Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

Developers working with graphical programming languages point and click to build software from prefabricated modules. We look at five free visual programming development environments.

You can always browse the Bash history using your arrow keys, but Bash's search capabilities are very limited. Enter the clever Bash History Suggest Box.

The fish shell provides many features that rival the well-known Bash. We examine some highlights.

The Elasticsearch full-text search engine quickly finds expressions even in huge text collections. With a few tricks, you can even locate photos that have been shot in the vicinity of a reference image.

The Go programming language combines type safety with manageable syntax and an extensive library. We take you through a programming example.

A couple of utilities and a dash of Bash scripting are all you need to roll out a simple yet flexible text expander.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.