Print double-sided documents at home with this simple Bash script
We have a laser printer at home. This Hewlett Packard LaserJet Pro CP1525nw Color Printer is an older model, but it has been a great workhorse that prints reliably and in color. I put it on our home network a few years ago using our Raspberry Pi as a print server. read...
How to set up a remote school environment for kids with Linux
COVID-19 has suddenly thrown all of us into a new and challenging situation. Many of us are now working full-time from home, and for a lot of us (especially people who aren’t used to working remotely), this is taking some getting used to. read...
Use Emacs Org mode to easily create LaTeX documents
LaTeX is a powerful system, especially for writing scientific and technical documents. But writing documents in LaTeX can be confusing because you need to know a lot of commands, and your text is littered with backslashes, curly braces, and other syntax distractions. But being productive as a writer requires that you focus on the text’s content instead of how it looks. Fortunately, the GNU Emacs Org mode extension makes it easy...
Eclipse's Theia released, missing KubeCon, and more industry trends
As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are five of my and their favorite articles from that update. read...
5 tips for working from home from a veteran remotee
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and its rapid development, we are all being called to take protective and preventative measures, including avoiding social contact as much as possible. Events are canceled, trips are postponed, and companies are asking their employees to work from home. It’s an exceptional situation for everyone, as remote work cultures with distributed teams are being introduced overnight. Many companies are...
