Linux Voice Introduction
Linux Voice Introduction
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This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
Automation is supposed to be the whole point of computers, right? Or at least that is what the futurists of the past used to say. Users today are still keen on automation. Whether you long for a self-driving car or a Raspberry Pi that waters your plants, the convenience of automation has a universal appeal. You can look for a ready-made program that automates a task, or you can write a custom script yourself. Is there another option? Of course. Just is an easy command runner application that lets you define a task you wish to automate in a simple declarative file without a lot of programming. We look at Just in this month's Linux Voice. Also inside: explore the Zellij terminal multiplexer and set up a virtual environment to experiment with the GRUB 2 boot manager.
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