Which book is best for command line and shell noscripting?

I've been confused which one to read “The Linux Command Line, 2nd edition” for William Shotts or “Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, 3rd edition” for Richard Blum, so I would be grateful if anyone can help which one to read or if there is a better one.

P.S.

I have just finished “How Does Linux Work?” for Brian Ward

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OTPClient v2.0.0 is out!

After quite some development, OTPClient 2.0.0 has been released and is ready for you to use it :D

Changes compared to v1.5:

* add plain text import/export for andOTP
* add lock and auto-lock feature
* add CLI (currently supports list and show commands)
* support import/export of encrypted andOTP backups generated with version >=0.6.3
* this means that **from now on only versions 0.6.3 and greater** of andOTP will be supported for importing and exporting encrypted backups
* main view can now be sorted by account and/or issuer by just clicking on the column header
* QR code can now be added from clipboard too (supports both gnome and kde)

If you have any doubts, remember to read the wiki: [https://github.com/paolostivanin/OTPClient/wiki](https://github.com/paolostivanin/OTPClient/wiki)

And here the release page: [https://github.com/paolostivanin/OTPClient/releases/tag/v2.0.0](https://github.com/paolostivanin/OTPClient/releases/tag/v2.0.0)

openSUSE already has the update in the repo and the flatpak version will be updated in the next hours.

Enjoy it and, as always, remember to open an issue on github in case you should face problems or have questions or whatever :)

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QEMU 4.2.0 released
https://www.qemu.org/2019/12/13/qemu-4-2-0/

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The LibreOffice Documentation Team Announces the LibreOffice Online Guide
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/12/13/the-libreoffice-documentation-team-announces-the-libreoffice-online-guide/

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - December 13, 2019

Welcome to the weekend! This stickied thread is for you to post pictures of your ubuntu 2006 install disk, slackware floppies, on-topic memes or more.

When it's not the weekend, be sure to check out r/WildLinuxAppears or r/linuxmemes!

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Trying Out The Skia+Vulkan Powered LibreOffice 6.5 Development Build - Help Needed with Benchmarks
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Trying-LibreOffice-Vulkan-Skia

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Dual-GPU support follow-up: NVIDIA driver support
http://www.hadess.net/2019/12/dual-gpu-support-follow-up-nvidia.html

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Cockpit 209 — Cockpit Project
https://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-209.html

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New postmarketOS build infrastructure is powered by sourcehut builds
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2019/12/14/new-build-infra/

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Google Now Bans Some Linux Web Browsers From Their Services
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-bans-some-linux-web-browsers-from-their-services/

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CONFIG_ARCNET

Today i upgraded my kernel. While having a glance on some options in menuconfig before building, i stumbled upon this help text for the arcnet module:

> "If you have a network card of this type, say Y and check out the
> (arguably) beautiful poetry in
> <file:Documentation/networking/arcnet.txt>."

So i did check it out:

> " Since no one seems to listen to me otherwise, perhaps a poem will get your
> attention:
> This driver's getting fat and beefy,
> But my cat is still named Fifi.
>
> Hmm, I think I'm allowed to call that a poem, even though it's only two
> lines. Hey, I'm in Computer Science, not English. Give me a break.
>
> The point is: I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want to hear from you if
> you test this and get it working. Or if you don't. Or anything.
>
> ARCnet 0.32 ALPHA first made it into the Linux kernel 1.1.80 - this was
> nice, but after that even FEWER people started writing to me because they
> didn't even have to install the patch. <sigh>
>
> Come on, be a sport! Send me a success report!
>
> (hey, that was even better than my original poem... this is getting bad!)
>
>
> WARNING:
>
> If you don't e-mail me about your success/failure soon, I may be forced to
> start SINGING. And we don't want that, do we?
>
> (You know, it might be argued that I'm pushing this point a little too much.
> If you think so, why not flame me in a quick little e-mail? Please also
> include the type of card(s) you're using, software, size of network, and
> whether it's working or not.)"


[Instructions...]


> "If you don't understand that, you probably don't want to know anyway.
> E-mail me about your problem.
>
>
> I want to send money: what now?
>
> Go take a nap or something. You'll feel better in the morning."


Thus i had some funny stuff to read today.

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[Self Post] How Unix Works: Become a Better Software Engineer
https://neilkakkar.com/unix.html

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GitLab Doles Out Half a Million Bucks to White Hats

[https://threatpost.com/gitlab-doles-out-half-a-million-bucks-to-white-hats/151138/](https://threatpost.com/gitlab-doles-out-half-a-million-bucks-to-white-hats/151138/)

I'm not sure if this is the right place to dole this :)

But many of us here use GitLab and so I thought this might be of interest.

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Jonathon F removed his popular PPAs from public access due to continued and persistent abuse by companies for commercial gain
https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf

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Examples of programs that look better on Linux than on windows?



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"Dissecting linux kernel code" or "That syscall shouldn't give that error code!"
https://finnoleary.net/kernel-code.html

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This week in KDE: building up to something big
http://pointieststick.com/2019/12/14/this-week-in-kde-building-up-to-something-big/

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Package maintenance with limited technical skill

I've had a question that's bugged me for years: Can non-programmers maintain packages? I love using Linux, I love the distro(s) I use, but don't have much to offer. I'm not much of a coder, I only speak English (no translations for me!), and don't tend to be on the cutting edge of the software I use (even if I prefer rolling distros, I skew somewhat conservative in software selection for most of my system).

The way I see it, I have two options: Help users, which I try to do as much as I can, if mostly through Reddit, and packaging. I don't know, realistically, how far I can take packaging and maintenance with my current skillset, but after a decade, I feel lazy for not giving back as much as I can, even if it's admittedly little.

I'm not *averse* to learning to program, but I haven't been able to force myself to do it, either. I'll pick up some Euler problems with python for a bit, and go on to something else. I'm fairly competent at finding out what I need for more complicated bash noscripts and can sort of figure out how a given piece of code works, but my useful abilities and general willingness seem to stop there. I even like doing it, but can't seem to focus for a long enough period to get a single language well enough down to write seriously useful code outside of bash. I have a feeling I'm not alone in this, as well.

I wouldn't want to be a burden on more competent devs and maintainers in a given distro or upstream, but I want to help where I can. I also understand that patching will be needed on occasion, and as of right now I am unable to extend the functionality of any software.

Is it a good idea for somebody in my position to maintain packages? Would it be too much headache for a project I want to contribute to?

I use Void and Arch mostly, which have simpler packaging systems, but I'm also curious about more more complicated packaging systems like Debian or RPM distros.

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Ten Years Past GNOME's 10x10 Goal, The Linux Desktop Is Still Far From Having A 10% Marketshare
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-10x10-After-10

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TouchCursor style keyboard remapping for Linux
https://github.com/donniebreve/touchcursor-linux

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An Epiphany regarding Purebrowser – Purism
https://puri.sm/posts/an-epiphany-regarding-purebrowser/

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