Need to get some information on what printer models work fine with Linux and other Unices? Need to get some documentation on how to set up your printer? Check out the Printing HOWTO Support Database

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Alligator Descartes, Tim Bunce
One of the greatest strengths of the Perl programming language is its ability to manipulate large amounts of data. Database programming is therefore a natural fit for Perl, not only for business applications but also for CGI-based Web and Intranet applications.
Programming the Perl DBI is coauthored by Alligator Descartes, one of [...]

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Many users complain about the general performance of Java applets. A good way to speed them up is by compiling them into binaries. You need to run the Cygnus Java Compiler, which is freely distributable. Check out this URL for more information.

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If you are running the web server apache on your computer to publish web pages you can restart the server by typing the follow as root /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart.

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Few people know that the version of vi bundled with most Linux distributions is not the original vi, but actually vim. There are a few differences between those two editors, or at least enough differences to make the vi purist dislike vim. In any case, a little gem [...]

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Need to find out if you have a program installed or what version of it is there. Try typing rpm -q -a | grep -i program. This will search the RPM database for the name you give it and tell you what is installed.

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For a quick way to exit out of X-Windows (or if something goes wrong) press the following keys. Control-Alt-Backspace.

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Did you type a really long command and want to repeat it. type typing !command. It gets interpreted as Run the command just like I did the last time.

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Want to repeat the command you just typed? Most command shells will let you hit the up arrow key to ac’cess the history of your commands.

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There are basically two ways to find out the PID (process ID) for a given process in Linux:

Run the ps aux combined with grep, such as in ps aux | grep httpd.
Run the pidof command followed by the name of the program, such as in pidof httpd. One little [...]

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