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Short report on the Perl / Raku Conference

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025
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Thinking about Algol 68

June 27, 2025June 26, 2025
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The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins, Tenet 22—Mentor the young SysAdmins

June 25, 2025June 27, 2025
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Do I have enough space for that?

June 24, 2025June 20, 2025
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A beginner’s guide to dc

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025
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Strange problems with switches

June 19, 2025June 21, 2025
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Nextcloud is a snap

June 18, 2025June 17, 2025
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Website problems circumvented

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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Breaking Free from Windows 10: KDE Plasma Is Your Upgrade to Freedom

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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Bash Linux

Do I have enough space for that?

A little scripting goes a long way to make sure you won’t run out of space with an automated process.

Jim Hall
June 24, 2025June 20, 2025
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Command Line Linux

A beginner’s guide to dc

Learn the basics of this handy command line calculator.

Jim Hall
June 23, 2025June 20, 2025
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Command Line Linux

I need a list of URLs

I used the command line to do in seconds what would have needed more than ten minutes to do by hand.

Jim Hall
June 16, 2025June 10, 2025
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GRUB Kernel Linux

How to remove a stuck kernel from GRUB

Here’s how to fix the GRUB menu configuration from the command line.

Jim Hall
June 12, 2025June 4, 2025
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Command Line Disk Management Linux

What USB device is that?

Use kernel messages to identify which disk device you can mount.

Jim Hall
June 11, 2025June 4, 2025
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Linux Updates

How to selectively apply updates

Here’s how I selectively apply updates, excluding any kernel packages.

Jim Hall
June 10, 2025June 4, 2025
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Command Line Linux Pandoc

Straight quotes from pandoc

Change pandoc’s curly quotes into straight quotes with this script.

Jim Hall
June 9, 2025June 4, 2025
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Command Line Fun Linux

Viewing PDF documents in console mode

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 that’s sat unused for the last few years. I used to run the Raspberry Pi as a personal “home...

Jim Hall
June 6, 2025May 31, 2025
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Fun Linux Raspberry Pi

Loving the command line with the Raspberry Pi

I’m going to show my age when I share that my first Unix system was a Sun 3/50 workstation in our campus computer lab, when...

Jim Hall
June 4, 2025May 31, 2025
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Command Line Linux

Extracting text with awk

The awk script interpreter is a very handy tool for systems administrators, and anyone else who uses Linux at the command line. With awk, you...

Jim Hall
May 30, 2025May 28, 2025
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History Linux

A brief history of the Linux desktop

Let’s look back on a brief history of the Linux desktop.

Jim Hall
May 19, 2025May 18, 2025
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Linux QEMU

Emulating systems with QEMU

Here’s how I boot other systems using virtual machines in QEMU

Jim Hall
May 9, 2025May 9, 2025
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Hardware Linux

Make typing faster with the Keebio BDN9 macro pad

My brother recently gave me a Keebio BDN9 macro pad. It’s a configurable 9-key keyboard that supports all kinds of customizations, including little keycaps that...

Jim Hall
May 8, 2025May 4, 2025
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Linux Moving to Linux Open Source Software Software

How to find Open Source Software to replace your Windows software

Author's note: This article is based on Chapter 6 of my book, "Linux for Small Business Owners," with my coauthor and yoga teacher Cyndi Bulka....

David Both
April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
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File Management Linux

Connect to a Windows drive from Linux

Here’s how I connected my Linux system to a Windows AD fileshare.

Jim Hall
March 21, 2025March 8, 2025
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FreeDOS Linux Programming

Reading a whole file at once

Two methods to load a data file into memory. Use mmap on Linux sysetms.

Jim Hall
March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
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