David Both
Most lists of things we do to learn Linux ignore the bits you don’t really need to...
Year: 2024
Sometimes we run into articles on other sites that we wish we’d written. This one on ZDNET...
There’s a bit of clarification needed in Volume 1, Chapter 4, Preparation, of my book series, Using...
I learned a neat new trick today that greatly improves my work with Vim when I’m editing...
We can’t be too careful about ensuring that our personal data is safe, both paper documents and...
Don Watkins
Continuing my exploration of using a locally hosted Ollama on my Linux desktop computer, I have been...
Last Updated on July 6, 2025 by David Both Author’s note: This article is excerpted in part...
Jim Hall
Use the flexibility of ncurses to create a guess-the-number game on Linux.
SysAdmins are most productive when creating the shell programs that automate the solutions that they have conceived...
1 When programs like vi first came along, terminals had a predefined size: usually 80 columns and...
The find command is a powerful and flexible tool to locate files under a path.
Let the kernel generate random numbers for you using 'getrandom.'
Now that I’m working with Ollama, I needed to figure out how to locate the models on...
I’m always thinking about solving problems and the beach doesn’t change that. It’s kind of the way...
You can create your own programs that use a text user interface to control the screen.
I volunteer with Meals on Wheels once a week, and one of the clients on my route...