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MacOS doesn’t include an option in Finder to preview Jupyter Lab notebooks (.ipynb). There are several options but one of the quickest and simplest is to install ipynb-quicklook …

Python is a multi-paradigm interpreted programming language. pip manages packages from PyPI (the Python Package Index). PipEnv lets you create a virtual environment to run your application in isolation with the necessary libraries. Jupyter Lab is a web application that serves as a bridge between code and explanatory text. …

MacOS doesn’t include an option in Finder to preview Markdown files (.md). There are several solutions available, and one of the quickest and simplest is to install qlmarkdown …

In this post I describe how I set up this static blog “built” with jekyll and hosted on GitHub Pages. The source files are in the repository LuisPalacios.github.io. The site is finally configured on my domain: https://www.luispa.com …

GIT is a distributed, free and open-source version control system, designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It does not depend on a central repository; multiple users can install GIT and communicate with each other without going through a central server. The thing is that would be unmanageable, so “central (remote) servers or repositories” are very useful and necessary, the most famous being GitHub, GitLab and Gitea. …

The goal is to make X11 (X-Window) applications work “also” from root. Making them work from a regular user is straightforward, but then switching to root with su/sudo and having X11 work is not allowed in Linux. The X11 connection only belongs to the user you logged in with via SSH. …