Top Tweaks to Make Ubuntu Start-up Faster
It is a general notion that Ubuntu is a bit sluggish; but here are some handy tips to trigger faster Ubuntu start-up
Category: Linux and Unix
How To Use Windows Special Keys In Linux
Why are all the new keyboards sold with special Windows keys on them? How about making them do real keyboard functions while in X Window? Here is how.
First you need to find out which key mapping you are using. Usually it will be US, it might also be en_US, ca or else. Locate the file, [...]
Nov 18, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
How To Detect Two Ethernet Cards in Linux
To configure an ethernet card in Linux, you need to enable it in the kernel. Then the kernel will detect your ethernet card if it is at a common IO port. But it will stop there, and will never check if you have 2 ethernet cards.
The trick is to tell the ethernet driver that there [...]
Nov 15, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
What Is a Linux Distribution?
An operating system consists of a lot of files that perform a lot of different functions. And because there is no Linux Corporation to package and distribute the files that make up Linux, the task of getting Linux onto your computer in working order, along with the applications that you are likely to want, has [...]
Oct 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Basic Linux Commands
Here’s a list of basic commands in Linux.
May 28, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
An efficient UNIX shell-script…
If you use lot of Unix shellscripts in the VI editor, then here’s an efficient UNIX shell-script to compare two files & delete one of them if they are duplicates… Simple yet pretty handy, just check-up!
Oct 22, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Picotux 100… Tablet PC? No it’s the world’s smallest desktop!!
Well whether you call it small, tiny or microscopic depends only your perception of how small is small enough!! When we say small desktop PC it could possibly be something similar to Shuttles, or rather you can call them the Space Cube PC! But Picotux has redefined the word small with the introduction of Picotux [...]
Aug 21, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Linux & Unix Tricks
A few linux tips and tricks for newbies. I have made this page as a reminder of tricks I used in Linux or unix along the way.
May 14, 2006 | 2 comments | View Post
Some Unix Tricks
These are some unix tips that might be helpful someday down the road. Feel free to contribute more unix tips by commenting on this article.
Apr 30, 2006 | 3 comments | View Post
11 Unix Tricks
Whether youre a newbie to Linux or you are a seasoned guru, youre bound to find some scripts or programs which just make your life on the computer exponentially easier. The following is a list of them and explains what they do.
Mar 11, 2006 | 10 comments | View Post
Learn Unix in 10 minutes
This is something that I had given out to students (CAD user training) in years past. The purpose was to have on one page the basics commands for getting started using the UNIX shell (so that they didn’t call me asking what to do the first time someone gave them a tape).
This document is copyrighted [...]
Feb 14, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post
10 things you should do to prepare a new Linux installation
No matter which Linux distribution you choose, there are at least 10 things you do to properly prepare the operating system for day-to-day operation.
1. Install latest patches
There are over 200 different Linux distributions and you will need the patches that are specific to your distribution. Search for needed patches on the web site [...]
Feb 12, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post
