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by Mike Levin on December 15, 2011
That one virtuous way of which I speak of learning and mastering technology happens to be embracing Unix-like operating systems (including Linux), then stripping out as much as possible—including the GUI. My goal is teaching you the now-standard “plumbing” of most information systems on the planet, from the majority of supercomputers to the majority oh home [...]
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by Mike Levin on December 15, 2011
Want to run Linux Server? Here it is. Download, unzip and double-click it. It’ll pop up on your desktop. Scared of what you see? Then, just “X” out of it. No problem. If you lose your mouse pointer, press Ctrl+Alt to get it back (even on Mac). This is Levinux, my derivative distribution of Linux. [...]
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by Mike Levin on December 15, 2011
I’ve started various personal websites in the past, but none really turned into much. I never had a plan or a real direction. This time, I’m here to specifically teach you the Unix shell (more or less), the Python programming language, the vim text editor and the Mercurial revision control system—and how they work we [...]
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by Mike Levin on December 14, 2011
As a child, I loved science art equally. Somehow over the years, I ended up in marketing—perhaps because I hated school, and followed the path of least resistance too often. In marketing, I dealt with issues that intersected art and science (the Web made that more common) and solved some very tricky problems. In doing [...]
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by Mike Levin on December 14, 2011
I am going to teach you how to use cheap little under $100 mini-servers (a.k.a. PythonPlugs) as alternative to the cloud, on your way to achieving high-tech super-powers. You are not the master of your own fate unless you are also the master of your own hardware—not to say you shouldn’t use the cloud. I will [...]
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I am Mike Levin+, an Earned Media Optimizer, husband, daddy & Linux / Python hacker living on top of the hill on top of the island on top of the world. I put my stream-of-consciousness here in order to create greater commitment and consistency in pursuit of my goals.
