In Unix environments there are two ways to link a file. The first being hard-linking. Hardlinking is different than symlinks in the fact that if you remove the original file that the hardlink points to, the link itself can still show you the content of the original file. Where as a symlink is useless without the original file (think “shortcuts” in Windows).

Ok, you are a switcher. You used to be a Windows user, but you've seen the light and moved to Linux or Mac OS X or BSD or.. well, whatever it is, you are in *x land, baby and we're glad you are here. But just like moving into a new town, you need to learn your way around, find out where things are and how they work.. you need to get yourself oriented, right?

Although I regularly use KDE, Xfce, and other desktops for GNU/Linux, I keep returning to GNOME. Sometimes I use the default Metacity window manager, and other times the quicker Sawfish, but, with either choice, GNOME has an uncluttered look that allows me to focus on my work rather than my software.

"...Testing our code is a very major and important task in every software project, and the good thing is that anyone can participate in that by downloading "Nightly" builds, using them and reporting bugs..." -- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk/

"I like starting my e-mail with a short salutation such as “Hello, Mike!”, “Hello, Michael”, or “Hello, Mikong!”, but it can be hard to remember which nicknames people prefer to use, and calling someone by the wrong name is a bit of a faux pas. Sometimes people sign e-mail with their preferred name, but what if you haven’t sent e-mail to or received e-mail from someone in a while?

I e-mailed Sony to ask about their Blu-ray burner... their response was (to read) the official system requirements for the drive. The official system requirement is Windows XP. Sony does not support the drive on Windows Vista... MORE->

If you remember computers as far back as the late 1980s, you might remember how Peter Norton came to prominence with the three-floppy (was it three?) Norton Utilities suite. There were a lot of cool tools in that pack, especially Norton Commander, which suddenly made file management a breeze. Midnight Commander is the GNU version of that utility, with an identical layout and similar color scheme.