The other day, as I was going through some of my old notes, I stumbled upon something I had written about the console, the terminal and the shell on Unix-like operating systems. I have decided to rewrite these notes in order to share them here on my website. So without further ado we will now stroll down memory lane and take a quick look at the origins of the Unix terminal and shell. And I will also give my advice to new users on Linux or BSD regarding the choice of terminal emulator and shell.
For many years I have been advocating passionately against the so-called "modern web" as it is really nothing more than a poor excuse for not using your brain and instead following the hype and trends of stuffing web applications with unneeded JavaScript and slow and crappy frameworks. But now the time has come when soon the "modern web" will finally die. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/future-prediction-the-so-called-modern-web-will-die-soon.html
In my previous article "Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD", in the License problems section, I very briefly addressed one of the problems with the GPL license. I have since received a few emails asking for elaboration on the subject, which is what I will try to do in this article. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-problems-with-the-gpl.html
In this tutorial we're going to take a look at setting up full disk encryption on the Artix Linux base system using GRUB for both a BIOS/MBR based setup and a UEFI based setup. While the choice to install in UEFI mode is encouraging, vendor UEFI implementations still carry more bugs than their BIOS/MBR counterparts. You are advised to do a search relating to your particular motherboard model before proceeding. Contrary to "modern" advice I still haven't found any compelling reason to use UEFI ye
In 2020 Laurent Bercot, the developer of the s6 init tools, was contacted by a recruiter at Google. He wrote an answer which he made public. That answer deserves to be spread far and wide. I present the answer here as a direct copy from the original. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/this-is-how-you-keep-your-dignity-and-not-sell-your-soul.html
systemd is an example of the extreme manifestation of low quality software in the area of system programming. This is because complexity is a very important factor that controls both the creation and defeat of errors, including security related errors. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/code-has-to-be-simplified-until-it-becomes-absolutely-correct.html
So, you normally do pip install foo, or composer install foo, or npm install foo, or perhaps go get foo, and you never read the source code of the package you just pulled down? Well guess what, that's one (almost) sure way to blow up your project! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/are-you-trusting-open-source-blindly-then-you-are-in-for-a-world-of-hurt.html
Are you a JavaScript framework or library fan-boy? One of those frontend developers who cannot figure out how to build a website without completely smothering and drowning everything in JavaScript? Well, if you are, let me share a JavaScript nightmare with you! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/javascript-malware-infested-nightmare.html
