UPDATE: These notes below have also worked with Lubuntu on an old Samsung NC10 netbook. Lubuntu would not let me make files in the ‘Home’ directory, so I put the Microchip directory in ‘Samsung’, ...

I'm putting together a Linux From Scratch distruibution (I'm thinking of calling it "Eep!" linux) I have a LFS partition all set up and I have all the files I need for the distro on it and I Mkdir'ed ...

Bash is fairly easy to install, but using it is another matter. Here are some commands to help IT pros dip their toes in Bash. I have written quite a bit lately about the Bash shell that exists within ...

I had a MOST frustrating time (3 or 4 hours) trying to get the Arduino IDE running on a Linux home computer – actually, two computers, as I was getting nowhere on the first – although what I ...

Linux/Mac OS X: Command-line utility Autojump learns your most commonly used folders, and makes switching between them an easy task, requiring you to enter only part ...