Jim Hall

5850 points

Minnesota

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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8 tips for the Linux command line

Take advantage of all of the powers the almighty Linux command line has to offer.

7 Bash tutorials to enhance your command line skills in 2021

Bash is the default command line shell on most Linux systems. So why not learn how to get the most out of it?

Why I like the FED text editor

The FED editor lets me code my FreeDOS projects easily and efficiently. Learn to make the most of this flexible Linux, Windows, and DOS editor.

8 open source software cheat sheets you'll need in 2021

When that pesky command is just at the tip of your tongue, a handy cheat sheet will save the day. This list of cheat sheets covers everything from programming languages to…

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Learn C by writing a simple game

This "guess the number" game is a great introductory program when learning a new programming language. Here's how to write it in C.

Learn Fortran by writing a "guess the number" game

Because Fortran was written in the punched card era, its syntax is pretty limited. But you can still write useful and interesting programs with it.

Authored Comments

Jim Hall

10 Apr 2020

How to create a personal file server with SSH on Linux

I think this would make a great article for OpenSource! I encourage you to write an article about using sshfs to mount a filesystem over SSH. You can reach out to the editors to submit your topic.

Jim Hall

9 Apr 2020

Print double-sided documents at home with this simple Bash script

That's a good idea. I'll try that. Thanks!