Programming Tips For Versatile Coders

If you are a seasoned computer programmer, you understand the need of doing things the easiest way. One of the tasks that people like us face all the time is having to do the same things over and over again. Knowing how to use the right tools can really save the day in that matter.

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There are quite a few media players in linux that work pretty well, but after using most of them, i tend to mostly use mplayer. While you could think that there are other players (like Totem) that have a better GUI, i personally prefer to use mplayer because i find it easier and more versatile to use it via the command line.

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When moving to linux or other unix based systems, it is a standard that new users have a problem using tar, gzip and bzip2 in order to compress their archives. I remember that back at the days i first used a linux system, i had lots of trouble using these commands.

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If you are a windows programmer, linux programming might seem a bit daunting at first but it really isn’t. Most of you will feel pretty comfortable with, or just a bit awkward mostly for using the shell. In linux, it’s quite standard that C programs are compiled under the GNU C Compiler named GCC. As with every GNU tool, you can download this for free in your linux machine, maybe even using your package manager(synaptic for instance) or shell (apt-get install gcc) for debian-ubuntu users(like me ).

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If you are a native linux user, you have surely been in the case where you just did not need a system with just about every package there is out there. If you always wanted to know how to upgrade your kernel manually and configure what packets you need yourself, read on.

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