I have often wondered why people say that Linux terminal commands are unintuitive. Let us look at the following commands, and I shall explain where their names come from:
ls = list
cd = change directory
sudo = super user do
pwd = print working directory
chmod = change mode
chown = change owner
And so on, and so forth.
As you can [...]
Filed in Linux, under Arch, Linux, Newbie, Terminal, Unintuitive, Windows on May 14, 2008
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Battery life. My laptop’s battery is fairly old and worn down, it has a maximum capacity of 25%, and so any way to increase its life is a chance to be siezed. On Windows the battery lasted roughly 10 minutes, a bit less. I have just been running my laptop without external power for about [...]
Filed in Linux, under Battery, Laptop, Linux, Windows on May 8, 2008
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Someone said to me that I really shouldn’t assume I am safe from all viruses on Linux. I decided to look into the steps you would have to follow in order to get a virus that does more than mess with the files in a users home folder. Here is what I came up with:
Find [...]
Filed in Linux, under Comparison, Computing, Linux, Security, Virus, Windows on April 30, 2008
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