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Awk by Example, Part 1

An intro to the great language with the strange name

User:Drobbins Awk by Example, Part 2 command unix variables print space
Awk by Example, Part 2

Records, loops, and arrays

User:Drobbins Awk by Example, Part 3 Awk by Example, Part 1 command unix variables print space
Awk by Example, Part 3

String functions and ... checkbooks?

User:Drobbins Awk by Example, Part 2 command unix variables print space gsub
Bash by Example, Part 1

Fundamental programming in the Bourne again shell (bash)

User:Drobbins Bash by Example, Part 2
Bash by Example, Part 2

More bash programming fundamentals

User:Drobbins Bash by Example, Part 3 Bash by Example, Part 1
Bash by Example, Part 3

Exploring the ebuild system

Few people know that the original version of Portage was an evolution of a simple script that I wrote for a bash tutorial. Here's the article that contains the first version of ebuild! Learn how to script by creating a minimal build script.

User:Drobbins Bash by Example, Part 2
BTRFS Fun
Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 1

Journaling and ReiserFS

User:Drobbins Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 2
Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 2

Using ReiserFS and Linux

User:Drobbins Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 3 Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 1
Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 3

Tmpfs and Bind Mounts

User:Drobbins Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 4 Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 2
Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 4

Introducing Ext3

User:Drobbins Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 5 Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 3
Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 5

Ext3 in Action

User:Drobbins Funtoo Filesystem Guide, Part 4
GUID Booting Guide User:Drobbins GPT GUID UEFI EFI Linux Funtoo Gentoo
Learning Linux LVM, Part 1

Storage management magic with Logical Volume Management

User:Drobbins Learning Linux LVM, Part 2
Learning Linux LVM, Part 2

The cvs.gentoo.org upgrade

In this article, Daniel shares his experiences converting cvs.gentoo.org's /home filesystem to an LVM logical volume. After the transition, we get to see the benefits of LVM when cvs.gentoo.org's /home partition is dynamically resized in real-time, without rebooting, unmounting /home, or even droppi

User:Drobbins Learning Linux LVM, Part 1
Libvirt User:A-schaefers
Linux Fundamentals, Part 1 User:Drobbins Linux Fundamentals, Part 2
Linux Fundamentals, Part 2 User:Drobbins Linux Fundamentals, Part 3 Linux Fundamentals, Part 1
Linux Fundamentals, Part 3 User:Drobbins Linux Fundamentals, Part 4 Linux Fundamentals, Part 2
Linux Fundamentals, Part 4 User:Drobbins Linux Fundamentals, Part 3
LVM Fun
Making the Distribution, Part 1

Each of us has a story to tell about our experiences with Linux. This is Daniel Robbins' Linux story. In this first of three articles, he talks about how he became a Stampede Linux developer, and why he eventually left Stampede to start his own distribution called Enoch.

User:Drobbins Making the Distribution, Part 2
Making the Distribution, Part 2

In his previous article, Daniel Robbins told the story of how he became a Stampede Linux developer and why he eventually left Stampede to start the Enoch Linux distribution. In this go-round he lets you in on the strange events that happened after the Enoch development team discovered a little-known

User:Drobbins Making the Distribution, Part 3 Making the Distribution, Part 1
Making the Distribution, Part 3

This article concludes his story -- about how he ended up creating his own distribution called Gentoo Linux. He wraps up the series by telling how he left the Linux world to move to FreeBSD, and then came back to the Linux world, restarting Gentoo Linux development with a fresh perspective. In addit

User:Drobbins Making the Distribution, Part 2
Maximum Swappage

Getting the most out of swap

Learn how to improve the swap performance on your Linux server by several orders of magnitude. Author Daniel Robbins takes you through this quick tip on getting the most from your server.

