March 4, 2013
We've talked about, and recommended getting to grips with your computer's command line terminal numerous times in the past. Tina wrote a good primer for Windows users with A Beginner's Guide To The Windows Command Line. Abraham provided a similar service for Linux users, with An Introduction to the Linux Command Line. In a vast array of articles, MakeUseOf has explored other uses of the command line.
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November 22, 2012
I have to admit that I'm a huge fan of Facebook. Since I'm almost always working on the computer, it's one of the fastest ways that I can stay up to speed with what's going on in my extended family's lives. I can see pictures of their vacations, celebrate their accomplishments, and share our own lives with them as well. This is why, anything I can do to make accessing Facebook more convenient is a good thing.
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October 26, 2012
Linux is the oft-ignored third wheel to Windows and Mac. Yes, over the past decade, the open source operating system has gained a lot of traction, but it’s still a far cry from being considered popular. Yet though that may be true, Linux still earns new converts every day. Will you join them? The learning curve of Linux is what deters most users from even trying it in the first place.
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September 10, 2012
Virtually everyone, especially in first world countries, is on Facebook. Friends, events, pictures, and plenty more are all commonly found on Facebook unlike any other location. However, an ultimate geek may not want to use Facebook like everyone else -- namely via their website. Instead, the most geeky way to access the social network is to use the command line.
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August 1, 2012
The commands haven't always stayed the same, in fact some have been trashed while other newer commands came along, even with Windows 7 in fact. So, why would anyone want to bother clicking the start button and typing "CMD" into the Run field? Let me show you why.
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May 26, 2012
Check out your Twitter timeline, or leave a tweet yourself, from the comfort of the command line. Whether you're a long-time console junkie or an aspiring one with a love for social media, TTYtter is a worthwhile diversion and possibly a Twitter client you'll love to use. No one will ever accuse us of under-covering Twitter. What we haven't done, so far as I can tell, is teach you to take advantage of Twitter entirely from your command line.
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February 29, 2012
Microsoft overhauled and updated much of Windows with Windows 7, but the Command Prompt hasn't been updated since the last century. It's not just ancient-looking; it lacks many of the features command-line users have come to expect on Macs, Linux and any operating system that isn't Windows. If you’re looking for an improved Command Prompt for Windows 7, look no further.
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February 25, 2012
Use the command line to quickly download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Ted, Discovery and over 40 other sites using one simple program. It's called MovGrab and it's a great, free program for Linux. We've shown you a few easy ways to download online videos before but it's hard to match Movgrab, in terms of the sheer number of sites it supports. As of this writing, 45 different sites are supported.
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February 10, 2012
Macs are great, with their neat UI and a Unix back-end. Sometimes you get the feeling you can do just about anything with them. Until one day you’re trying to do something simple and you realise what you need is just not available natively. In this case, I’m talking about wget, an incredibly useful command-line tool to download whole webpages, including media and as much link depth as you require.
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January 12, 2012
Blat. Not exactly the word you envision would be the name of a tool that you can use to send out emails to anyone in the world, from any application or software tool that you desire. It more sounds like the sound that a raw egg makes when it hits the floor. Well, that's exactly what I'm going to introduce to you today, if you've never heard of it before.
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January 4, 2012
One of the things that I find myself doing much more often since diving into IT is monitoring and checking the status of services running on computers that are running across the company. There is the standard way of managing services which most people use because it's well-known and fairly easy. But what about another way?
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December 2, 2011
Sometimes, the fastest way to accomplish a task such as sorting files or editing text documents is to use quick command line tools. there is a really cool tool called Swiss File Knife (sfk), which extends the sort of scripting set we've all become accustomed to.
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November 19, 2011
Chat from the command line. Whether you use Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Chat, AIM, Jabber or some combination of the above, CenterIM lets you talk with your buddies in your Linux terminal. We've previously highlighted a few instant messaging programs, but nothing quite like CenterIM.
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October 29, 2011
Browse an assortment of amazingly useful commands. Whether you're an veteran system admin or a command-line neophyte striving to discover more, CommandLineFu is a vote-driven collection of commands that serves up thousands of ideas you should have thought of but didn't. Some see the command line as Linux's weak point, the ultimate symbol of a system lacking ease of use.
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October 26, 2011
Do you want an immersive, text-only Google Reader? Try going through your reading list in the terminal. It's easy to do with terminal web browser elinks and Google Reader's mobile interface. Google Reader's interface is famously minimalist, but browsers hardly make ideal reading platforms. eLinks is a text-only browser you can run from the command line.
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