Linux – Newbies Can Use It, Too!
When many people hear the term “Linux”, it conjures up mental images of arcane commands being typed on a monochrome terminal. Linux can be intimidating for many users because for a long time it required a decent knowledge of UNIX like operating systems to use it. What many do not realize is that Linux has made great strides towards being an operating system that anyone can use. In fact, several technologies make it so simple that even newbies can use Linux. In the past, installing Linux involved knowing a great deal about your hardware and being able to select the [...]
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Linux Training For the New Linux User – Download Tips For Linux Virtual Machines – System Admin
You can quickly and easily download Linux free as a virtual machine and run Linux in Windows! Here’s how: You download and install the free Linux virtual machine player and virtual machine. Then you run the player and “open” the virtual machine, in the same way as you run a spreadsheet program and open a spreadsheet! Linux Commands Training Tips: The Linux System Administration concepts and commands covered here apply to: Fedora, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Slackware, Debian, SUSE and openSUSE – and ALL other Linux distributions. Tips You Need to Know – Before You Download Linux Virtual Machines [...]
Linux Disk Recovery After Disk Structure Corruption
Linux is an open-source operating system that has various distributions, which include Fedora Core. It is an OS, which enables you to access latest open source applications. The OS uses a disk structure similar to various other Linux distributions and may face the same problem of corruption as others do. Corruption makes it inaccessible and unbootable, causing severe data loss. In such critical situations, you are required to opt for Linux data recovery solutions to get your valuable data back. In a practical instance of the disk structure corruption in Fedora Linux OS, you may encounter the below error message [...]
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Linux Commands Training Quick Tips – Major Linux Distro Command Line Prompt Appearances
The Linux command line prompt appears one way for a regular user and a different way for the root user, and these prompt appearances may also be different from one Linux distro to another. So, here’s a summary of how the prompt looks for several of the “Major” Linux distributions. Learn more now about how to run Linux commands for System Administration and – and have complete control when working with commands. Start now and learn how to work at the Linux command line prompt and how to run Linux commands! Here’s how to find out which Linux user you’re [...]
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Linux System Administration Training – User-Etc-Skel Configuration Files – Commands Training
User Configuration Files in the Path of /etc/skel The /etc/skel directory contains directories and files for users. These may be created by the installation routine when you install Linux and you can also create them yourself later. The items in skel are dependent on the Linux distribution (version) you are working on. Linux Commands Training Tips: The Linux System Administration commands and user configuration files covered here apply to ALL other Linux distributions, including: Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, SUSE, openSUSE, Red Hat, Fedora, Edubuntu – and Kubuntu. Viewing the Contents of the Linux skel Directory – Example Run the following command [...]
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Linux Commands Training – Using the Echo Command – Linux System Administration
The Linux Echo Command The echo command is used (among other things) to display something on the screen. You can use this command in a Linux script or program to show information about what it is doing. This is useful for putting comments in a program to display its progress and debug problems with it. Linux Commands Training Tips: A script is a text file that is given a name and contains a series of repeatedly used commands. To repeat them, you just type in the name of it and press Enter! You can also use the echo command to [...]
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Linux Fdisk, Parted and Disk Druid Hard Disk Partitioning in Red Hat Linux – Linux Commands Training
Using the Linux fdisk and parted Commands / Utilities The main Linux partitioning utility is fdisk, which is run with the fdisk command. Virtually every Linux distribution includes fdisk command / utility. Some Linux distributions also include a utility called “parted” (GNU Parted – partition editor). And the parted utility is run by simply typing running the parted command. For basic Linux partitioning tasks, use the fdisk command / utility. However, to do more advanced Linux partitioning tasks, like resizing a partition or copying a partition, use the parted utility. If you run the Linux parted command and this utility [...]
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Linux Commands Training Course – Learn Linux System Administration Commands in ALL Linux Distros
One of the most frequently asked Linux Training questions is: “What Linux version (distribution, distro) should be covered in the commands training course videos (and the other training materials)?” In other words: “Should Linux commands training materials cover the ABC, DEF or GHI distribution of Linux?” Linux Commands Training Tips: In the statement above, replace ABC, DEF or GHI with ANY Linux distribution name, such as (but not limited to): Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora Debian – and ALL other Linux distributions.And the answer is: Yes! Linux commands training should cover ALL Linux distributions! Here’s how and why you can learn [...]
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Linux on a PS3
When choosing a Linux distro to install on your PS3, your options are slightly cut down compared to if you were just installing on your own PC. Linux platforms have to be specifically coded to allow the OS to handle all 8 of the PS3′s CPU cores. And no, I’m not exaggerating. The PS3 really does have 8 powerful cores to work with. Given that your options are slimmed down, what do we have to work with? Well first up is Ubuntu. This version of Linux is pretty much a household name nowadays. And even people outside of the IRC [...]
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Linux Command Tutorials – Opening a Linux Terminal – Console to Run Linux Commands – Tutorial Help
To run Linux commands, you need to get to the Linux command line prompt. To get to the Linux command line prompt from a Linux desktop, you open a terminal emulation window. Linux Tips: You can also go to a virtual terminal and run Linux commands. But when you are a new Linux user, a terminal emulation window is easier to work with. Linux Terminal Emulation Windows When you open a terminal emulation window, you get a “window” on the desktop. A terminal emulation window can be moved around on the desktop and resized to be made larger or smaller. [...]