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

A beginner’s guide to SSH for remote connection on Linux

Establish connections with remote computers using secure shell.

Why and how to handle exceptions in Python Flask

A practical guide to learning awk

Get a better handle on the awk command by downloading our free eBook.

Testing certificate chains with a 34-line Go program

Open ports and route traffic through your firewall

Safely and securely give outside parties access to your network.

Learn the basics of programming with C

Our new cheat sheet puts all the essentials of C syntax on an easy-to-read handout.

Learn how to program in Python by building a simple dice game

Python is a good language for young and old, with or without any programming experience.

Use GNU on Windows with MinGW

Install the GNU Compiler Collection and other GNU components to enable GNU Autotools on Windows.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

15 Apr 2021

5 reasons sysadmins love systemd

If we're pitching distros without systemd, I recommend Slackware.

http://slackware.com

sethkenlon

15 Apr 2021

5 reasons sysadmins love systemd

Glad to hear this was elucidating, Don! It's definitely a testament to systemd that you (and many other users) use it every day but know and care very little about it. It must mean things are working the way they should, and that's a great place to be.