Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

PHP Show Linux Processes Primer Tutorial

The Linux (or unix) command ps shows process information at the command line of a Linux (or unix) operating system. The performance of your Mac laptop or web server can be monitored, albeit in a non-GUI rather crude way using … Continue reading

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Linux diff Primer Tutorial

The Linux (or unix) command diff is a powerful command line tool that does file comparisons at the command line of a Linux (or unix) operating system. When you are coding this type of tool can be very important. You … Continue reading

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Linux wget Primer Tutorial

The Linux (or unix) command wget is a powerful command line tool, that, if installed, may help you garner data (for example, website files) by means of data scraping (or screen scraping, or, as in our case, web scraping) from … Continue reading

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Linux cURL Primer Tutorial

The Linux (or unix) command cURL is a powerful command line tool, that, if installed, may help you garner data by means of data scraping (or screen scraping, or, as in our case, web scraping) from the web, within the … Continue reading

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Windows Major Web Browsers Tutorial

Yesterday’s tutorial had us in the position to test all major web browsers on a Mac laptop for our web work. The same can be done for Windows and want to show that here with this tutorial where we show … Continue reading

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Mac Virtual Internet Explorer Primer Tutorial

Mac laptops are great “out of the box” but one thing they do not usually do “out of the box” is to help you with an easy way to test your web work on Internet Explorer. In this tutorial we … Continue reading

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Apache/PHP/MySql Configuration Primer Tutorial

Some people like to study things before starting to use it. Some people tackle things head on straight away. Either way, as far as Apache/PHP/MySql web hosting goes, it is good to understand some of the configuration of this hosting. … Continue reading

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Windows Media Player Primer Tutorial

Here is a tutorial that introduces you to Windows Media Player, though it is doubtful, if you have Windows, that you haven’t come across it. Why is that? Well, Windows Media Player is the Windows default program for playing many … Continue reading

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