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Basic Linux Commands

August 12th, 2009

Here are some basic commands to get you started in the wonderful world of Linux and other UNIX variants. All of these commands should work from your command prompt (regardless which shell you’re using).You MUST press enter to invoke the command.All UNIX and Linux commands are case sensitive. There are of course thousands of Linux related commands and procedures.

 

You can also execute multiple commands by separating each one with a ; for example cd newdir; mkdir thatdir ; ls -la will first change directories to the newdir directory, then create a directory called thatdir, then list all the files in long format. You can string together as many commands as you like but caution should be used not to inadvertently do anything harmful.

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Author: sunny Categories: Linux Tags: ,

Create Linux bootable pen drive/flash drive

July 7th, 2009

This tutorial is useful to install Linux on system which don’t have CD drive. Some Laptops like asus eeepc, acer aspire one, hp mini etc don’t have CD-drive so there is only 2 way to install Linux either use external CD drive (expensive way) or Using Pen drive. So in this article i will tell you how to create bootable pen drive for Linux.
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Author: sunny Categories: Linux, Tips and Tricks Tags: ,

Linux alternatives to windows software programs

July 5th, 2009

Linux newbie always try to find windows software alternatives in Linux like Ms-office, Photoshop, Gtalk, etc. In this article I will provide you a great list of Linux alternative to windows software programs. Read more…

Author: sunny Categories: Linux Tags: ,

linux or windows which one is better?

July 2nd, 2009

linux-vs-windows

All of you are familiar with Windows and most of you are using it. Also Windows users are facing many problems like viruses,spyware, OS crashing, system hang-up etc. If you want to get ride of these problems then Linux is the best and free solution for you. Some people thinks that Linux is very complicated OS and hard to operate but there are many Linux Distribution which are very easy to operate like Windows Ubuntu is one of those. In this article I will tell you the difference between Linux and windows and you will find why you should prefer Linux over Windows.
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Author: sunny Categories: Linux, Software Tags: , ,

Backup and restore large mysql database

May 13th, 2009

If you have very large mysql database then it is very hard to backup and restore using the conventional phpmyadmin or any other program ( like bigdump).

In this Tutorial I will explain you how to backup and restore a larger database ( having millions of rows). This tutorial can be used while moving your database from one server to another.

First you need to have shell (ssh) access to your server.You can use any free program like putty to connect your server Then follow the steps: Read more…

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