Tips and Tricks Archive

  • How to Create Folder Shortcuts on Ubuntu

    How to Create Folder Shortcuts on Ubuntu

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
    If you have ever used Windows, you know what I’m talking about. I was reorganizing my desktop and I decided to have nothing on it except a shortcut to my Download folder. So, I cleared it out, but I stuck at the point of the short cut. However I found it out pretty soon and [...]

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  • Ubuntu Command Line Tip #1 – Aliases

    Ubuntu Command Line Tip #1 – Aliases

    Posted on September 13, 2009 | 4 Comments
    This is my first Ubuntut, and for it I'd like to start off with a productivity tip. We're going to create a bunch of aliases (shortcuts) for commands we use often.

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  • Practical Python Programming #1

    Practical Python Programming #1

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Welcome to my Practical Python Programming post, hopefully this will be the first of many. If you have been following my 'An Introduction to Python Programming' posts series, then you may already know that in this post we are going to be having some fun. We are going to be creating a text based 'Guess the Number' game.

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