I do these things to work on Linux as it makes things better …

Posted by admin on September 24th, 2008 filed in General

This is completly for Linux beginners. If your the newbie for the Linux then please follow these post to make that linux comfortable for you. When I shifted to linux I found some small problems

1. Choose a nice Linux operating system( I prefer Ubuntu, Fedora…) easy to get support when you are in problem.

2. Make sure rm command, that will remove the files permanantly.

SOLUTION:

function rm(){

mv-f$*~/.Trash/;

}

add that above function in the /etc, in the bashrc file(Do it from root)

3. Provide short cut keys for the daily use functionality.

Do:

Goto the menu System and Preferences, look at the keyboard short cut keys.

4. Practise some of the console based commands( I refer These sites )
Basic comand list
Bash Commands
Linux command complete referrence

5. Ubuntu geek is the best forum to get quick and most relible answers for the user queries

6. Get awerness about Package mangers for installing software

List:

Gui pakage manager Synaptic

Dpkg is the Debian package manager

smart Pakage manager Apt-get

7. The most basic problem for programmers, the carriage-return is different from windows.

8. Setting environment variables, in linux if we use export to set the system variables, those will be available upto that console life so to set the environment variable use set env(Ex: JAVA_HOME, PATH …)

9. Use console for everything… and explore about /etc folder’s files.

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