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!