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Category Archives: Linux
chmodding and Ruby
Recently, I switched from a Powerbook to a Macbook, and to copy my files from one to the other, I used a pen drive. Since my pen drive has a FAT file system, it treats everything as being executable. This, however, is not the case on a UNIX-like file system like OS X. In order to save myself the hassle of manually chmodding thousands of files, I wrote this Ruby script.
how to reformat your pen drive
USB pen drives are everywhere these days, and for good reason, since they’re dead useful. I use mine with my Linux box, my Powerbook, and various other systems I’ve had cause to stick it in. After a while, my 1 GB drive was only holding a few hundred MB. When I would [...]
the ease of Linux with a focus on Ubuntu
3till7.net had some excitement yesterday because a post from 2005 got Dugg, and is also garnering a lot of hits from StumbleUpon. I find this funny because it’s such an old post but also because the content is just an email my dad sent me about how all these different companies use Linux. [...]
non-English characters in Linux
It's easy to make accented characters (e.g. é and ü) in Linux. Easier than in Windows, actually, because in Windows you have to remember all those crazy Alt codes, and in Linux, it's logical combinations of accents and letters.
beginning Linux guide
Don't look on this guide as though you have to learn all this stuff right now in order to be able to use Linux. No. You can get around otherwise, enjoying Linux and getting work done at the same time without messing around with the command-line, which is what a lot of this guide deals with. Look over this guide and then pick and choose what you need. Want to learn how to change file permissions? Check out the section on the
chmod command. Want to know what program to use for a certain task? Check out that section. You don't have to memorize all this stuff to get around, but it's there if you need it.
Beginning Linux commands
A table of commands that were useful to me when I first began using Linux. Note that all of these may not apply to your particular distribution, configuration, etc.
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