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 100+ Contributions Club Columnist Contributor Club Author

Authored Content

Navigating the Bash shell with pushd and popd

Pushd and popd are the fastest navigational commands you've never heard of.

5 tools to support distributed sysadmin teams

Navigating the filesystem with relative paths at the command line

Learn the difference between absolute and relative paths and how to use them, and save yourself a lot of time and potential trouble.

Understanding file paths and how to use them in Linux

If you're used to drag-and-drop environments, then file paths may be frustrating. Learn here how they work, and some basic tricks to make using them easier.

Bash aliases you can’t live without

Tired of typing the same long commands over and over? Do you feel inefficient working on the command line? Bash aliases can make a world of difference.

3 commands to reboot Linux (plus 4 more ways to do it safely)

Learn how to reboot Linux through many different methods, from the GUI to deep within the command line.

Linux kernel source code (C) in Visual Studio Code

Introduction to GNU Autotools

If you're not using Autotools yet, this tutorial will change the way you deliver your code.

Authored Comments

sethkenlon

3 Nov 2020

5 reasons to use Linux in 2020

I suggest you give Linux as a desktop a fair go. Like any change from one OS to another, it takes some getting used to at first, but it quickly starts to feel natural, and then you start to notice all the cool things Linux does that the others don't, and then you're spoilt. Desktop Linux is a wonderful place to be; I can't imagine using anything else.

sethkenlon

26 Oct 2020

5 open source tools I can't live without

I hadn't heard of tmate or ix, so thanks for those! The pomodoro technique is intriguing to me. I might try it.

This is a great list, thanks!