Unix was and is the platform for text processing. It has sometimes been criticised for its assumption that everything can be handled by simple type-less files — the “bag o’ bytes” approach. For text processing, this approach brings many advantages and no disadvantages.
Linux, a UNIX-compatible operating system that runs on personal computers, is a pinnacle within the free software movement. It is based on a kernel developed by Finnish student Linus Torvalds and is distributed on the Net or on low-cost disks, along with a complete set of UNIX libraries, popular free software utilities, and traditional layered [...]
In the 20th century, making the news was almost entirely the province of journalists; the people we covered, or “newsmakers”; and the legions of public relations and marketing people who manipulated everyone. The economics of publishing and broadcasting created large, arrogant institutions-call it Big Media, though even small-town newspapers and broadcasters exhibit some of the [...]
As you traverse the vast frontier of the World Wide Web, you will come across documents that make you wonder, “How did they do this?” These documents could consist of, among other things, forms that ask for feedback or registration information, imagemaps that allow you to click on various parts of the image, counters that [...]
Samba is an extremely useful networking tool for anyone who has both Windows and Unix systems on his network. Running on a Unix system, it allows Windows to share files and printers on the Unix host, and it also allows Unix users to access resources shared by Windows systems.