Category Archives: How-To

Linux Command Line Gold

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Peter Loshin

There’s nothing like a command line for when you need to get things done. Here are some resources (maybe repeats from years past?) that can give you an edge when you’re looking for a fast and efficient way to do … Continue reading →

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Choosing an open source text editor

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Peter Loshin

For many programmers, their first “real” program was some kind of a text editor. For some, it was an exercise in a programming class, or else an exercise in creating their first real, personalized, tool that worked the way the … Continue reading →

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My Free Logo Adventure

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Peter Loshin

It’s more than just turtles these days with heavy-duty Logo. Continue reading →

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Good advice about backups

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Peter Loshin

There are many approaches to doing backups. Unfortunately, most of them are some variation of "it’s too much trouble". But even if you are doing backups, this article reminds us that Your backup is only as good as your last … Continue reading →

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Command line-fu from Foogazi

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Peter Loshin

You only really get better at the command line by using the command line, so it might seem counter-intuitive to write about 10 Linux Commands You Probably Don’t Use. If you don’t use the command line, there’s a lot more … Continue reading →

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More Linux Tips from IBM

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Peter Loshin

There are good reasons so many Linux wizards like, no, LOVE the command line. If you know what you’re doing, it can be way faster and easier to use than fiddling around with mouse pointers and windows and so on. … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Unix Toolbox?

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Peter Loshin

Unix Toolbox is not for newbies. It’s the real stuff: command line commands that you need if you’re doing real work with real systems. Want to set disk quotas? Change MySQL logins? Set file permission? Encrypt partitions? All those questions, … Continue reading →

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Make your own dancing GIFs, with Open Source Software

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Peter Loshin

This, Making Animated GIFs With Free Software in Four Steps, is just the kind of "howto" article that I like best: it explains what you’re trying to do, tells you just enough to do it, and gives a couple of … Continue reading →

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Linux on Little Laptops

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Peter Loshin

Got an old laptop? I do: it’s about ten years old and almost ludicrously out of date. A Sony Vaio with 192Mb of RAM and a 5Gb hard drive. I’ve also got a brand new laptop, the Asus Eee PC. … Continue reading →

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This is what computing is all about

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Peter Loshin

One key–but unstated–objective of commercial operating systems (that is, Windows and Mac) is to make using a computer like using a car. The idea is to hide all the messy technology bits. The problem with that approach is that the … Continue reading →

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