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

Try this Linux text editor for Emacs fans

If you're looking for a fast, easy Emacs editor without a long list of dependencies, give Jove a try.

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Get the most out of the Vi text editor

Vi is the quintessential Unix text editor. Get to know it—or any of its incarnations, Vim, Neovim, gVim, nvi, or Elvis, for Linux, macOS, Windows, or BSD.

Why I love Emacs

Emacs isn't a mere text editor; it places you in control and allows you to solve nearly any problem you encounter.

Try Jed as your Linux terminal text editor

Jed's handy drop-down menu makes it easy for users who are new to terminal text editors.

5 open source alternatives to GitHub

Stay resilient by keeping your open source code in an open source repository.

Automate your tasks with this Ansible cheat sheet

Start automating your repetitive tasks by getting to know Ansible's modules, YAML structure, and more.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

27 Apr 2021

3 beloved USB drive Linux distros

I didn't know about this, thanks! I've been messing around with MX Linux lately, so maybe I'll give this a go.

sethkenlon

18 Apr 2021

5 reasons sysadmins love systemd

Weird that you mentioned that. I literally just downloaded MX this morning, with the intent of using it as the basis for the first article. But I'm eager to revisit OpenRC, too, so who knows what I'll actually get to first!