If you use lot of Unix shellscripts in the VI editor, then here’s an efficient UNIX shell-script to compare two files & delete one of them if they are duplicates… Simple yet pretty handy, just check-up!

Well whether you call it small, tiny or microscopic depends only your perception of how small is small enough!! When we say small desktop PC it could possibly be something similar to Shuttles, or rather you can call them the Space Cube PC! But Picotux has redefined the word small with the introduction of Picotux [...]

A few linux tips and tricks for newbies. I have made this page as a reminder of tricks I used in Linux or unix along the way.

These are some unix tips that might be helpful someday down the road. Feel free to contribute more unix tips by commenting on this article.

Whether you’re a newbie to Linux or you are a seasoned guru, you’re bound to find some scripts or programs which just make your life on the computer exponentially easier. The following is a list of them and explains what they do.

This is something that I had given out to students (CAD user training) in years past. The purpose was to have on one page the basics commands for getting started using the UNIX shell (so that they didn’t call me asking what to do the first time someone gave them a tape).
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No matter which Linux distribution you choose, there are at least 10 things you do to properly prepare the operating system for day-to-day operation.
1. Install latest patches
There are over 200 different Linux distributions and you will need the patches that are specific to your distribution. Search for needed patches on the web site [...]