Solution: Converting line breaks
Linux text files and Windows text files differ from each other in an important aspect. They have a different way to indicate the end of a line. Sometimes, when opening a text file on Linux, you see a ^M here and there. This means that the text file contains Windows-like line breaks. This solution describes how to convert a Windows-like text file to a Linux-like one, and the other way around. read more
Update: What’s going on?
You might like to know what's currently going on behind the scenes of Linux tutorial blog. This post is some kind of small newsletter about the site. read more
Introduction: Using diff and patch (tutorial)
The commands diff and patch form a powerful combination. They are widely used to get differences between original files and updated files in such a way that other people who only have the original files can turn them into the updated files with just a single patch file that contains only the differences. This tutorial explains the basics of how to use these great commands.
Difficulty: Medium read more
Russian discussion about my latest tutorial
To the people coming in from http://www.linux.org.ru/:
You know, I think it's quite a good idea to discuss my tutorials and say what you think about them. However, if you are doing this in Russian at linux.org.ru, you aren't quite helping me to improve this site's quality, no matter how good your suggestions are. Therefore, I'm asking you: please place a comment here, too (in English)! I can't read Russian, and Babelfish's translation isn't that readable. Thanks in advance and enjoy the tutorials!
Troubleshooting ./configure, make and make install Tutorial
Sometimes, the typical sequence to compile a program doesn't work. It starts spitting out all kinds of errors and seems to do everything but compiling that annoying program already. What to do then? This tutorial describes how to get rid of many frequently occuring errors during a typical Linux compiling sequence.
Note: You should only compile software when you really need to do it. Compiling can be dangerous to your Linux installation. If you want to install some software, please look for a precompiled package (like a .rpm or a .deb) first. If you really need to compile, do it with care. read more
Gnome Easter Egg: Free the fish!
A funny Gnome easter egg. read more
Lifetype Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tutorial
Although not really Linux-related, this tutorial should be a useful addition to this website. It describes in detail how to make the Lifetype blog system more Search Engine Friendly (SEF).
Difficulty: Medium read more
We’re up!
Hello and welcome to this brand new blog! We moved from our development area to the main server today, and if you're reading this, everything went well =). The first tutorial is already up, feel free to have a look at it. Comments are welcome, both on my English and the tutorial (have a little patience with me, English is my second language). Well, thanks for the visit and for reading this news post. Please help us to promote this site a little so more and more people will be able to benefit from the growing amount of knowledge that'll be available on this site. Happy reading!
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SSH and SCP: Howto, tips & tricks
This tutorial is about SSH and SCP. You will learn how to connect to a remote host and how to copy between hosts. This tutorial also documents a few important differences between the commands.
Difficulty: Basic read more
