The Unix Philosophy is an important part of what makes Unix unique and powerful. Much has been...
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Image via Creative Commons, modified by Both.org Introduction There are many different ways of protecting a system,...
Many things have changed since Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel in 1992. Is it still Linux...
Image by: Opensource.com Some of my articles and an entire book have been about The Linux Philosophy...
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Really — the lack of security. If you’ve been reading this site or my books for any...
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2 Every object on your Linux system has a permission mode that describes what actions a user...
Image by: Patti Black on Unsplash Mathematics was anathema to me in my early years. As a...
How my easy, home-made backup program saves time, space on the storage medium, and network bandwidth
How my easy, home-made backup program saves time, space on the storage medium, and network bandwidth
Nothing can ever go wrong with my computer and I will never lose my data. Riiiiight.
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