Seth Kenlon

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New Zealand (South Island)

Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time. He is one of the maintainers of the Slackware-based multimedia production project Slackermedia.

Open Source Super Star Moderator's Choice Award 2011 Best Interview Award 2017 Author 100+ Contributions Club Columnist Contributor Club

Authored Content

5 reasons to use sudo on Linux

Here are five security reasons to switch to the Linux sudo command. Download our sudo cheat sheet for more tips.

5 surprising things I do with Linux

Linux powers most of the internet, most of the cloud, and nearly all supercomputers. I also love to use Linux for gaming, office work, and my creative pursuits.

Cloud service providers: How to keep your options open

No matter what level of openness your cloud service operates on, you have choices for your own environment.

Experiment with containers and pods on your own computer

Start exploring the essentials of container technology with this new downloadable guide.

Linux KDE receives first-ever eco-certification for Okular

The open source document viewer is just one element of KDE's initiative to make software more sustainable.

5 open source tools for developing on the cloud

Here are a few IDEs that can improve your programming experience while using multiple cloud service providers.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

2 Jun 2022

The only Linux command you need to know

This is great! I hadn't heard about tldr but I'm definitely going to check it out now.

https://tldr.sh/

Thanks for the tip, Charlie!

sethkenlon

24 May 2022

A hands-on guide to images and containers for developers

Bill, thanks for the comment. I think we are running into the age-old question of what is meant by the term operating system. I think the author is referring to an OS in the same way that, for instance, the GNU project refers to an OS: All the stuff in /bin and the core libs that make the system go. It so happens that many of us think of an OS as also including a kernel, which of course an image does not contain. Thank you for the clarifying comment. This is subtle and distinct stuff.