Command Line Basics: Create Text Files With tee
The Linux tee command is a way to write the standard output to a file. Or, to quote from the man page documentation,
tee - read from standard input and write to standard output and files
This is a little different from redirecting output to a file. Read more
How To Fade The Edges Of Images With GIMP
I've shown previously how to fade a single edge of an image with GIMP. That's a cool effect, but sometimes you want to fade all of the edges of an image. So today I'm going to show you how to fade all of the edges of an image. Read more
Tux Tweaks Performance Enhancements
I spent a few hours this past weekend working on some performance optimization for the site. This site is run on the WordPress blogging software which has tons of great plugins available to add functionality. The downside to this is that most plugins tend to slow the website performance slightly. The exceptions to this are the plugins that are written specifically to speed up WordPress site performance. Read more
avast! 5.0 Free Antivirus for Windows
avast! 5.0 is a free antivirus program available for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. It is a fairly full featured virus scanner similar to AVG free. Some of its key features are:
- Silent/Gaming Mode
- Anti-rootkit protection
- Automatic updates
- Boot time scanning (32 bit only)
- Scheduled scanning
- Wake up for scan (wakes up Windows from hibernate or sleep to perform scheduled scan) Read more
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