Tag Archives: Linux

Local Webserver Search Engine Primer Tutorial

This topic got my immediate interest when reading a chapter (16) in Linux by Steve Oualline and Eric Foster-Johnson called “Setting Up a Search Engine”. As a creator of web content, who wouldn’t want to know something about this subject? … Continue reading

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Linux Crontab Korn Shell Script Primer Tutorial

Linux (or Unix) is a command line environment that supports interactive and non-interactive task management. Often non-interactive tasks are known as batch processes, often intended not to rely on any user intervention, unless there is a problem. Today, in this … Continue reading

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Files Since Primer Tutorial

A while ago we spoke of the Linux commands find and locate in Linux Find and/or Locate Files/Directories Primer Tutorial as shown below. After that you may have been thinking “That’s it! No more carrying on about directory listings and … Continue reading

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XWindows Primer Tutorial

The XWindow System is a windowing system most commonly found on unix or Linux operating systems. On the Mac OS X Linux system this XWindow System may be called X11, or more recently XQuartz. At one stage it was more … Continue reading

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Mac VirtualBox Windows 8 IE 11 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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OpenCV Primer Tutorial

Do you like to learn by throwing yourself in at the deep end, or by preparing assiduously in order not to take a wrong step by the time you come to do the deed? Well, sadly, but sometimes happily, I … Continue reading

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PostScript at Linux Primer Tutorial

PostScript page-layout language enables a user to tailor the use of their hardcopy (or softcopy) documents that end up in this format. PostScript has been around a long time and you may come across printers, particularly on Windows, that don’t … Continue reading

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Wine for Windows on Mac Primer Tutorial

Generally we think of Mac OS X and Windows as two different (operating system) worlds that don’t exactly see eye to eye, and in large part that can be correct, but today, with our tutorial, we (maybe?) introduce you to … Continue reading

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