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Fedora Prix Fixe Menu Gives Flexibility

April 2, 2026March 28, 2026
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Why Linux Matters More Than Ever in 2026

March 31, 2026March 27, 2026
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“Using and Administering Linux” Book Progress Update

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026
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Use FreeDOS to learn about computers

March 26, 2026
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From ‘Obsolete’ to Opportunity: How Five Old PCs Found New Purpose

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026
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Fedora 44 Coming Soon

March 18, 2026
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VirtualBox Problem Solved

March 16, 2026March 17, 2026
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Is there a better Pi Day than March 14?

March 14, 2026March 14, 2026
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Let’s measure pi with a Raspberry Pi

March 13, 2026October 17, 2025
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Fedora Linux 101 Moving to Linux

Installing Fedora 43 Xfce

Fedora Xfce is a sleek, modern desktop for Linux.

Jim Hall
November 4, 2025February 3, 2026
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Linux Programming

Read and write data in C

If you’re new to C programming, here are a few tips to improve reading and writing files.

Jim Hall
October 30, 2025September 26, 2025
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Linux Retro Computing Terminal

Why I love Cool Retro Term

Try Cool Retro Term for a classic terminal feel.

Jim Hall
October 28, 2025October 31, 2025
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Linux Video

Setting up OBS Studio to record videos

Here’s how I configure and use OBS Studio so I can create videos for my YouTube channel.

Jim Hall
October 27, 2025October 17, 2025
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Desktop Linux 101

3 easy ways to make screenshots on Linux

Here are three methods I use to capture screenshots on Linux.

Jim Hall
October 20, 2025February 3, 2026
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Linux Programming

How to parse text strings in C

Use strtok to parse a string using ‘tokens’ in your next C program.

Jim Hall
October 17, 2025September 26, 2025
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Linux Security System Administration

A caution about using sudo

This example shows why it is important that users should not be able to edit scripts that they can run with sudo.

Jim Hall
October 14, 2025October 11, 2025
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Command Line Linux

Unzipping archives from the command line

For many years, the de facto standard in file archives was Pkzip and Pkunzip, by Phil Katz. Phil created the Zip archive file format because...

Jim Hall
October 6, 2025October 1, 2025
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Command Line History Linux Text Editors

7 ways I use ed every day

Here are 7 ways I like to use the ed editor for daily tasks.

Jim Hall
September 30, 2025September 21, 2025
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Linux

Why do you love Linux?

We’ll collect your ideas in a future “round-up” article with comments from our community!

Jim Hall
September 16, 2025September 13, 2025
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Linux Programming

Read long lines with getline

Getline offers a more flexible way to read user data into your program without breaking the system.

Jim Hall
September 11, 2025September 8, 2025
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Applications Linux 101

Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME

I like Rhythmbox as my music player on Linux because it’s simple and stays out of my way.

Jim Hall
September 10, 2025February 3, 2026
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Linux Programming

Building a random text generator

Generate your own random placeholder text by writing a few lines in Bash.

Jim Hall
August 29, 2025August 28, 2025
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History Linux

My first Linux system

Explore this blast from the past with SLS Linux.

Jim Hall
August 25, 2025
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Linux Linux 101 Moving to Linux Open Source

Good Reasons for Linux as your daily driver

Linux stands out as a consumer operating system thanks to its unique blend of freedom, performance, and community-driven innovation. Whether you’re on a budget laptop,...

Don Watkins
August 22, 2025February 4, 2026
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Linux Linux 101 Moving to Linux Opinion Windows

I’m glad I run Linux

Linux puts you in control, Windows does not.

Jim Hall
August 1, 2025February 4, 2026
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Project teams detest weekly progress reporting because it so vividly manifests their lack of progress.

— Laws of computerdom according to Golub

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 

David Both ATO Interview

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)“.

“systemd for SysAdmins” Now Available

May 13,2025

My latest book — a #1 New Release on Amazon — “systemd for Linux  SysAdmins” is now available from my publisher, Apress, and on Amazon.

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