Extracting .tar.bz2 or tar.gz files in Linux

Some helpful notes for Linux newbies:

To extract a .tar.bz2 file in Linux you type:
tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2

To extract a .tar.gz file in Linux you type:
tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

Christmas mail scam

The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize .

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.

So be aware!

Running .sh files in Linux

If you need to run a file with .sh extension in linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuSe, RedHat...) you need to give it first execution rights.

Say, the file is filename.sh, so you type:
chmod 777 filename.sh

to then run the file from the local directory, you type:
./filename.sh

The Life in the UK Test

I am currently working on my new website toy for the Britishness Test
This is just a new site and I am trying to make it available and free for all people wishing to apply for permanent residence or UK Citizenship.
All comments are appreciated.

Hello to my world of blogging

Hi,
My name is Toni.
This is my first blog, and I welcome you to it.