Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

What’s the difference between programming and scripting anyway? There are a billion variations of this question posted across the internet and the answer is not always as simple as it might seem. The ...

To be fair, most criticism of systemd doesn't really get to where its design would be at issue. A large proportion of the criticism is based on the role of Lennart Poettering in systemd development ...

Xonsh, now in development, provides a shell that combines the Python language with features of Bash Unix and the fish and zsh shells. Pronounced “conch,” the tool works with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS ...

This native speaker of English tends to leave canonically-uncapitalized names uncapitalized at the start of sentences. The name 'systemd' is canonically uncapitalized, so I write sentences about ...