One of the things you may find you want to do often from your command line is to view the contents of a text file. This could be to view the contents of some startup script or just one of your own basic configuration files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases. The command is simple to use. …
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Today, Microsoft released a new, free (free as in Free Beer) antivirus program called Microsoft Security Essentials. This new program is available for Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Vista and Windows 7 32-bit, and Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit operating systems.
Continue reading Microsoft Releases Free AntivirusLast week I read a half-witted blog post citing “3 Reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux”. I’ve got one tip for TechBirdy, the blog author. sudo apt-get a clue TechBirdy’s reasons are either borne out of complete ignorance, or from a desire to spread pure FUD.
Continue reading Three More Reasons Not To Use LinuxThe While Do Loop One of the most common structures in programming is the Do Loop. The version that I’m going to show today is the While Do Loop. The basic structure of the While Do Loop is: while condition A exists, execute the loop. Here’s an example program that counts to ten and then …
Continue reading Bash to Basics: The While Do LoopWhy a Bootable USB Drive? Most computers sold these days don’t have a 3.5″ floppy drive, yet many computer manufacturers still only provide BIOS flash utilities that require booting to a DOS environment. Luckily there is a free version of DOS called FreeDOS and a utility called UNetbootin to the rescue. Using these two free …
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