Avinash Joshi

I have been thinking about this for a long time… I always ask and wonder for myself, “How do I get a fancy progress bar in the terminal (i.e., using C/C++ code)???” I got this thought when I was coding for my huffman lab program. I was thinking “If we input a large file > [...]

Many of us who love to work on Linux enjoy the privilege of using a plethora of commands and tools. Here is an effort to introduce you to a few very simple- to-use, yet enormously effective commands. The intended audience may belong to all classes of Linux users and the only requirement is to have [...]

We can play songs and videos from the terminal in a GNU/Linux or Unix machine.
The player is “mplayer”. MPlayer has a GUI version too. It is GMPlayer

Just a few screenshots to show you how we can play songs and videos on GNU/Linux or UNIX
To install this:
1. SOLARIS/OpenSoalris: http://blastwave.org
2. Ubuntu: In the terminal, type “sudo apt-get [...]

Everyone using unix in their job will once in a while have to run a long running process. Usually right before leaving the office to go to dinner. If you have to check on it later to make sure it finished right then you are stuck with redirecting the output to a file and look [...]

I have been wanting to write this post for a long time. But could not find much time for the same. Anyways Once you install Ubuntu and OpenSolaris together (on the metal installation i.e., dual boot) you will face some grub issues.
There are two ways in which you can install the two operating systems:
1. Install [...]

I guess we all know that Ubuntu 8.10 ships with OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 and, if you want to use the new and improved version, then this guide is for you! However, we will not do a fresh install of the OpenOffice suite, as we will instead only upgrade the current version in Ubuntu Intrepid.
What do I [...]