Is Linux completely virus free?

According to Wikipedia:  A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. People working on Windows spend quite a money in buying and renewing anti-virus for their systems to remain protected. However, a not so sophisticated Linux user never really needs an anti-virus for the system. Why? What are the reasons that people consider Linux as virus free. Lets discuss. Is Linux completely...

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Some basic Linux and Unix vi commands

The vi editor is a very powerful tool to edit text, programs in Linux / Unix. VI editor is the standard text editor for all the UNIX systems and is used extensively. Commands in vi editor are input from keyboard only and no switching to mouse is required.  Moving through the Text can be performed using Arrow keys.  Basic Operation: Some Popular vi commands :q exits the editor :w saves the file :wq save the file and then exits :n moves to line n of a file x will delete the character on which the cursor is positioned n dw wil delete...

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Some interesting facts about Linux

Well, if you are a Linux user, you must be familiar with these points. These interesting facts about Linux may seem obvious to you but for beginner these must be known.  All files are case sensitive. In Linux unlike windows, all files are case sensitive. File, FILE, FiLe or file are completely different things in Linux.  etc/folder and etc/Folder are different too. Don't get messed with these case sensitive things.  Everything is a file. In Linux, everything is a file. A directory is a special kind of file which stores...

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Drupal: Open source Content Management

Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world. According to wikipedia: Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework (CMF) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 2.1% of all websites worldwide ranging from...

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Python Application Domain areas

You may like to read  Python: Introduction and features first. Python as a programming language is clean and fast. It is new enough to be well designed and high-level. It is mature enough to be very useful and well-behaved. Coding in Python is easy, fun and going fast. The code volume you need to get something done is usually much less than in other programming languages (and this is not just about typing stuff, having less code means also less bugs, less maintenance costs). You can easily debug code. You can try code in the interactive...

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Python Open source programming language

Introduction  Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. Learning to use Python can result in immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs. Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and has been ported to the Java and .NET virtual machines. Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its OSI-approved open source license. Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains....

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Best Multiple Chat Network Instant Messenger

You may separately have installed Yahoo, Google or MSN messenger if you have account on these and use them to connect to your friends. Don't you want a single chat client for all your accounts?  Pidgin. Pidgin is a instant messaging software which lets you use multiple account at the same time from one place. A single messenger is enough to have all your accounts being placed at the same place. It is cross platform and is available for all...

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Portable C++ IDE : DEV C++ software

DEV C++ is an open source free C/C++ IDE for both 32/64 bit systems and is portable.  Features:  MinGW GCC 4.7.2 32bit / TDM-GCC 4.7.1 32/64bit : It is available for both 32bit or 64 bit systems. Choosing a 64 bit system is particularly good since it incorporates all the existing features of 32 bit along with addition features.  Syntax highlighting : DEV C++ has the basic feature of syntax highlighiting providing a smoother way way of tracking syntactical errors and defining the scope of the programs. Most of the earlier IDE...

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Free C / C++ IDE for Windows, Linux and Mac OS

Most of the C C++ IDE are for older version of Windows and Linux and they hardly run on newer Operating Environment. To cop up with this problem, CodeLite was developed in Open source world.  CodeLite is open source software IDE for C/C++ development and is available for different platforms like Windows, Linux, Mac OS. It is Open source, free and is licensed under GPLv2 license.  This new version of CodeLite has fixed its earlier...

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DropIt : A tool for organizing files and folders

When it comes to managing a large number of files and folders, it really becomes a tough job. Huge time taking and sometimes even frustrating. Just imagine you have to compress 5000 files. You will have to compress each files separately one by one wasting a huge lot of time and your resources. Here is tool which can automate all the processing realted to files and folders and it really works great. It might seem to you a small software but as you get familiar with it, you will know the power of it.  DropIt is a free and open source tool...

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