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How many releases of Fedora can I upgrade from?

David Both December 13, 2024
Upgrades are an important part of a SysAdmin’s job, whether you know you’re one or not. If...
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Best Articles of 2024 about Linux system tools

David Both December 12, 2024
Linux has many excellent tools that allow SysAdmins to manage our systems. We’ve published many articles this...
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Happy birthday Both.org

David Both December 11, 2024
On December 11, 2023. Both.org morphed from being simply my personal website to being a replacement for...
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How to install FreeDOS the old-school way

Jim Hall December 10, 2024
Here's how to install FreeDOS the old-fashioned way, with every step done by hand.
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5 popular articles about editing text

Jim Hall December 9, 2024
Text editors just do plain text. Explore these top 5 articles about text editors that you can...
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What I’ve learned about open source community over 30 years

Jim Hall December 8, 2024
Open source projects are about more than just the code. It’s about the people that contribute to...
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Remove Background from Photos for Holiday Card Creation with Python

Don Watkins December 7, 2024
You can use open-source tools to produce holiday cards this year. Suppose you have a great photo...
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Embracing the Festive Spirit: Celebrating Holidays Open Source Style!

Don Watkins December 6, 2024
The holiday season is upon us once again, and this year, I decided to celebrate in an...
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Top 5 open source stories of 2024

David Both December 5, 2024
2024 has been an interesting year in the news for many reasons. The open source world has...
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Use ImageMagick to work with images

Jim Hall December 4, 2024
ImageMagick is a handy multipurpose command-line tool for all your image needs.
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Celebrating 30 years of open source with FreeDOS

Jim Hall December 3, 2024
Explore retrocomputing with this open source operating system that recently turned 30 years old.
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5 ways to get the most out of Bash

Jim Hall December 2, 2024
With a little Bash scripting, you can automate tasks on your Linux system. Learn more with these...
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Your Guide to Making a Difference in Open Source

Don Watkins December 1, 2024
You don't have to be a developer to give back to the open source community.
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Stupid SysAdmin tricks

David Both November 30, 2024
When working on multiple remote systemd using the command line — Be sure you’re working in the...
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Why doesn’t my dict command work?

David Both November 28, 2024
I upgraded to Fedora 41 as soon as it became available about a month ago. Most things...
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Embracing Open-Source Solutions in the Age of AI: A Path to Digital Independence

Don Watkins November 27, 2024
Everywhere you look, whether in print or on the web, the rage is AI. I’m part of...
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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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