Linux Commands

Here is a list of basic linux commands. This list of linux commands is not complete as there are many more linux commands available. However, it should make a good start for a beginner or intermediate linux administrator / linux user.

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§  alias - create names or abbreviations for commands

§  apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions

§  at [man page] - queue, examine or delete jobs for later execution

Tweaking Linux To meet User Needs

Till recently I was using Fedora 15 - "Lovelock" as my alternate OS, which usually is always a Linux flavor. Now, at present I am using Ubuntu 11.10 - "Oneiric Ocelot" on my system. One thing one must realize, is that Linux distributions run in a very different manner from Windows. They do not (yet) support executable facility, so the installation of many a software is not as easy or automatic as in windows. Also, a general OS install of Linux distributions is very general. It does not do much more than install the kernel and other must haves in order to run a system. They do, however provide repositories for the easy installation of many open source softwares that are popular, or open source alternatives to commercial softwares.

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Ubuntu 11.10:

In this post, I will entail the different softwares that I feel one MUST have in their system, and how to go about installing them - in fedora 15 and in ubuntu 11.10. Please note, that this is simply a comparitive study.

31 Useful Ubuntu 11.10 Unity Keyboard/Mouse Shortcuts

In my opinion, the overall Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 experience is so much better and involving if you know some essential Ubuntu Unity keyboard and Mouse shortcuts. So here are a bunch of very basic yet useful Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 (Unity) keyboard shortcuts. Thanks to askubuntu for the list.

Broadcom wireless 802.11 Installing Wi-fi Broadcom 802.11 driver for fedora 15

As mentioned earlier, I recently installed fedora 15 on my system. Unfortunately, the packages did not include the drivers to my Wireless LAN card. Hence I was unable to use the newly introduced wi-fi feature of fedora. Many of my friends, I presume must have faced the same problem, so here is a little trick I used to get my wi-fi on!

Please mail me at nardz07@gmail.com with any suggestions or doubts.

Grub manipulation

Recently, I installed Fedora 15 on my laptop alongside Windows 7. The Grub screen was as provided by fedora, and I wanted to make some changes to it to suit my needs and pleasure.

Here I have discussed how I went about it.

It should be noted that my methods work in fedora, but should work on other linux distibutions as well with a few minor changes. In case of any doubts or suggestions, please contact me at nardz07@gmail.com.