PUBLIC MARKS from ruadrift with tag linux

For a while now, I have been considering the idea of drawing up a list of the best applications for Linux in 10 broad categories. The purpose of such a list would be to cover as many areas as possible while not overwhelming any single category with too many apps. I also thought it would be a good idea to involve my readers in this exercise so that I would have more choices to add to the final list than the ones I have come up with.

FrozenTech's LiveCD List

Here is a quick run down of some of the top questions I had as a newbie to Linux. Hopefully this will help others as well. FYI, this is created for my personal record which means it's not all written by me. It's kind of a hodgpodge of stuff from the net. But rest assured, it's quite accurate!

A Quick Introduction to Bash Programming - Part 2 43 A Quick Introduction to Bash Programming - Part 1 42 Input/Output Redirection in Unix 36 How and when to use the dd command? 35 Accessing CDROMs in Linux (covers mount, umount, fstab configuration file) 32 Understanding file permissions and modifying them using chmod 30 How to set Shell Environment Variables (bash shell) 28 What are the SUID, SGID and the Sticky Bits? 27 Understanding software Installation (configure, make, make install) 26 Wildcards, Quotes, Back Quotes, Apostrophes in shell commands ( * ? [] " ` ') 25 How to use the most popular command in Unix - Grep 24 Pipes - Get the most out of your shell 23 Running X Windows Applications using Cron - Part III 22 How to find - Size of a directory & Free disk space 21 How to find files in Linux using 'find' 20 How to find files in Linux using 'locate' 19 Text scrolling off the screen? 18 How to compile & execute C programs under Linux (Absolute basics) 17 Scheduling tasks using Cron - Part II 16 Scheduling tasks using Cron - Part I 15 Execute a task 'at' the time you want.. 14 Configuring Kppp to connect to the Internet 13 Unwritten Rules for Discussion Forums 12 Using Emacs - Part I 11 Setting the PATH 08 What to do if Linux refuses to boot after a power failure? 07 X Font Server Error ? 06 Getting LILO to boot Windows (by default) 04 Windows COM Ports equivalent in Linux 03 Access Windows partitions from Linux 02 Setup of Ensonic Sound Card (PCI Sound card) 01 Configure PPP for dialup for a single machine

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