User:Drobbins
On screen annotation

Write on top of apps on your screen

There are many occasions where you might want to draw something on your screen. Most commonly, during a presentation. LibreOffice Impress, and other presentation software, has a pen built into the presenter mode which enables you to draw on slides. But what if you want to show a programming example,

User:Dan-erik annotation drawing screen overlay
OpenSSH Key Management, Part 1

Understanding RSA/DSA Authentication

In this series, you'll learn how RSA and DSA authentication work, and see how to set up passwordless authentication the right way. In the first article of the series, Daniel Robbins focuses on introducing the RSA and DSA authentication protocols and showing you how to get them working over the netwo

User:Drobbins OpenSSH Key Management, Part 2
OpenSSH Key Management, Part 2

Introducing ssh-agent and keychain

Many developers use the excellent OpenSSH as a secure, encrypted replacement for the venerable telnet and rsh commands. One of OpenSSH's more intriguing features is its ability to authenticate users using the RSA and DSA authentication protocols, which are based upon a pair of complementary numerica

User:Drobbins OpenSSH Key Management, Part 3 OpenSSH Key Management, Part 1
OpenSSH Key Management, Part 3

Agent Forwarding

In this third article in a series, Daniel Robbins shows you how to take advantage of OpenSSH agent connection forwarding to enhance security. He also shares recent improvements to the keychain shell script.

User:Drobbins OpenSSH Key Management, Part 2
Partition Planning Tips

Keeping things organized on disk

Organizing your partitions correctly can be fun and rewarding. This collection of tips will help you to use those sectors wisely.

User:Drobbins
Partitioning in Action, Part 1

Moving /home

In this new series of tips, Daniel Robbins shows you how to change partition layout on a running system. He'll also cover several tricks of the trade to minimize downtime and avoid making costly mistakes. In this particular tip, he'll show you how to move /home to another partition.

User:Drobbins Partitioning in Action, Part 2
Partitioning in Action, Part 2

Consolidating data

In this second tip on changing partition layout on a running system, Daniel Robbins shows you how to move /tmp and /var to their own shared partition. He also covers several tricks of the trade to minimize downtime and avoid making costly mistakes.

User:Drobbins Partitioning in Action, Part 1
POSIX Threads Explained, Part 1

A simple and nimble tool for memory sharing

POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) threads are a great way to increase the responsiveness and performance of your code. In this series, Daniel Robbins shows you exactly how to use threads in your code. A lot of behind-the-scenes details are covered, so by the end of this series you'll reall

User:Drobbins POSIX Threads Explained, Part 2
POSIX Threads Explained, Part 2

POSIX threads are a great way to increase the responsiveness and performance of your code. In this second article of a three-part series, Daniel Robbins shows you how to protect the integrity of shared data structures in your threaded code by using nifty little things called mutexes.

User:Drobbins POSIX Threads Explained, Part 3 POSIX Threads Explained, Part 1
POSIX Threads Explained, Part 3

Improve efficiency with condition variables

In this article, the last of a three-part series on POSIX threads, Daniel takes a good look at how to use condition variables. Condition variables are POSIX thread structures that allow you to "wake up" threads when certain conditions are met. You can think of them as a thread-safe form of signallin

User:Drobbins POSIX Threads Explained, Part 2
Sed by Example, Part 1 User:Drobbins Sed by Example, Part 2
Sed by Example, Part 2 User:Drobbins Sed by Example, Part 3 Sed by Example, Part 1
Sed by Example, Part 3 User:Drobbins Sed by Example, Part 2
Successful booting with UUID

Guide to use UUID for consistent booting.

Guide to use UUID for consistent booting.

User:Dutch-master UUID kernel boot-process
The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 1

A site reborn

Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the www.gentoo.org Web site in March 2001, using technologies lik

User:Drobbins The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 2
The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 2

The Documentation System

Have you ever woken up in the morning to the realization that your personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the www.gentoo.org Web site in March 2001, using technologies like XML, XSLT,

User:Drobbins The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 3 The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 1
The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 3

The New Main Pages

Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the www.gentoo.org Web site in March 2001, using technologies lik

User:Drobbins The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 4 The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 2
The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 4

The Final Touch of XML

Have you ever woken up one morning and suddenly realized that your cute little personal development Web site isn't really that great? If so, you're in good company. In this series, Daniel Robbins shares his experiences as he redesigns the Gentoo Linux Web site in March 2001, using technologies like

User:Drobbins The Gentoo.org Redesign, Part 3
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Windows 10 Virtualization with KVM User:Drobbins