
In a recent article, I introduced the chown command, which is used for modifying ownership of files...
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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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