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

What you need to know about security policies

Learn about protecting your personal computer, server, and cloud systems with SELinux, Kubernetes pod security, and firewalls.

Person drinking a hat drink at the computer

Parsing config files with Java

Implement persistent settings when you're writing software in Java.

Send and receive Gmail from the Linux command line

Use Mutt to send and receive email from your terminal, even if you're using hosted service such as Gmail.

Enter invisible passwords using this Python module

Give your password an extra layer of security with GPG and the Python getpass module.

7 guides about open source to keep your brain busy this summer

Download one of our free guides to build a Python-based video game, get organized with open source tools, work on your home automation project, or experiment with your…

Parsing config files with Lua

Configure persistent application settings with the Lua programming language.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

17 Aug 2021

Schedule a task with the Linux at command

Great point, Victor. I've added a line on how to enable the daemon for future readers.

sethkenlon

3 Aug 2021

Linux package managers: dnf vs apt

Viewed from a different angle, this is a strength of open source. If I choose to write my own front-end to package management, it doesn't affect anyone negatively, and the benefit is that I get to use a tool I enjoy for tasks I interact with on a daily basis.

There are advantages to focus and constraints, but it's possible for that to live alongside the alternatives. For instance, if you don't like systemd for whatever reason, you can use OpenRC or some other init -- even though those alternatives are "yattdst."