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

Write your first JavaScript code

JavaScript was created for the web, but it can do so much more. Learn the basics, then download our cheat sheet so you always have the details at hand.

Linux package managers: dnf vs apt

Package managers do the same general things—installing, managing, and uninstalling applications—but they don't do everything the same.

5 hidden gems in Python 3

Python 3 improved upon Python 2 in many ways; here are some of the most notable.

Use XMLStarlet to parse XML in the Linux terminal

Become an XML star with XMLStarlet, an XML toolkit for your terminal.

Reading and writing files with Python

Every programming language handles data files differently. Here's how Python does it.

Computer screen with files or windows open

What is XML?

Get to know XML, a strict yet flexible markup language used for everything from documentation to graphics.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

24 Aug 2021

Check free disk space in Linux with ncdu

Same here Miguel! I really enjoyed ncdu, and it's one of those hidden gems that people instantly love when I tell them about it. I don't know why it's taken me so long to write an article about it!

Nothing's wrong with Filelight and similar tools, but there's just something about a nice simple interactive app in the terminal...

sethkenlon

19 Aug 2021

Schedule a task with the Linux at command

That's so cool! Thank you Victor, you're a legend!