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The following set of tutorials reflects an effort to give Unix programmers and programmers wanna-be a chance to get familiar with various aspects of programming on Unix-like systems, without the need to buy an expensive set of books and spending a lot of time in understanding lots of technical material. The one assumption common to all tutorials (unless stated otherwise) is that you already know C programming on any system.

The general intention is to allow someone to get familiar with a subject rather quickly, so they can start experimenting with it, and allow them to read a more thorough user manual or reference manual after they got over the initial "fear". By no means will these tutorials suffice to turn anyone into a proficient professional, but one needs to start somewhere and then again, why not do it for free?

Tutorials Index (note - each tutorial may be browsed online, or downloaded as a .tar.gz archive). Size of each tutorial is given in ammount of screen-pages when viewed using the lynx text-based web browser (assuming 25 lines per page):

1. Unix Beginners
   1. Compiling C/C++ Programs On Unix   (archive) (~15 lynx pages)
   2. Debugging With "gdb"   (archive) (~11 lynx pages)
   3. Automating Program Compilation Using Makefiles   (archive) (~13 lynx pages)
   4. Manipulating Files And Directories In Unix   (archive) (~50 lynx pages)
2. Intermediate Level
   1. Creating And Using C Libraries   (archive) (~18 lynx pages)
   2. Unix Signals Programming   (archive) (~29 lynx pages)
   3. Internetworking With Unix Sockets   (archive) (~21 + ~44 lynx pages)
   4. Accessing User Information On A Unix System   (archive) (~38 lynx pages)
   5. Graphics Programming
      1. Basic Graphics Programming With The Xlib Library   (archive) (~59 + ~44 lynx pages)
3. Advanced Topics
   1. Unix And C/C++ Runtime Memory Management For Programmers   (archive) (~69 lynx pages)
   2. Parallel Programming - Basic Theory For The Unwary   (archive) (~29 lynx pages)
   3. Multi-Threaded Programming With The Pthreads Library   (archive) (~60 lynx pages)
   4. Multi-Process Programming Under Unix   (archive) (~80 lynx pages)

Note: The levels mentioned here are just to give one a basic idea of what they are sticking their head into, before they delve into the tutorial. Your experience will vary based on your theoretical background, and your experience (for example, an experienced programmer coming from another platform will probably find most of these tutorials to be rather easy).

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