Download Squad wrote another excellent article debunking some of the most common myths surrounding Linux. My favorite myth from the list is debunked below:
Linux won’t allow you to watch your favorite video files.
False. Out of the box many Linux distributions have so-so support for common video formats but, did you know there are open […]
With goodbye-microsoft.com, trying out Debian is very easy. After you download the image, all you need to do is restart and you will be using a “live” version of Debain. You will not be able to install it to your hard disk, but you will be able to give Debian a test drive. […]
Download Squad has posted an article introducing Ubuntu and several tips about setting up Ubuntu. The article makes the argument for trying Ubuntu instead of shelling out the money for Windows Vista.
What about those of us who’ve had it up to here with Windows XP but also aren’t ready to spend tons of cash […]
If you have a webcam sitting around, a great alternative use for it is to turn it into a security camera. Having a security camera in your house, office, or apartment can provide numerous benefits. This guide is for beginners who have no experience in setting up webcam security cameras. I will show you how […]
The following are beginners instructions on how to install Apache2, PHP5, MySQL, and PHPMyAdmin in one swoop. I tried to simplify the process as much as possible. This should work for all distributions (although I have only tested it on Ubuntu). Copy and paste the following command into a terminal:
apt-get install […]
Amaya is a browser developed by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). For those of you who don’t know, the W3C creates the standards for web development. Amaya is a browser developed specifically for web developers. It has a ton of features including an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that allows developers to write […]
For years I never knew how to combine multiple PDFs into one PDF file without the use of Adobe Professional. However, this can be done and can be done in Linux very very easily and of course, for free.
This process requires you to install two packages: Ghostscript and PDFtk. These packages are widely […]
In the past, it wouldn’t be uncommon for me to have upwards of ten terminal instances open for each file I was editing with Vim. However, with the recent release of Vim 7.0 a major annoyance has been remedied - Vim now supports the use of tabs. Now you can edit all of […]
Chmod is a terminal command that often goes unused by new users. Chmod is short for “change mode” and according to the manual page:
chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for […]
How to Linux has accumulated a list of over 300 Linux tutorials covering practically every Linux concept in one way or another. Amongst many other topics, some of the more relevant topics include: ACPI, Apache, PHP, SSL, Printing, Fonts, GNOME, KDE, Java, the kernel, MP3s, and Scanners. This looks to be a good […]
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