Linux Amazing Tips and Tricks

Linux is all about sharing and improvising. We are sharing some useful Linux tips and tricks for all those who want to try out new things in open source technology. These tips have been shared by our readers.

Learn Basic Linux Using Top 5 Resources

Linux is a good platform which keep its users at safe and its said to be the popular Operating System now a days. So its a great step towards a great future, we will give you details of how basics of linux can be understood easily. So here are five downloadable ebooks where you find all basics of Linux and will be easy for you to fix it in your mind.

According to Goldman Sachs, the market share of Linux has gone above Microsoft. The report also revealed that Microsoft has gone from 97 per cent share of computer market to 20 per cent while "the consumer compute market is led by Android at 42 percent share and Apple at 24 percent share." Along with Android, Google Chrome operating system based Chromebooks also helped in leveraging the reach of Linux to greater consumers. Also, Linux powered Amazon's Kindle HD tablet has helped in spreading awareness on Linux.
 


Feeling motivated? Here are a few knowledge resources available only for you:

1. Introduction to Linux – A Hands on Guide

Want to begin from KG grade? Then this ebook will introduce you to most aspects of Linux. From logging in, basic file management, backup techniques up to lessons on basics of networking. This resource will help you know the Linux file structure and introduce you to basic commands and text editors as well. Click here to know more.

2. Getting Started Guide to Linux

This guide will help you choose a particular Linux distribution and also will train you on how to perform a basic Linux install. To familiarise yourself with the Linux desktop and basic commands, this might be great ebook to download. Click here to know more.

3. GNU/Linux Command line tools Summary

Knowing the command line is very important in Linux. This ebook will help you work on the command line in Linux. You can also get to learn about various commands and places where to use them. The chapters will involve specific tasks along with various list of commands. Click here to know more.

4. Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference

Well, recently, we posted a poll to know the most favoured Linux distribution and we came out with the same answer- Ubuntu. Well, Ubuntu is one of the most popular distributions, and newbies surely start their Linux journey from Ubuntu. This ebook caters to Ubuntu specific information. From installing and configuring Ubuntu to adding and managing software and securing your Ubuntu PC, this resource will teach you all. Click here to know more.

5. Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition

Now, it's time to graduate to high school. This book is a bit advanced for beginners and can help intermediate to advanced users as well. With this you can learn regular expressions to shell scripting to C programming to networking.
This book has lots of information to offer. Click here to know more.

Choose Your Own Hardware and OS of Your Smartphones

Now Indian buyers can choose the hardware and OS of their Smartphones, weather it may be the Popular Android or the non hackable Ubuntu or popular browser Firefox OS. With the upcoming Android alternatives like Ubuntu Phone OS or Firefox OS, what if you get a chance to choose the hardware and operating system for your smartphone? Sounds fun right? Africa-based Limitless Electronics previously, launched its products in a unique way, where the company allowed the customers to decide what hardware and operating system they would want their tablet to have. We are expecting the company to do a similar launch in India and users may get to choose between operating systems like Ubuntu Phone OS, Android and Firefox OS as well.

While nowadays, companies are not keen on offering multiple options as far as mobile OS is concerned but Limitless interestingly offers users the opportunity to custom-select their OS as well as hardware specs. Limitless Electronics has decided to start taking pre-order for its products from next month.

The company plans to include not just tablets but all types of high-end luxury devices and electronics. Limitless is known for its Re|act and Fleet brand of smartphone, tablet and Smart TVs. Limitless Electronics, run by Cameroonian Tony Smith, has taken hold of the consumer electronics industry in Africa.

The Fleet brand devices are designed for advanced durability to provide long lasting and reliable performance in all types of conditions. Many Fleet devices are outfitted with technology and hardware that offer military-grade protection against exposure to water, wind, dust, shock, and more.

Limitless will be up against the existing line-up of domestic brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Spice and Lava in the country. But it will be interesting to see whether Limitless can compete with the heavyweights as well.

With pre-orders slated to start from next month onwards, Limitless is expected to launch its products officially in March.

Best OS Ubuntu 12.10

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Ubuntu Linux 12.10 aka Quantal Quetzal. Just last week the beta 1 version of the free and open source distribution was released and the final release is expected sometime around October. Let’s see what is new in this:

1. One of the highlights of this version is that Ubuntu 12.10 will now natively support both the logical volume manager (LVM) and full disk encryption. This could specially be beneficial for enterprises and government users who got to meet a standard security requirement.

2. This version comes in a single, consolidated image. Earlier Ubuntu versions came in multiple images, however, the beta version is different. “There is no longer a traditional CD sized image, DVD, or alternate image, but rather a single 800MB Ubuntu image that can be used from USB or DVD,” the project team said in their official announcement. 

3. There is no more Unity 2D. According to a PC World report, users lacking hardware acceleration had to use the 2D version of Unity, but now the standard 3D Unity runs by default. For those without hardware acceleration, the operating system will automatically use the Mesa 3D LLVMpipe driver to perform 3D calculations using the CPU. Unity, meanwhile, has been updated to version 6.4.

