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

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Why Java developers love the jEdit text editor

This editor packs the power of Java and offers plenty of plugins to streamline your workflow.

Make medit your next Linux code editor

This classic text editor offers all the basics and some exciting extra features that let you customize your experience.

Collaborate on text with Etherpad, an open source alternative to Google Docs

Etherpad is a great text editor for working collaboratively in the cloud or using someone else's machine.

Optimize your GNOME experience with the Gedit text editor

It's a minimalistic editor that gets the job done, enhanced with great hidden features to make things easier.

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Experience the useful features of the Xedit text editor

Xedit, part of the X11 graphic server, isn't much to look at but has enough hidden features to make it a serious text editor.

Why 2020 is the best time to use the Kate text editor

Learn more about the long-beloved text editor that offers something for every user.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

11 May 2021

3 beloved USB drive Linux distros

Nice! I wasn't sure whether AntiX was still around, given that Mepis disappeared. Thanks for pointing to it.

sethkenlon

27 Apr 2021

3 beloved USB drive Linux distros

Amazing! Up until 3 or 4 years ago, I had an old laptop (the display eventually died) running on 256 MB RAM with stock Debian. It's astonishing what Linux can do to keep old hardware going.