This is one way to switch to a root prompt. This will ask for your users password and then give you a root prompt. homer@deep-thought ~ $ sudo -i [sudo] password for homer: deep-thought ~ #homer@deep-thought ~ $ sudo -i [sudo] password for homer: deep-thought ~ # This is another method using the sudo command … Read more
http://gentoomen.org/tutorials/resources.html. The gentoomen.org resources page. Very good list of links to various tutorials and help pages. http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/. The Advanced BASH scripting guide. ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/doc/book/vimbook-OPL.pdf. The VIM guideboook. http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/programming.html. 3000 useful guides to programming and Linux documentation and help pages. http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.html. How to be a programmer. A short but comprehensive summary. http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index. Ubuntu resources page. Everything you … Read more
The zsh shell is a nice alternative to the bash shell when you are using Linux and want a nice command shell for your day-to-day use. Below is my ~/.zshrc files that I am using now. Type sudo apt-get install zsh to install this in Ubuntu. If you want to use my ~/.zshrc files; then … Read more
In this example; we are using the old and crusty Northwind database in the latest MySQL database engine. Here I am showing the tables in the database. mysql> show tables in nw_old; +——————+ | Tables_in_nw_old | +——————+ | categories | | customers | | employees | | order_details | | orders | | products | … Read more
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
To remove icons from the Launcher panel on the left right-click on the icon and click the Unlock from Launcher option to remove the application icon. Once you have found an application that you want to add to the Launcher by searching with the dash just drag the icon on to the Launcher and it … Read more
If you are just getting started with Linux, then this will be helpful. If you are moving from an Ubuntu installation to a Linux Mint one, then you will need to download an ISO image from here: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php/ then burn it to a DVD. The command below will use the wodim command to burn the … Read more
Even more useful Linux command-line tips and information How large in total are the contents of a folder? This command will print that for you. This is the total disk usage of all files in the current folder. ubuntu ~ $ sudo du -ackh /usr | tail -n 1 2.7G totalubuntu ~ $ sudo du … Read more
Uncompressing rar files.Adding all files in current folder to a zip file.Mounting an improperly shut down Windows XP installation with Knoppix 6.4 Linux.Reading just the start or ending of a file.Some useful bash aliases. Apt errors. To deal with the message you get sometimes telling you that some packages have been kept back when you … Read more
The best thing about using Linux is that you have more control over how your files and partitions organised. With your /home folder it is a good idea to have a separate /home partition, this allows re-installation of the Linux operating system and formatting / and re-installing the operating system and you will not disturb … Read more
To change the default console font, type: setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat7-TerminusBold32x16.psf.gzsetfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat7-TerminusBold32x16.psf.gz at the text console and then if you are happy with the size of that font, then type: sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setupsudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and set the same font there as you selected before, and then the initial ram disk will be rebuilt for the running … Read more