Suggestions for a new Linux user.
Some suggestions for new users of Linux and thoughts on modern Linux distributions. Linux is very annoying in various ways.
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TRS-80 Computers were the best.
The Radio Shack TRS-80 computer shown here is the first computer I ever used. It has a massive 4K of RAM, upgradeable to 16K, a cassette tape drive using standard audio cassettes with programs on them such as games and utilities as well as a monochrome monitor and of course…
Read MoreNew Gentoo based Linux distribution available.
New Gentoo based Linux distribution There is a new Gentoo based Linux distribution. This is called Clover OS. It comes with a basic TWM desktop window manager and is very fast to boot. No SystemD bloat. The Live CD will load a default TWM desktop. But there are options after…
Read MoreInstalling Gentoo on a laptop. My experiences with this distro.
I have just installed Gentoo hardened Linux on my laptop. This distribution is far more hands-on than Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but it was enjoyable to install. I have not built and installed a desktop environment yet, I am just using the framebuffer console and this suits me fine. Once…
Read MoreSome very useful Gentoo Linux tips for using the emerge command to install software.
The emerge -atv emacs command will tell you what packages will be merged when installing a copy of Emacs on your Gentoo GNU/Linux system. ec2-user@ip-172-31-30-35 ~ $ sudo emerge -atv emacs * IMPORTANT: 8 news items need reading for repository ‘gentoo’. * Use eselect news to read news items….
Read MoreCool Linux tricks and hacks for the desktop and server user.
Using the shellshock bash bug on an iMac. iMac04:~ admin$ env VAR1=’me() {echo "hello"}\ ‘ /bin/echo "hello" helloiMac04:~ admin$ env VAR1=’me() {echo "hello"}\ ‘ /bin/echo "hello" hello Getting free hard disk space easily. iMac04:~ admin$ df -Hla Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/disk0s2 89G 64G…
Read MoreUseful online resources for learning the bash shell and other useful Linux documentation.
Some useful links and bits of information for budding Linux users. Bash cheat sheet. http://www.catonmat.net/download/bash-history-cheat-sheet.pdf. This is a very useful bash cheat sheet that will greatly assist you when you are learning the bash shell. (PDF). The .bash_history file may be blocked by using the unset HISTFILE variable in your…
Read MoreWindows Powershell not as good as BASH shell and other thoughts.
It is really amazing that the new Windows Powershell is moving Windows Administrators back towards the command-line instead of using the GUI for everything. Powershell has some very good features; but the difficulty I have experienced installing extra cmdlets is very grating indeed. It is better to use the BASH…
Read MoreI am installing Gentoo again on a spare partition. This will be fun.
I am installing Gentoo again. I have decided to try out this source based Linux distribution one more time and see whether I can use this distribution on my computer again. I erased the contents of a spare bootable partition and I unpacked the Stage3 tarball into it and then…
Read MoreCopying an Ubuntu kernel to a Gentoo installation
I have had someone come to my website looking for help on how to copy an Ubuntu kernel over to a Gentoo installation. This is not too hard to do. Let us say the kernel is version 2.6.35-14-generic. Then you will need to copy the /lib/modules/2.6.35-14-generic folder into the /lib/modules…
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