Cloud, Linux Top List of Open-Source Skills Desired by Companies Nick Kolakowski, September 24, 2021 1 min read What kind of open-source skills do companies actually want technologists to possess? That’s a key question for...
Linux Certification: The Top Ones, the Difficulty, and the Benefits of a Certification Nathan Eddy, September 10, 2020 8 min read The rise of open cloud platforms is fostering a rise in demand for Linux specialists equipped with the right...
Visual Studio Code and Python: Getting Started David Bolton, June 1, 2020 6 min read Four years ago, Microsoft released an open-source cross-platform IDE called Visual Studio Code that became very...
Microsoft BUILD: Linux GUI Apps Coming to Windows 10 Dice Staff, May 21, 2020 4 min read Once upon a time, Microsoft loudly opposed anything open source. Former CEO Steve Ballmer once infamously referred to...
5 Reasons to Use a VM for Development David Bolton, August 21, 2019 8 min read I started using virtual machines (VMs) on my development PC about six years ago; I was keen to learn Linux, having...
Microsoft Bundles ‘New’ Terminal, Linux Kernel in Windows 10 Nate Swanner, May 8, 2019 4 min read Did you want a flashy Terminal with an opaque background and emojis? Were you itching for more Linux in Windows 10?...
Linux Engineer and Sysadmin Jobs Can Translate into Big Money Nick Kolakowski, January 23, 2019 3 min read If you’re on the hunt for a tech job that pays quite a bit of money, consider something Linux-centric. A new analysis...
Blast from the Past: Retrieving Old Game Source Code David Bolton, January 17, 2019 8 min read Way back in 1985, I created games on the ZX Spectrum/Timex and CBM-64. A friend and I set up a small software house,...
Hack Laptop Brings Linux to Desktop for Everyone Learning to Code Nate Swanner, January 11, 2019 3 min read If you have a pre-teen interested in coding, $300 in loose cash and $10/month to spend on a subscription service, the...
Systems Engineer Salary Rises Even Higher with Linux Experience Nick Kolakowski, November 13, 2018 2 min read Some companies treat “systems engineer” and “systems administrator” almost interchangeably, but there are...
