Two ways to write portable software - Both.org

Make sure your programs will compile across different operating systems.

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GVim is my new favorite editor - Both.org

If you use Vim, try GVim to run it in its own application window

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Why I love classic markup - Both.org

Explore the history of “writing with computers” in my new book

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Microsoft reaches out to PlayStation - Both.org

Rant: Now you need a Microsoft account to play a PlayStation game?

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Automating file edits with Bash - Both.org

It's okay to write a short Bash script to automate a task

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Trade-offs in programming - Both.org

Programming isn't all about code, sometimes it's about the decisions you make

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Hide text with this 1-line command - Both.org

The Unix tr program makes it easy to convert characters

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Play a word game at the command line - Both.org

Need a break? Try this fun word game at the command line.

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Hide text with this handy program - Both.org

Learn to write the classic rot13 program for yourself

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Charting data with gnuplot - Both.org

This venerable chart tool supports a load of options.

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Copy data to your clipboard from a terminal with wl-copy - Both.org

When you spend a lot of time in a Linux terminal, it can become laborious to take your hand off the keyboard to grab the mouse. The habit of selecting text, right-clicking (or pressing keys) to copy, ...

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Transition to Linux the easy way - Both.org

A few tips to help you make the switch to Linux

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Using LibreOffice to chart x,y data - Both.org

Spreadsheets aren’t just for numbers, they also make great charts

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Maintaining Your Linux Mint System: Simple Steps for Optimal Performance - Both.org

Earlier this week, I received a phone call from a gentleman whom I helped transition to Linux Mint last fall. He had a Dell laptop with an i5 processor, eight gigabytes of RAM, and a 900-gigabyte hard...

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When my GPU crashed - Both.org

My primary workstation has an ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2 Motherboard which is almost ten years old. This motherboard does not support a processor that has an on-board GPU. As a result, I've installed severa...

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Resize images at the command line - Both.org

Here's how to selectively resize images from the command line

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The Power of Open Formats and Self-Hosted Solutions - Both.org

I spent a fascinating weekend immersed in a conference focused on the vital theme of preserving our organization’s historical archives. One of the key discussions revolved around the importance of cap...

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Pretty-printing source code with pandoc - Both.org

Here’s a new way to display source code using pandoc

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Yes, FreeDOS runs Windows 3.11 - Both.org

A major milestone for this open source DOS.

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Hands-on with FreeDOS Beta1 - Both.org

Take a look back at this important milestone in FreeDOS history

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Try the FED editor on FreeDOS - Both.org

The FED editor lets me code my FreeDOS projects easily and efficiently

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CFS: Completely fair process scheduling in Linux - Both.org

CFS gives every task a fair share of processor resources in a low-fuss but highly efficient way.

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Expand tabs in FORTRAN 77 programs - Both.org

When I was an undergraduate physics student, everyone in my program had to learn how to write programs in FORTRAN 77. While Fortran 90 (with the new capitalization) had been standardized just a year o...

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A gentle introduction to FreeDOS commands - Both.org

If you're already familiar with the Linux command line, try these commands to help ease into FreeDOS

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Using variables in FreeDOS - Both.org

Environment variables are helpful in almost every command-line environment, including FreeDOS

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A look back: AT&T’s Unix PC - Both.org

The Unix PC was a strong contender in a crowded market.

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Using AI to Generate Alt Text - Both.org

If you've been visiting Both.org, you know that I think that there's no such thing as AI -- there's just some clever programming. I'm definitely not a fan of what the marketing folks like to call AI. ...

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Spaces in DOS filenames, part 2 - Both.org

DOS filenames are 8.3, space padded, so you cannot have spaces at the end

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Introduction to Linux (free ebook) - Both.org

Learn more about Linux with this free ebook

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Yes, DOS filenames can have spaces - Both.org

A short program to demonstrate that yes, DOS filenames can have spaces in them

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