Articles
The best Linux distribution to try is the one you already have. You might as well see if the versions you have handy will work before going to the effort to get a particular version.
About Linux
Adapted From a Presentation
Who should use Linux? It's hard to know where to start with Linux, because it is under active development in so many areas. With Linux, you can turn your PC into…read more about Linux
Perl
An Evil Plot?
Perl, the practical extraction and report language, has captured the hearts and minds of computer users everywhere. So much, so, in fact, that some people go so far as to write poetry in Perl, taking advantage of Perl's confusing syntax…read more about Perl
Tk Very Quick Reference
Widget Syntax
Tk widgets, widget placement, and clipboard…read more about Tk widgets
Graphical Applications with Tcl and Tk
An embeddable Scripting Language
Tcl, pronounced tickle, stands for the Tool Command Language. With its associated user interface toolkit, Tk, pronounced tee-kay, you can quickly create cross-platform applications with graphical user interfaces, all without having to learn GTK, Qt, the Windows API…read more about graphical applications
Laying Out Widgets With The Grid Command
Short Examples
The grid command allows you to lay out items in a grid, sort of like an HTML table, where the columns and rows line up. The main use of the grid command is to control the layout of data-entry forms. Such forms are the hardest things to get to properly line up if you use…read more about the grid command
The X Window System
Graphics for Linux and Unix Systems
The X Window system comes with a huge set of fonts. To see a listing of the fonts available on your system, try a program called xlsfonts…read more about X Window
About
- Author and co-author of a number of computer programming books on Linux, Scripting, Unix, and the X Window System
- Software developer consultant creating enterprise Grails applications for Object Partners in Minnesota USA
- Work primarily with Groovy and Java, but have also worked with Python, C, C++, Perl, Tcl, BeanShell, Bash, Bourne shell, and Ruby
- If you would like to send me a message, please send an email to eric at this domain. Thank you.
