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Mar
29
Free CSS Editors
March 29, 2007 | 184 Comments
Style sheets are a very powerful tool for the Web site developer. They give you the chance to be completely consistent with the look and feel of your pages, while giving you much more control over the layout and design than straight HTML ever did. We’ve come up with a list of FREE CSS Editors […]
Mar
27
Scheduling for Absolute Beginners
March 27, 2007 | 11 Comments
Linux scheduling is done via a program called cron. Cron is a system program that is running all the time and is similar to the Windows scheduler which allows you to run commands/programs at predefined times and intervals. To find out if it’s running do the following:
$ ps aux | grep crond
root […]
Mar
25
Tools and Services we may never use again
March 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Can you think of other tools or services that are vanishing quickly?
Archie: Archie was used to search for information stored on FTP servers and is now no longer in operation; this Web page is for historical interest only
Gopher: The Internet Gopher Protocol; a distributed document
search and retrieval protocol; describes this protocol used for
presenting Internet […]
Mar
25
Remote Desktop for Linux - Reloaded
March 25, 2007 | 8 Comments
My first article on remote desktop became popluar among Linux users
and some Windows people as well. I received many comments on what I had missed from the short list I had compiled. Therefore, I’ve written this updated article that contains additional remote desktop apps that can be used for Linux to Linux / […]
Mar
22
Ubuntu Q&A for Absolute Beginners
March 22, 2007 | 10 Comments
Instead of writing a long boring article, I thought why not list the solutions in a simple Q&A format? The following is a list of random but basic solutions for Ubuntu beginners.
Q) Should I install Ubuntu or Redhat or Suse or something else, please advise?!
A) Ubuntu is probably best if you’re an absolute newbie. […]
Mar
22
/proc For Linux Newbies - Part 1
March 22, 2007 | 2 Comments
In this article I will talk about /proc which should be of interest to Linux newbies. I spent a couple of hours using “cat” to find system information. This is really slick. It’s much easier and much quicker than the wizards Windows uses. Just open a bash shell, su to root, […]
Mar
21
25 of the Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Only a few weeks away from April 15!? And you didn’t do your taxes? Maybe that’s a good thing, because you should definitely read this before you get it done. The following is a list of 25 deductions you can make to pay less to the Tax man. Keep in mind that some or all of […]
Mar
21
How to change your hostname
March 21, 2007 | 6 Comments
While the /etc/hosts file is generally the first to come to mind when you think about changing the name of a Unix system, modifying this file is only one step in the process. The other files that need to be changed depend on which particular version of “*nix” you are running.
The following is a […]
Mar
21
Linux Tips: Using awk to build a contact list.
March 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
Because you’re a geek, you want to maintain your very own text file full of addresses and contacts of your favorite pizzerias and individuals. Btw, you did find these contacts from LXPages.com, right?
In this mini tutorial, we’ll use the awk command and create a text file with some delimiters. Delimiters are characters or a set […]
Mar
19
deals.lxpages.com
March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Who doesn’t love a great deal? Everyone gets an itch when they see something that’s insanely inexpensive to buy. That’s why we launched deals.lxpages.com, we want you to visit this site whenever you want such an itch. Who knows, maybe it will be the next SlickDeals.net, or TechBargains. But it can be. Only if […]