Wicks Linux

NixCraft has an explanation of why df reports different amount freespace the du. I have been curious about this for some time now but never taken the time to find out why. According to the article 'FreeBSD: Why command df and du reports different output?' points to file descriptor as the main cause.

'Learn how to use Regular Expressions the easy way' from the blog 'All about Linux' is a quick primer on Regular Expressions and the KDE tool kregexpeditor.

The best way to learn Regular Expressions is to start using them where every you can. I have saved myself a good 20 hours of work just by using Regular Expressions.

Free Software Magazine has an article 'Jump to Debian GNU/Linux! A guide to why the Debian distro is a good choice.' The

I am currently using one of the Debian derivative Ubuntu. So far I like what Debian has done for the linux world. The apt-get feature is a nice way to install software.

Update - 2006.01.29
NewsForge has an interesting article 'Creating a book with OpenOffice.org Writer.' The article shows you how to work with templates in OpenOffice Writer. Since I have no experience of writing a book I can not determine how helpful this would be. As for writing papers, this template gets you started on a good foot.

I came across the book Unix Text Processing. You can download it for free. The book is has a 1987 and 1988 copyright dates. I did a quick scan of the book and there appears to be some useful information.

Original - 2005.12.21
Over at OSNews there is a posting entitles 'Book Writing Applications in Linux' by Alcibiades. This article does a great job of explaining what a writer needs in a book writing application. The article then goes on the look at the strengths and weakness of various tools like Lyx, Leo, Kate, Treeline, Open Office and KWord. The article concludes with a summary of the tools and the author's opinion of each.

I have been kicking around the idea of writing some articles and books. I will need to take of few of these applications out for a spin.

Ben Browning's article 'My sysadmin toolbox' over at linux.com it worth a read. Ben is a systems administrator for an ISP. He shares his thoughts about the tools he uses everyday.

Free Software Magaize has a quick posting 'It’s an Ubuntu world. A look inside Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu.' The posting is a high level overview of Ubuntu and its sister programs Kubuntu and Edubuntu. If you are already a Ubuntu user you can skip the article there is no new informaiton here.

LinClips.com has short video clips of multiple Linux Distributions.

GhostWriter is a Linux Live CD for writers. This CD provides a small number of tools for writers of short stories, novels, and screenplays. The major applications on this CD include: LyX, for writing and typesetting documents; The GIMP, for creating illustrations; gv, for viewing the PostScript and PDF files that LyX produces; and the Dillo Web browser, which is used to view the GhostWriter online help.

Linux.com has a posting entitled 'CLI Magic: Learn to talk awk.' This is article is a quick little tutorial on awk and its capabilities. It looks like I am now going to have to learn awk.

EasyLinux.info has setup a wiki for Ubuntu. There is a lot of good information in the Start Guide.

Linux Newbie Administrator Guide is a website just like their name implies. There is a lot of good information here. The authors mostly RedHat and Mandrake users. You will need to make minor tweaks for your distro. The section Learning with Linux (commands for more esoteric work or programming is what originally attracted me to the site. This section has a list of common linux commands.

Came across an interesting looking Linux Distro called AlienDrive. This distro has be released as a Live CD.

You can find addition screen shots at LinShots.

AlienDrive Live CD is part of the larger world called AlienDrive System. AlienDrive System is a computer based 24 track digital recording studio.

AllYourTech.com has an article on how to 'add Windows media support to your Linux box.'