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AUG 13, 2026 · 4 MIN · books · ai · learning · knowledge

Reading Books Matters More Now Than Ever

I might open it looking for that same command and end up reading the few pages before it. Those pages explain something I wasn't looking for. Maybe there's another command that does something similar. Maybe there's a warning about an option I was about to use. Maybe I realize the command I came looking for wasn't really the thing I needed to understand in the first place.

An open technical book drawn as a branching knowledge map, with green paths leading from a search toward unexpected discoveries and questions.↗
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AUG 12, 2026 · 3 MIN · linux · distros · fedora · arch · ubuntu

Just Use Linux, Distros Are Personal Preference

If you learn how to inspect processes with `ps`, kill them with `kill`, check interfaces with `ip`, or connect to another machine using `ssh`, those skills don't suddenly disappear when you boot Fedora.

Several abstract distribution paths converging on one Linux terminal core before branching into shared system skills.↗
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AUG 11, 2026 · 1 MIN · linux

I Still Google Linux Commands

I write about Linux. I've written books about Linux. I use Linux pretty much every day. And I still Google Linux commands.

A Linux user at a terminal connected by a green path to a manual, search tool, and AI assistant.↗