To get simple information about a Linux command, or to refresh your memory, use the info pages to learn more about the commands. Type info ls for example to get information about the ls command. Type help and then a bash scripting command like ‘echo’, and the help will be displayed. 4.4 Fri Oct 25 … Read more
Using the Linux command-line allows a lot of flexibility when running commands and how they are run. Take the example below for instance. rm `find ./ -name "*~"`rm `find ./ -name "*~"` This command runs a command within backticks and outputs the result as an argument to the rm command. This command will therefore delete … Read more
The Powershell for Windows has many useful features for controlling your Windows computer; with many cmdlets and scripting ability; but the BASH shell for Linux is already an established shell that is far more powerful and useful. The downside to the Powershell is that it does not seem to have an implementation of grep. Without … Read more
The Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution will be shipping with a dedicated Gnome option. So you will be able to download a Gnome Shell ISO of Ubuntu as well as the Kubuntu and Ubuntu options. You can already install Gnome Shell by typing sudo apt-get install gnome-shell to install the newest Gnome desktop on Ubuntu anyway; … Read more
The Windows command prompt I have been using quite a bit in a Networking and Databases course I am studying right now is really getting on my nerves. Not being able to press CTRL-L to clear the command prompt window, not being able to copy and paste as easily as you can with the Gnome … Read more
This is a BASH shell script that will print all of the available colors using the BASH shell. The colors are useful for colorizing your BASH prompt to differentiate it from your shell output. #!/bin/bash # colors.sh – Print out all the different ECMA color-mod combos # # 2008 – Mike Golvach – [email protected] … Read more
For users of Adblock Plus with the Chromium web browser, and Firefox as well, if you enter the URL below as a filter, this will block all Facebook advertisements from showing. Facebook advertisements are usually used by scammers and they are rarely useful compared to the superior Adwords Google ads. facebook.com##.ego_section facebook.com##.coverPhotoImg The code above … Read more
The Fedora 17 Linux distribution has been released with Gnome Shell 3.4.1, Gimp 2.8 and software rendering available for the Gnome Shell desktop, negating the need for the Gnome Shell fall-back desktop if your hardware does not offer proper hardware rendering for the Gnome desktop. Various non-free codecs such as MP3 support, Adobe flash and … Read more
View information about your user on a Linux system The groups command displays the list of groups that your user is a member of. [neo@deusexmachina]:~> groups neo cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev bluetooth scanner netdev[neo@deusexmachina]:~> groups neo cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev bluetooth scanner netdev Using the id command will display a more … Read more
This is the output of the uname command on my Android tablet. # uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010# uname Linux version 2.6.29-s70 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #8 PREEMPT Wed Oct 27 21:55:55 CST 2010 And this is the output of … Read more
Creating a new user with the Linux command-line is very easy, the command-line adduser command is easier to use than the useradd command and automates a lot of the steps involved in creating a new user and their home directory. The sequence shown below is the simple task of creating a new user and shows … Read more
The Gnome Shell desktop on Debian Testing is working very well now, I managed to get the HDMI sound working with the audacious music player using the alsa output. Below is my /etc/asound.conf file containing the settings I am using to listen to my music. Gnome 3 is actually a good desktop environment, I was … Read more
Installing Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy and the Gnome 3 desktop. How to install the Debian Wheezy distribution with the Gnome Shell desktop using the Debian 6.0 installation media. This is how to install the Debian Wheezy distribution alongside Windows and have a nice dual boot system for experimenting with Linux.
Changing permissions of a file. To add executable permissions for all categories of a file, you would use chmod a+x foo. To add executable permissions for only the current user, you would use: chmod go-wx foochmod go-wx foo Or you could use chmod +x: chmod +x foochmod +x foo That is a simpler way of … Read more
I have got a Linux Mint Live DVD and I am switching to that distribution as soon as possible. I am sitting in an evacuation center right now, due to the risk of flooding, the levee banks supposedly can handle 12 meters but the river peak is said to be 10.9 meters and all I … Read more
This is a look at the 1.2 release of the Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop. The desktop may be configured as with Gnome Shell to look like the familiar Gnome 2 layout.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=75463. The Gnome 3.2 desktop is available in the Debian Testing repository. This means that any Debian user who wishes to install and test out this new desktop may do so by switching to the testing repositories and installing the required packages. This forum post has some information on how to install the Gnome 3 … Read more
This is a very good .vimrc file for any VIM user. Line numbering and indenting is enabled and it makes the VIM editor much more usable for any level of Linux user and programmer. " ~/.vimrc (configuration file for vim only) " skeletons function! SKEL_spec() 0r /usr/share/vim/current/skeletons/skeleton.spec language time en_US if $USER != ” let … Read more
This what the Gnome Shell looks like on Ubuntu 12.04, I tried the Unity desktop, but that has no fast window switching like the Gnome Shell desktop with Compiz can manage. And this looks nice too.