4. The update manager has been revamped. It checks for updates every time it is launched.




   
5. More updates include Linux kernel 3.5.3, a new X.org stack, Python 3, LibreOffice 3.6.1, and GNOME 3.5.90 for most components. Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio have also now reached Beta 1 status, as has Ubuntu Server, reports PC World.

  So enjoy using ubuntu linux OS. 

LINUX MINT VS UBUNTU LINUX: The Race of Being the Best

It has been always seen that there is a great competition between everyone in this world, whether its a technical thing or a non technical thing.Now here....

We are not trying to change your mind but here are five points why Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Linux. 

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    The last time when they released the top five Linux distributions, Linux Mint was top on the list. Not to forget the number of supporters that the Linux distro enjoys. However, there are some who still want to stay loyal to Ubuntu Linux. We are not trying to change your mind but here are five points why Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Linux.  

Reason 1: Security In case of Ubuntu Linux, users can directly log in automatically, without indicating password strength. However, when it comes to Linux Mint, users are forced to choose whether they want to automatically log in or need password security.

Reason 2: Options of client media Linux Mint 12 offers you the best when it comes to client-based media players and viewers. Network World says: “There's a definite slick feel to the apps chosen, and we were reminded of the Apple behind-the-scenes thoughtfulness of simplicity but high compatibility with various media types.”

Reason 3: Regular updates Like Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint updates are also easy to access and deploy. However, in case of Linux Mint you don’t have to wait for strictly scheduled updated. They keep releasing updates constantly.

Reason 4: GNOME User interface If you like GNOME, then you will surely like Mint's technique of making Gnome 3 appear like Gnome 2.3. Linux Mint 12 has burst into the charts for both its simplicity, and its geek creds, reports Network World.

Reason 5: Easier resources The best part about Linux Mint is that the Mint community is easily accessible. Also, the resources are easy to find and understand. On the other hand, Ubuntu is not as neatly organised. 


So now you all decide which is the best Either its Linux Mint or its Ubuntu Linux.      

Linux 21 Years of Success

The great Free Linus OS has turned 21 on this 25th August and It was exactly 21 years back that the favourite operating system kernel was launched. It was on 25 August 1991 that Linux Torvalds, the creator of Linux, made the announcement of making Linux free. A landmark was created, which became the basis of open source technology and that helped in changing the face of technology. Linux grew magnificently in these years. Torvalds himself had very little idea of this growth. Making this announcement on comp.os.minix newsgroup, he wrote:

Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).

I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)

PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

There are actually three "birthdays" one can identify for Linux:

The first was July 3rd, 1991, when Linus posted his first query to a newsgroup for some information he needed to help him with a project. That project was, of course, Linux:

From:torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroup: comp.os.minix
Subject: GCC-1.40 and a posix question
Message-ID: 1991Jul13, 100050.9886@klaava.Helsinki.FI
Date: 3 Jul 91 10:00:50 GMT

Hello netlanders,
Due a project I'm working on (in minix), I'm interested in the posix
standard definition. Could somebody please point me to a (preferably)
machine-readable format of the latest posix rules? Ftp-sites would be
nice.
Linus Torvalds torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi

The next was August 25th, 1991, when Linus first let the cat out of the bag about his project:

From:torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroup: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: 1991Aug25, 20578.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki.

Hello everybody out there using minix-

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big
and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has
been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like
any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix; as my OS
resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-sytem
due to practical reasons)among other things.

I've currently ported bash (1.08) an gcc (1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that i'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd
like to know what features most people want. Any suggestions are welcome,
but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)

Linus Torvalds torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi

Finally came Linus' call to arms on October 5th, 1991, when he posted this:

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT
Message-ID: <1991Oct5.054106.4647@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote
their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying
to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs? Are you
finding it frustrating when everything works on minix? No more all-
nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just
for you :-)

As I mentioned a month(?) ago, I'm working on a free version of a
minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage
where it's even usable (though may not be depending on what you want),
and I am willing to put out the sources for wider distribution. It is
just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I've successfully
run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it.

Three clear candidates for a birthday, but one can, of course, have only one.

The 3-Jul-1991 message does not actually mention what the project *is*, while the 5-Oct-1991 message refers to his message earlier, which clearly mentions "I'm doing a (free) operating system".

Therefore, by convention, Linux was "born" on 25-Aug-1991.

By the way, the name "Linux" didn't come from Linus. That name was given by Ari Lemke, who chose it over Linus' preferred name for the OS when he created the subdirectory for the source code on nic.funet.fi.

So what was Linus' preferred name for his baby?

"Freax"

One can see that while Linus may be a great programmer and leader of (wo)men, he really should leave the process of naming projects to other people ;-)

Linux is now a part of almost every technology aspect of our lives. From desktop computers to servers, to mobile phones, to super-computers, to home equipments and even space, Linux is almost everywhere. Cheers to this true spirit of open source. 
Even when any computer is at risk of being hacked then we use Linux so linux is everywhere now. 
Long-live Linux!