Linux Live for CD & USB. Linux Newbie Guide: Shortcuts And Commands. [an error occurred while processing this directive] Linux Shortcuts and Commands: Linux Newbie Administrator Guideby Stan and Peter Klimas This is a practical selection of the commands we use most often.
Press <Tab> to see the listing of all available command (on your PATH). On my small home system, it says there are 2595 executables on my PATH. Legend:<> = single special or function key on the keyboard. Notes for the UNIX Clueless:1. 7.1 Linux essential shortcuts and sanity commands <Ctrl><Alt><F1>Switch to the first text terminal. <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> (n=1..6) Switch to the nth text terminal. ttyPrint the name of the terminal in which you are typing this command.
<Ctrl><Alt><F7>Switch to the first GUI terminal (if X-windows is running on this terminal). <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> (n=7..12) Switch to the nth GUI terminal (if a GUI terminal is running on screen n-1). <Tab>(In a text terminal) Autocomplete the command if there is only one option, or else show all the available options. Linux Newbie Guide by Stan, Peter and Marie Klimas. Intro.
We are relative Linux newbies (with Linux since Summer 1998). We run mostly RedHat and Mandrake -> the solutions might not be directly applicable to other Linux distributions (although most of them probably will be). Hope this helps; we try to be as practical as possible. Of course, we provide no warranty whatsoever. If you spotted a bad error or would like to contribute a part on a topic of your choice, we would like to hear from you.
General description of this Guide. Conventions: <> = single special or function key on the keyboard. Part 0: For the Undecided (Linux Benefits) If you are wondering what the Linux pros and cons are, and whether Linux is for you. Part 1: Before Linux Installation What distribution should I use, how to obtain it, Linux hardware requirements, how to partition your hard drive, about dual boot, which packages to install, which graphical user interface (GUI) to install (gnome or kde?) Licence, Acknowledgments and log of changes. The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide. Kernel links. Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche < jmseyas@dit.upm.es > /* * The latest version of this document may be found at: * */ The need for a document like this one became apparent in the linux-kernel mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers to information, appeared again and again.
Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more get interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always enough. It is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the philosophy and design decisions behind this code. Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to start. Please, if you know any paper not listed here or write a new document, send me an e-mail , and I'll include a reference to it here. The papers that follow are listed in no particular order. Enjoy! : "Iptables-tutorial" : Oskar Andreasson. : : iptables, netfilter, firewalls. : The aim of the iptables-tutorial is to explain iptables in a complete and simple way.
. : "Ipsysctl-tutorial" Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide.