As Presaged in January 1996
A software developer reflects on the computing industry of 1996, analyzing a prescient Byte Magazine article about the web, browsers, and Java.
A software developer reflects on the computing industry of 1996, analyzing a prescient Byte Magazine article about the web, browsers, and Java.
A developer details GPU memory allocation bugs with NVIDIA drivers on Linux Wayland, comparing stability with X11 and reporting issues to NVIDIA.
Troubleshooting guide for an Azure Linux VM patch failure due to a sudo status check error, often caused by DNS issues.
A guide to setting up a productive Linux development environment on Windows using WSL 2, Docker, and various open-source tools.
A developer explains their shift from Arch Linux's AUR to using Flatpak on Debian, driven by security concerns and system stability.
How to fix the 'open terminal failed' error in tmux, often caused by version incompatibilities after an upgrade.
A look at the Raspberry Pi CM0, a tiny Compute Module variant with eMMC and WiFi, its availability, and testing on the EDAtec CM0NANO dev board.
A developer compares video editing software on Linux to Camtasia on Windows, highlighting workflow and performance issues with Linux alternatives.
A guide on using the sed command-line tool to efficiently print specific lines or ranges from large files, useful for debugging.
Explains how to pipe or redirect the output of a bash case statement to another program, reducing code duplication in shell scripts.
A developer shares quick, one-line reviews of popular Linux distributions for desktop use, covering Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Arch, and more.
A guide for Docker developers to learn Apptainer, a secure container platform for HPC environments, covering installation and usage.
Learn how to redirect the output of multiple commands or entire shell scripts to a file in Linux using command groups and exec.
A guide showing how to check the installed and download size of packages using the Pacman and Apt package managers on Linux.
A technical exploration of seven methods to intentionally waste CPU time for precise durations, focusing on user-land implementations for profiling tests.
How to configure Tmux to prevent it from starting a login shell by default, avoiding repeated profile script execution.
Overview of Himitsu 0.9, a secret storage manager for Linux, covering its new GTK4 prompter and Secret Service API integration.
A guide to increasing the open file limit on Ubuntu Linux for web apps and servers, covering configuration changes and system reboots.
A developer reflects on a year of using Linux Mint as a daily driver, noting its stability and how it solidified their commitment to open systems.
A collection of practical recipes and command-line examples for using the wget utility to perform common downloading and web interaction tasks.