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 Author Linux Contributor Club

Authored Content

Teamwork

5 ways to bring open source to your job

Don't leave open source at home or in the data centers. Bring it to work and change the course of your career.

Command line prompt

5 must-read resources for using the Linux command line

The Linux command line remains to be one of the system's most powerful and beloved features.

5 arcade-style games for Linux

How I wrote an open source video game for Open Jam in a weekend

I made a video game inspired by old-style Altair 8800 for this year's Open Jam.

pink typewriter

Improve your documentation with JavaScript

Make your open source project documentation dynamic so it appeals to users of all experience levels.

GNOME

What’s new in GNOME 43?

I got a glimpse into the popular Linux desktop's latest version by checking in with GNOME developer, Emmanuele Bassi.

Person drinking a hat drink at the computer

What's new with Awk?

Brian Kernighan discusses the scripting tool Awk, from its creation to current work on Unicode support.

Authored Comments

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19 Nov 2022

Get verified on Mastodon with your website

Thanks! I was pretty quick to set up my Mastodon, so I missed this step.

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22 Aug 2022

My first impression of GNOME Console on Linux

I didn't know about Console. I'm going to try this out. Thanks for the article!