Created by the best open-source experts from all over the world, Ubuntu is available in 24 languages and has developers from all over the world building applications for it. Thus making Ubuntu users spoilt for choice in terms of applications to have fun with. In this article, I will be presenting you with applications that are required to carry out the basic tasks in Ubuntu. Each category has more than one application so that you [...]

Linux has more than 650 commands and every command has its own set of options all performing different operations. Going through each and every one of these commands will be a very tedious task. However limiting yourself to only a few of them is never an option. The trick here to learning all these commands, is to categorise them according to their function. By doing this, you will know atleast the basic commands and have [...]

1.  Everything in Linux is a file including the hardware and even the directories. 2. # : Denotes the super(root) user 3.  $ : Denotes the normal user 4.  /root: Denotes the super user’s directory /home: Denotes the normal user’s directory. 5.  Switching between Terminals §  Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6: Console login §  Ctrl + Alt + F7: GUI login 6.  The Magic Tab: Instead of typing the whole filename if the unique pattern [...]

Vim, the more advanced form of the earlier Vi editor(found in the older versions) is one of the most powerful text editors in the Linux Platform. Slight alterations in the configuration files can be of the upmost importance and can change the whole setting of the system therefore learning the basics of navigation of this text editor is a minimal prerequisite for any Linux novice. Everything in Linux is a file, from all the software [...]

If you have been using any of the Linux distributions or intend to, you must be aware of the terminologies related to it. Therefore, with an objective to familiarize you with the new terms or the terms that you have heard of, I have tried my best to compile these 40 basic terminologies related to Linux. Alien Alien is a computer program that supports conversion between different Linux package formats. For example, it helps conversion [...]