See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Remember Xenix? Yeah, Microsoft tried to do Unix back in the day. Bill Gates even talked about it in Unix World magazine (circa 1985). But then they were all like, “Nah, forget Unix, we’re gonna make Windows NT!” 😅

It is almost the end of the year, and I’m going to rate programmers’ text editors, from best to worst. Without further ado, here we go:

01. vi (or vim)

02. See 01

Thank you for coming to my year-end TED talk.

“Last Xmas
I rsynced you my heart
And the very next day
rm -rf ~/heart
This year, to save me from tears
sudo chmod -r 000 ~/heart”

Perl will soon have a new logo. Perl has a rich history among Unix users, and at one time, it was the industry standard for writing scripts related to automation and other things. What do you think of this new logo? Do you like it?

More info here: https://perladvent.org/2024/2024-12-23.html

Google finally did it. Is it time to switch to Firefox? I believe users should be in control of what they can install and use on their desktop or laptop. There’s uBlock Origin Lite, which replaces the original uBlock Origin for Chrome and similar browsers. Give it a try.

HR: What do you think you do here?
Me: I’m the wizard keeping the digital realm from imploding. You’re welcome.
HR: No, as in your official role within the company.
Me: Job?
HR: What do we pay for?
Me: Ah, that. Linux Sysadmin. But ‘digital overlord’ has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Run a container inside another container! Linux nested virtualization lets you test complex setups, deploy apps easily, and even emulate AWS/GCP/Azure instances locally for fun and profit. See how to run Docker inside Incus containers