Mastering Linux with Tips and Tricks

Collection of Blog posts for Mastering Linux. This section covers the basics of manipulating and formatting dates with GNU Date or in Bash, tuning sysctl, common sudo and tty errors, Ubuntu tips and news, and more.

updated Sep 2020

Mastering Mac with Tips and Tricks

Collection of Blog posts for Mastering your Mac through a terminal. This section covers the basics of upgrading bash on macOS, configuring your Mac apps from the command line, flushing DNS, and more.

updated Sep 2020

Mastering Windows with Tips and Tricks

Collection of Blog posts for Mastering Windows. This section covers topics from Windows WSL to legacy Windows XP and Batch scripting content.

updated Sep 2020

What's New in GNU Bash 5?

Bash version 5 is generally available and comes with some important improvements and new features like BASH_ARGV0, EPOCHSECONDS, and EPOCHREALTIME.

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Bind 9.5.0 - Patch dlz MySQL 5 for Auto Reconnect

Legacy post addressing connectivity issue from a Bind 9 server with the dlz MySQL driver to a MySQL 5 backend server. This post provides appropriate patch for the given software versions.

updated Sep 2020