Introduction to GUI creation with Zenity

15/04/2009

It’s no big secret that I absolutely love Bash. It’s such a simple, yet versatile tool. Ever since I first discovered the power contained within it, I’ve written plenty of scripts to automate tasks that would otherwise take me a long time to do manually. Sometimes I write scripts so that my little brother can do certain things that would otherwise require him to use relatively complex command-line tools. But what would be the point of replacing a command-line tool with another command-line tool?

Scary terminal

Sometimes a graphical user interface is what’s needed - and that’s where Zenity comes into play!

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How to burn Xbox 360 ISOs in Linux

8/04/2009

So you’re looking for an easy way to burn those Xbox 360 isos to a DVD in Linux? A couple of days ago I would’ve said:

Sorry pal, but if you’re looking for a graphical way to do it, I believe you’re shit out of luck. Now stop bugging me, I’m playing TeeWorlds!

Thanks to BoxBlaze, that has changed!

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