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\author{Kenneth John Odle}
\title{
 {\Huge the codex} \\
 {\footnotesize Life with Linux — A Zine \\
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 Typeset in \LaTeX{} \\
 Issue \#004}
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\section*{Impressum}
All contents  \copyright2023 Kenneth John Odle

Although this is now in your hands, and it's also on the web, so if you really wanted to steal this, I've made it pretty darn easy. I can't imagine why anyone would want to, though. However, you don't need to, because this is licenced under a CC BY-NA-SA 4.0 Creative Commons license. More information is at \href{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/}{\texttt{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/}} \includegraphics[scale=0.30]{ncsa4-0}

FYI, this is made in \LaTeX \,using the report document class. It then gets exported to a letterhalf (5.5 in x 8.5 in) pdf, which then gets made into a booklet using PDF Booklet (\kref{https://pdfbooklet.sourceforge.io/wordpress/}{https://pdfbooklet.sourceforge.io/word\\press/}).

The image of Linus Torvalds on the front cover is courtesy JericoDelayah from the WikiMedia Commons. The image is from \kref{https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4_RETAT_04_Linus_Torvalds.jpg}{https://commons.wiki\\media.org/wiki/File:4\_RETAT\_04\_Linus\_Torvalds.jpg} where you can also find a link to the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license there, as well.

I'm pushing this to my own git server as I write this. You can find it \href{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/the-codex}{here}: \texttt{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/the-codex}. New issues will be pushed after they are complete.

You can just skip over all the diversions in here if you want. It's just how my mind works. (And yes, there will be politics in this. \textit{You have been warned.}) Also, I use a lot of em-dashes, parentheses, and footnotes because that is also how my mind works. It's just one big long stream of consciousness up in here most days.

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\noindent \textbf{Errata:} To err is human, to document those errors is divine. A list of errata can be found at \kref{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/the-codex/wiki/Errata}{https://git.kjodle.net/kjodle/the-codex/wiki/Err\\ata}.

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\noindent \textbf{Credit where credit is due:} A lot of people have come forth (mostly from Reddit) to help me out in various ways. See the preamble to this document in the source code to see them. One aspect of our society is that nobody \textit{has} to help you. It is wonderful when it happens, and I am grateful for their help.


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\chapter{The Final Salad Days}

\section{College, 2008}

Bush II decided to tank the economy for ordinary people so that rich people could get richer.\footnote{This is the second of three "once in a lifetime" recessions I have lived through. Yay, capitalism!} I decided to go back into teaching (which, thanks to current conservative political policies\footnote{Along with the asshole behavior of parents who approve of those policies.} there will always be a demand for), which meant I needed to go back to college to renew my teaching license. But this is a whole other story for which I have run out of space, so it will have to go in a future issue.

\section{Today}

\chapter{Math in \LaTeX{} with \texttt{align} and \texttt{array}}

\chapter{Searching your Bash History}

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-shell-history-search-command/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-bash-history-commands-and-expansions-on-a-linux-vps

https://superuser.com/questions/7414/how-can-i-search-the-bash-history-and-rerun-a-command

https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html\#Bindable-Readline-Commands

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7131670/make-a-bash-alias-that-takes-a-parameter

https://tecadmin.net/how-to-create-bash-aliases-with-parameters/

\chapter{What's to Like About Linux}

\section{bash Aliases for \texttt{git}}

\chapter{The Right Ways vs The Wrong Ways}

\chapter{More about those folders in \texttt{root}}

\chapter{Coda}

\section{What I Learned About \LaTeX{} While Creating This Issue}

\subsection{Page Count using \texttt{detex}}

\subsection{How to Create Macros}

\section{What I learned About \LaTeX{} While Creating Something Else}

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