Choosing the perfect Linux distribution that satisfies your personal needs and likings can be an impossible task, and oftentimes requires a hint of Stockholm syndrome as compromise. In extreme cases, ...

At the Geek Ranch we recently made a decision to implement some software in Python. Or, more accurately, I decided and there was no disagreement. Then Python gets picked as the best scripting language ...

What’s the difference between programming and scripting anyway? There are a billion variations of this question posted across the internet and the answer is not always as simple as it might seem. The ...

If you write code for Linux systems, chances are you will have used the venerable GNU Debugger (GDB). Acting as a back end for many GUIs and the interface to various JTAG debugging tools in the ...

Part of the point in presenting small, hack-minded tutorials a la “Edit an Image in Python” or “Send an Email from Python” is that some subset of readers who actually follow the steps will wind up ...