Emulating systems with QEMU
Here’s how I boot other systems using virtual machines in QEMU
Make typing faster with the Keebio BDN9 macro pad
My brother recently gave me a Keebio BDN9 macro pad. It’s a configurable 9-key keyboard that supports all kinds of customizations, including little keycaps that...
How to find Open Source Software to replace your Windows software
Author's note: This article is based on Chapter 6 of my book, "Linux for Small Business Owners," with my coauthor and yoga teacher Cyndi Bulka....
Connect to a Windows drive from Linux
Here’s how I connected my Linux system to a Windows AD fileshare.
Reading a whole file at once
Two methods to load a data file into memory. Use mmap on Linux sysetms.
Update Linux from the command line
Be a power user by updating your system from the command line.
Selective updates using ‘dnf’
Here’s how I update my system except for one problem library
Learning to love ‘groff -ms’
My journey with markup systems began when I was an undergraduate physics student at university. Until then, I wrote class papers using a desktop word...
How I automate file edits with ‘sed’
Here’s a neat command line trick to make changes to a text file.
Personal backups with ‘rsync’
Make backups of your personal data in case your laptop is lost, stolen, or damaged.
Processing files with ‘find’ and ‘xargs’
Here’s how I used ‘find’ and ‘xargs’ to locate the articles I wrote and count the words.
My first Linux in the enterprise
My first experience and lessons learned in deploying Linux in the enterprise.
Managing processes with kill and killall
Process management can be an important part of system maintenance.
Print double-sided documents with this Bash script
Use Bash to print 2-sided documents on a printer that can only print on one side.
Portable programming practices
Sometimes it’s easier to define your API to hide the platform-specific code