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The flash video tutorials in this section focus on the power of the command line.  The
command line is very consistent across all linux distributions, so no matter your flavor, you may benifit from the videos below..
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Command Line Basics.
4 ways to enter the Text User Interface. Linux's non-graphical environment.
Type less, do more with these ten command line tips.
Aspell:
Aspell is a command line spell check you just might not be able to live without
Linux Video Tutorial.  Aspell examples and help and manpages explained (partially)
Cron and Crontab:
Cron (short for chronograph) is a time-based Job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems. Cron reads from crontab files and enables users to schedule and run simple commands or complete shell scripts.
Video tutorial. Creating an alarm clock with cron. Wake up to the music you want when you want.
Eterm terminal:
Eterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator intended as a replacement for xterm.
It is designed to look good and work well, but takes a feature-rich approach rather than one of minimalism while still maintaining speed and efficiency.
Linux video tutorial: Introductory screencast review of Eterm terminal emulator.
Find Utility.
'find' is a command line utility for finding files and folders based on just about any criteria you can think of.
Linux video tutorial: Finding files and folders with the command line 'fine' utitlity.

Changing directories, creating, moving and removing.
Nano: Command line text editor.
Nano is a text editor suited to working in UNIX. It is not like  gui-based editors, as it does not rely on the mouse, but still has many useful features.
Linux video tutorial: Using Nano to edit text files from the command line.
w3m Command Line Browser.
If you think the only way to browse the internet is in the Graphical environment of the x-server than your going to be surprised by w3m.  As a command line browser w3m gives you the ability to browse the internet for the solution when your graphical environment is down.  It may also just be a faster browser option on an older slower machine.  It is definitly worth a look.  I personally was surprised by the features.
Linux video tutorial: Browsing the internet via the command line courtesy of w3m
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