It is no longer news that Linux is not a popular operating system (OS) in Nigeria – at least to me – especially going by the data provided by the Statcounter website on computer OS usage in the country as at June. There wasn’t even a tab for Linux on the graph! Damn. I have… Read More »
We have done how permissions could be managed by over the terminal for various reason. Not to scare many Linux users away from the shell, even when its an integral part of the Linux experience, we are doing a GUI version of that post. If you have read that post you’ll notice that we enumerated… Read More »
In this highly GUI-ed tech world the command line is king for Linux. For an optimum Linux experience, one still needs a familiarity with the Linux command line interface (i.e. the shell) to be able to carry out some basic tasks. Though most of them can be done using the graphical software programs, the command… Read More »
In our previous introductory post we emphasized the important roles files play in course of using a Linux system. In this post we would be dealing with the different stuffs we could do with files and directory on our system. Emphasis would be laid on the command-line aspect here because the nautilus file explorer is… Read More »
Most of the activities carried out by a computer user revolve around files – ranging from pictures, music, videos, documents, and the likes. And it is very important to be able to locate and mange files easily. So in this post and the next to follow w would be examining the Linux file system and… Read More »
Reducing the brightness of your PC is a very good thing to do for several reasons, among which are the reduction of power (battery) consumption and the optical effects it can have on the eyes of a regular PC user. By default I set the brightness of all my systems to the lowest value possible… Read More »
A simple way to make files hidden in Linux is to simply rename such file or folder, beginning the file name with a dot (‘.’) – Yeah that simple. In Linux hidden files or directories (folders) are identified by the ‘.’ That precede their names. For those that still need a step by step method… Read More »
The console in Linux is the text-based mode of Linux that is devoid of the graphical user interface (GUI). It is usually characterized by its black background with text of white, red or green (or a combination of all). For the uninitiated (yeah…lol) or newbie Linux user this is a very scary image to behold,… Read More »
Many new users of Linux (especially those coming from the Windows world) often get mentally forced into thinking that the shell (or terminal ) is just Linux’s own cmd.exe. And since they rarely use it on their Windows system, there would be no need to use it now on Linux. This is a mistaken view.… Read More »
With the advent of very polished desktops environments like gnome, cinnamon, unity and KDE, the importance of the command line interface in Linux has not yet diminished one bit. Many new users coming to Linux tend to abhor the use of the command line especially those coming from OSes like windows where the command prompt… Read More »
