Dave Neary

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Lyon, France

Dave Neary is a member of the Open Source and Standards team at Red Hat, helping make Open Source projects important to Red Hat be successful. Dave has been around the free and open source software world, wearing many different hats, since sending his first patch to the GIMP in 1999.

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Authored Content

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The life-changing magic of git rebase -i

Make everyone think you write perfect code the first time (and make your patches easier to review and merge).

How has open source changed your life?

Advance your awk skills with two easy tutorials

Go beyond one-line awk scripts with mail merge and word counting.

How to find files in Linux

3 useful things you can do with the IP tool in Linux

Here's how to use the IP tool to quickly and easily find your IP address, display your routing table, and more.

How Linux got to be Linux: Test driving 1993-2003 distros

Did you know Linux is in your TV?

Learn about these four important places you'll find Linux.

All Things Open speaker support 'office hours' start today

6 pivotal moments in open source history

Here's how open source developed from a printer jam solution at MIT to a major development model in the tech industry today.

System statistics with sar and the /proc filesystem

Bash prompt tips and tricks

Here are a few hidden treasures you can use to customize your Bash prompt.

Authored Comments

7 May 2020

The life-changing magic of git rebase -i

Thank you! I tried in Inkscape, but doodling on post-it notes ended up being faster :-)

7 May 2020

The life-changing magic of git rebase -i

That works, but I find rebase -i works pretty well for balancing regular sync points and clean PRs. Thanks for the feedback!