August 2010

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A Quick Introduction to BASH

Linux Scripting Linux has been a powerful platform for scripting languages. Therefore, shell programming or shell scripting has become one of the powerful parts of working in Linux. Of course, Windows systems too have the scripting capabilities, such as scripting in command prompt using DOS commands, but it was never able to compete with the […]

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Linux on Mobile Platforms

What is a Mobile Platform? Mobile devices are the types of inseparable gadgets that we use everyday. Every one of us carries a mobile device for contacting people and accessing the information that we require. Therefore, mobile phones market has grown by a few folds for the last few years and the potential looks unlimited.

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What Are the Man Pages?

Man pages are Linux’s inbuilt help system for referring to commands and other technical and usage details. Man pages stands for ‘Manual pages’ and it is an extensive and comprehensive documentation system available for Linux systems. There is one man page for each and every Linux command and this man page is a self-contained document

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Is Linux Good For Multimedia?

The computer is the most ingenious device man kind invented as far as the world of multimedia and digital entertainment is concerned. The lifeline of the computer has been altered in tremendous ways with the advent of multimedia applications. Hardware has been revamped, high performance processors have been designed, software has been optimized and people

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6 Top IDEs for Linux

Linux is one of the best development platforms available for application development. No environment will be good for development if it does not have the right set of tools. Integrated development environments, in other words IDEs, are the popular type of developer tools at present. Since these tools have everything integrated (such as the compiler,

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Migrating from Windows to Linux

Migrating from Windows to Linux So you are thinking of migrating from Windows to Linux? Or you are just assessing the feasibility? Whatever is your reason; let’s try to understand the migration process and general concerns attached to this migration. First of all we need to understand that there are many similarities between the two

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Linux and GNU. Are They the Same?

Linux and GNU. Are They the Same? Whenever you hear about Linux, I’m certain that the word GNU is also mentioned. As a matter of fact, most of the documents in the public domain mention Linux as GNU/Linux. Before understanding the inter-relationship between Linux and GNU, understanding them separately will give you a good idea

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Habit of Righteousness

Righteousness is not a singular term in its meaning—the powerful and weight-carrying word ‘Dharma’ has one of its meanings in this word. ‘Dharma’ has two meanings in local languages—duty and righteousness. So while discussing this word righteousness, we should give careful attention to the importance that it carries. धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः (Dharmo Rakhśti Rakhśitaḥ) Righteousness

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