Jim Hall

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Jim Hall is an open source software advocate and developer, best known for usability testing in GNOME and as the founder + project coordinator of FreeDOS. At work, Jim is CEO of Hallmentum, an IT executive consulting company that provides hands-on IT Leadership training, workshops, and coaching.

Open Sourcerer People's Choice Award People's Choice Award 2018 Linux Contributor Club Author

Authored Content

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How I use OBS Studio to record videos for my YouTube channel

Install, configure, and use Open Broadcaster Software to record how-to, promotional, and other types of videos.

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Play a fun math game with Linux commands

Play the numbers game from the popular British game show "Countdown" at home.

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5 signs you're a groff programmer

Learning groff, an old-school text processor, is like learning to ride a bicycle.

3 cool machine learning projects using TensorFlow and the Raspberry Pi

How different programming languages do the same thing

Compare 13 different programming languages by writing a simple game.

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Use awk to calculate letter frequency

Write an awk script to determine the most (and least) common letters in a set of words.

4 manilla folders, yellow, green, purple, blue

Learn how file input and output works in C

Understanding I/O can help you do things faster.

Authored Comments

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7 Aug 2020

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

Thanks!

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5 Aug 2020

What I learned while teaching C programming on YouTube

Definitely! You learn by doing, but you learn more by teaching. Glad you enjoyed the article.