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

5 open source activities while you work from home

Work-life balance is important whether you're working from home temporarily or it's your usual mode of earning a living.

Get started with Bash programming

Learn how to write custom programs in Bash to automate your repetitive tasks. Download our new eBook to get started.

We don't make software for free, we make it for freedom

15 years of Git: How to get started or learn something new

On Git's 15th anniversary, learn why it is a major component in keeping the software industry running.

How to set your $PATH variable in Linux

Telling your Linux shell where to look for executable files is easy, and something everyone should be able to do.

Get started with Bash scripting for sysadmins

Learn the commands and features that make Bash one of the most powerful shells available.

How Linux got to be Linux: Test driving 1993-2003 distros

Access control lists and external drives on Linux: What you need to know

Learn how to use external drives correctly on Linux.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

4 Mar 2021

5 must-have Linux media players

Thanks for reminding me of this great media player! I was a fan of it but with Amarok shipping by default on my distro, I kept defaulting to it. But Sayonara is great; maybe I'll do an article about it sometime.

https://sayonara-player.com

sethkenlon

25 Feb 2021

Use anacron for a better crontab

Great point. There are so many, sometimes subtle, ways to make Linux work better and faster for you.