Most people I work with know that I spend a lot of time at the Command Line in both Windows and Linux. The Command Line Interface (CLI) gives me a lot of flexibility to quickly do things that I can't do through the Graphical User Interface (GUI).

However, a lot of users aren't aware that there are two different command line interpreters under Windows....and that using the wrong one can cause problems

Now that I have explained virtualization, the question remains of why would anyone use it?

Everywhere you turn, IT professionals are talking about virtualization as the next big wave in technology. People banter around the terms Virtualization, Virtual PC, VMware, and others. But while IT people debate virtualizing computers, many people don't understand the concept, or why it's even needed.

There are times you want to enter a single-line command to unzip all the files in a directory.  If the current directory is:

/home/timb/download/files

the command would be:

These are the Linux distributions I've downloaded over time. Most of these are standard ISO files, although some distributions may have additional documentation or MD5 files with them.
As I continue to download them, I will provide links to documentation and the MD5 files.
Shortly, I will place more information about MD5 hashes, on the utilities web page.
Additional information can be obtained from DistroWatch (http://www.distrowatch.com)
Damn Small Linux

1. 1. v0.4.4

DSL v0.4.4 (Main Disk Image)
MD5SUM
Summary Info

2. 2. v0.5.1