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An interview with Jim Hall about FreeDOS

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
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Celebrating 20 Years of ODF: The Backbone of Open Standards

May 13, 2025May 5, 2025
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How I use GNU Indent

May 12, 2025May 5, 2025
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AI Malware strikes curl developers

May 10, 2025May 8, 2025
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Emulating systems with QEMU

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025
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Make typing faster with the Keebio BDN9 macro pad

May 8, 2025May 4, 2025
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Code like it’s the 1980s

May 7, 2025May 4, 2025
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Standard UNIX password manager

May 6, 2025
9

GIMP: the free Photoshop alternative

May 5, 2025May 1, 2025
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Jim Hall is an open source software developer and advocate. His first contribution to open source was in 1993 with a patch to GNU Emacs, but he is probably best known for his work on FreeDOS, the open source version of the DOS operating system, and for his work on usability in open source software. In addition to writing open source software, Jim also writes about open source software, including Both.org and All Things Open, and about technical writing at Technically We Write.
Linux Open Source Software Programming

Exploring the history of technology

Learn about these important milestones in computing history as you experiment with writing your first program.

Jim Hall
March 22, 2024March 16, 2024
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Bash Command Line Tips and tricks

Using ‘if’ in a Bash script

Writing a short Bash script can save typing lots of instructions at the command line.

Jim Hall
March 15, 2024March 15, 2024
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Community Curiosity

How to write your first article

Open source is for everyone! And at Both.org, we encourage everyone to share their open source journey.

Jim Hall
March 6, 2024March 6, 2024
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Fun Programming

Draw a heart for Valentine’s Day

With a bit of programming, you can draw your own Valentine heart in graphics mode on FreeDOS.

Jim Hall
February 14, 2024February 3, 2024
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Community Open Source

Looking ahead to 30 years of FreeDOS

Learn about the origins of this classic open source operating system.

Jim Hall
February 10, 2024February 10, 2024
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Community Programming

You don’t need a computer science degree to work with open source software

Open source makes software knowledge accessible to anyone, so formal training isn’t the only path to a technology career.

Jim Hall
February 1, 2024January 23, 2024
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Open Source Tools

Teaching technical writing with open source

In addition to my work as a consultant, I also teach a few courses on technical writing. One of these is a course about writing...

Jim Hall
January 8, 2024December 28, 2023
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Code

Holiday snow on your terminal

I live in Minnesota and we haven't gotten a lot of snow yet, so I figured I'd add a little "holiday cheer" by writing a...

Jim Hall
December 19, 2023December 19, 2023
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May 13,2025

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