Helpful Linux Tidbits

Wikis and tutorials in abbacadabra order:

• Linux Tidbits
  • Linux Tidbits is a collection of commands I’ve learned over the first year Linux good for the new user to get his feet wet.
• Gentoo Helpful Tidbits
• New to Gentoo users should find this intro a good place to get the basics.
• Install from Stage1
  • I update this tutorial whenever I can. I has become my guide to creating a nice Gentoo installation.
• Howto Backup to DVD
  • With no external hard drive and wanting to reinstall Windows, I had only one way to save my current Linux installation.
• Howto DVD to MP4
  • I had a library of .mpgs that I badly wanted to shrink down in size. I used the h264 encoder through ffmpeg with the .mp4 wrapper. The wiki also details howto use mencoder, chapter info …
• LiveUSB on PPC
  • Putting a Linux Distro ISO on a flash drive isn’t tremendously difficult, booting it is. My adventures in white screen/black text.
• Howto Create a Simple but Nice Webpage from Scratch
  • Original web design was all about tables when I started, now it’s better to use css. This is a simple design for basic uses but it is streamlined and efficient.
• Converting Windows Icons to Linux
  • I have collected icons over the years, some of these works are pretty amazing, but when I got to Linux I had no way to look at them. This is how they can be converted.
• Continuum
  • Continuum (a.k.a. Subspace) is a hectic online top-down shooter. It requires a patched version of Wine to run.
  • Gentoo
  • Ubuntu
• Howto Gentoo Darwinia
  • I tend to like games that have a billions of things happening at the same time, Darwinia can be alot of fun.