It's literally three commands:

1. i to insert text
2. Escape to not insert text
3. ZZ to save and exit

An old girlfriend once asked me if she could write a website. This came out of the blue - she had no experience with computers beyond installing Sims.

"Is it easy?", she asked.

I said "yes", then showed …

I started the entire path to Linux due to a single Windows Error message. My little netbook couldn't handle the massive book I was writing (pictures every two pages, tables and formatting galore, et c.). I needed a real PC.

A friend kindly gifted me her old computer parts. She handed me a plastic bad full of plastic …

Using a command-line interface allows all manner of expression that clicking a list of buttons could never achieve. But for all the nice tools in bash, the one I use most often to make my life easier is just sleep.

Want to shut down the computer and leave, but don't want to shut off the music just yet?

sleep 5m; sudo …

I love bash, but it's worse than it needs to be.

Earlier today I was updating a script, and had to create lines of text in a file.

It was working fine with echo, and using \\n to place a new line into what I made. However, on the server, this stopped working. Same script, same operating system, same updates, same …

Standard Linux

stat

Show file info.

1stat little_programs.md

1  File: little_programs.md
2  Size: 5277            Blocks: 16         IO Block: 4096   regular file
3Device: 805h/2053d      Inode: 6554954     Links: 1
4Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/   ghost)   Gid: ( 1000/   ghost)
5Access: 2022-02-21 …

Pronounced 'ark', this programme lets you send email from the terminal.

I wrestled with neomutt (another CLI email client) to send emails in the terminal, but the documentation presumed that everyone in the world already knew how to set up notmuch and understood basic email nonsense, and went straight into telling you …

These are some commands you can do from any Linux terminal. They all run through someone else's server, so any information you send will be visible to the owner.

Get the Current Weather

curl wttr.in

It's best to open the terminal full-screen here to see the full result.

You can also do a city. For some reason, the …

It's the little things that make me feel comfy.

Services are Simple

Systemd is fine, but I have to look up how to make a new unit file every time, and then input the path to the executable, which is generally some script I've written. With Void's runit, the service file is the script. There's nothing to learn or look …

Too much ASCII has been spilled debating about whether or not Arch Linux is worth the time, but I'd like to offer yet another way to judge the situation, starting with the cost.

Costs

• Starting Arch requires that you already know the basics of bash (or zsh). Playing about with a terminal in Ubuntu and following …