Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen.com.
If you’re considering writing a script that requires downloading (or uploading) files over a network, one of your best friends will be the curl command.
Jack Wallen introduces you to a Linux command that can automatically execute a program repeatedly, so you can easily monitor the output for troubleshooting.
If you’ve ever wanted an easy means of routing contacts directly to voicemail, that want has become a reality with the latest release of the Google stock Contacts app.
If you’ve been wishing you could connect your Android device to your Linux desktop, your wish is about to come true. Jack Wallen shows you how to get Android and the GNOME DE talking.
Ubuntu 18.04 makes it simple to enable remote desktop sharing, which should only be turned on when in use. This how-to walks you through how to set it up and connect to the remote desktop.
Jack Wallen shows you how to give your Ubuntu 18.04 desktop a boost in privacy by setting up the automatic removal of temporary files and the cleaning of Trash.
Jack Wallen shows you a handy Linux trick that can go a long way to prevent you from losing precious command line work due to questionable network connections to your remote servers.
Reply quickly to email with Gmail’s Canned Responses. This feature, similar to Templates, allows you to give a thought out, pre-written response so that you can instantly reply while on-the-go.
