Send desktop notifications and reminders from Linux terminal
Sometimes it’s useful to get visual feedback from a script. For example, when a script or cron job completes, a long-running build fails, or there is an urgent problem during script execution. Desktop applications can do this with popup notifications, but it can be done from a script too! You can use script commands to send yourself desktop notifications and reminders. read more Powered by...
Create bookmarks for your PDF with pdftk
In introducing pdftk-java, I explained how I use the pdftk-java command to make quick, often scripted, modifications to PDF files. read more Powered by...
5 ways to learn the C programming language in 2022
I am proficient in several programming languages, but my favorite has to be C. Developed in the 1970s as a systems programming language, C remains one of the most popular programming languages in 2021. If you’d like to explore several features of the C programming language, start with these popular articles from the last year: Short option parsing using getopt in C read more Powered by...
10 Git tutorials to level up your open source skills in 2022
Git is an indispensable part of the code-sharing development workflow. Be you a beginner or an expert, this powerful version control system is the first thing you are expected to learn when working with open source code. You don’t need to know everything under the sun when it comes to Git, but knowing specific hacks makes sharing your code a lot easier on platforms like GitLab, so you can collaborate with developers far and...
5 tips for learning a new programming language in 2022
Anyone can get started in programming. We all started somewhere, and you don’t need to have a computer science background to learn to code. That’s the power of Linux and open source—anyone can learn a bit of coding. If you want to learn a new programming language, we have several great articles to get you started. Below are a few of our most popular articles to help you. read more Powered by...
13 examples of how DevOps facilitated transformation in 2021
2021 has been an exciting year for DevOps as teams continue to adjust to remote and hybrid working models. The DevOps articles that made our most-read list this year show how our community focuses on tools, innovation, best practices, and transformation. read more Powered by...
