Is cron obsolete? See what I think.
Month: August 2024
I frequently find need to perform maintenance on the filesystem of one of my dozen or so...
I am a lazy SysAdmin. I am also a very productive SysAdmin. Those two seemingly contradictory statements...
Linux has many file managers, and all of us have our favorites. I'm currently using Dolphin....
As many of my readers know, I have had problems with KDE Plasma in the past. I...
In the early stages of my experience with Linux servers, I had to learn how to edit...
1 Last Updated on July 6, 2025 by David Both Author’s note: This article is excerpted in...
Check spelling at the command line like old-school Unix with this cool script.
I have dozens of VHS tapes recorded, in some cases nearly 30 years ago, of our children...
My recent task involved assisting a healthcare professional in upgrading their computer system. The goal was to...
The IBM PC turned 43 on the 12th of August and I, for one, have fond and...
Explore classic programming in FORTRAN 77 with this sample program.
Use this tutorial to learn about AutoFill in LibreOffice Calc.
For the last two years I’ve been invited to staff a table at a local STEM Saturday...
I started using Linux and open-source software in the late 1990s, and the more familiar I became...
Last Updated on February 4, 2026 by David Both Last week, System76 unveiled COSMIC, a groundbreaking desktop...