Chris Mospaw

Shutter

By Chris Mospaw | February 5, 2018 |

Programmers frequently need an easy way to do various screen shots. Shutter is an easy way to do various screen shots on Linux.

Git

By Chris Mospaw | February 5, 2018 |

If you deal with files, especially code, you need a way to track those files when they’re created, changed, and even removed. Git does it better than any VCS out there.

Beaver Builder

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

If WordPress makes it a breeze to create the web site you want, Beaver Builder turns it into a Hurricane: more powerful and much faster.

MySQL

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

MySQL is the database that makes so many web sites possible. PHP might power the web, but MySQL is usually right behind there providing the data necessary for today’s web sites.

WordPress

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

More than 25% of all web sites are powered through WordPress, which is written in PHP. That includes this site.

PHP

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

PHP: It started as some C programs for a personal home page more than 20 years ago, and the Internet wouldn’t be the same without it.

Over the years, PHP’s demise has been predicted, but it’s really stronger than ever.

Libre Office

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

Microsoft Office might be ubiquitous, but there are excellent alternatives. And when Linux is your primary OS, Office is not the best choice.

Markdown

By Chris Mospaw | February 4, 2018 |

Markdown isn’t a program, but a way of formatting text that makes writing a breeze. I’ve been writing pretty much everything in Markdown for years, and I’m not gonna stop any time soon.