3 easy ways to make screenshots on Linux
Here are three methods I use to capture screenshots on Linux.
How to parse text strings in C
Use strtok to parse a string using ‘tokens’ in your next C program.
A caution about using sudo
This example shows why it is important that users should not be able to edit scripts that they can run with sudo.
Print ‘Hello world’ in color with conio
Learn how to write your first C program on FreeDOS with this example.
Unzipping archives from the command line
For many years, the de facto standard in file archives was Pkzip and Pkunzip, by Phil Katz. Phil created the Zip archive file format because...
Write directly to the screen with DOS conio
Write text anywhere on the screen using conio.
SourceForge is ending free personal web hosting
SourceForge will end personal web hosting (unrelated to project web hosting) in October.
Why do you love Linux?
We’ll collect your ideas in a future “round-up” article with comments from our community!
My start with BASIC programming
Here’s how I wrote my first BASIC programs on the Apple II.
Read long lines with getline
Getline offers a more flexible way to read user data into your program without breaking the system.
Rhythmbox is a great music player for GNOME
I like Rhythmbox as my music player on Linux because it’s simple and stays out of my way.
Reading the command line with getopt
You can make your program much more flexible if it can respond to the user every time the program runs.
Building a random text generator
Generate your own random placeholder text by writing a few lines in Bash.