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 »
Using the command line is a time-honoured tradition in Linux (at least for those that like to get their hands dirty with commands). One of the common acts carried out when using the CLI is that of displaying and manipulating texts, and Linux is so much rich with commands to achieve this. The cat command… Read More »
It was about the time, august 28 1991 to be precise, that the great Linux was released into the world and what a great live has been lived during this time. For those of you that don’t know, Linux is the kernel [or you could say brain] of every distribution out there – – it… Read More »
Microsoft (MS) has open-sourced the Windows command line scripting tool, PowerShell. Alpha versions have been released for Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS) and MacOS on GitHub. Especially when a core component (the .NET frame work) that it depends on have already been opensourced by Microsoft. Either as a means to court the open source community… Read More »
there are many areas around that is now swarmed with imported PCs. Whether it is as result of the economic system or not, at least it is serving as avenues for Nigerians to get access to cheap computer systems. This is a sort of blessing in disguise for Linux. Why would I say that? Let… Read More »
The OpenVR (short for Open Voter Registration) is a biometric software that was introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into the Nigeria electoral system in the year 2011, to serve as a viable platform to be able to capture as many possible voters. The Software The OpenVR is an open source program that… Read More »
Though I have written severally on the principles behind the free and open source philosophy (which is the entire mission of fossnaija) and how they can help or be applied to Africa as a continent and Nigeria as a developing country. In this article I’m going to examine the aspect of FOSS that can help… Read More »
The ability to know where your stuffs (that is files) are stored in your hard drive is necessity for any PC user. This is because majority of everyday interaction with the computer system exclusively involves manipulating files – and by extension directories. Such manipulation include copying, moving edit and the likes. And in the Linux… Read More »
Formating in Ubuntu Linux is easy like in windows. There are applications several applications that could be used to format any removable thumb drives. Here we would be using the default ‘disk’ utility that ships with Ubuntu. Open the disk program. Click the Ubuntu icon on the upper-left corner of the unity desktop (or you… 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 »
