Nocturnal Slacker v1.0Back in the old days, when Timmy wanted to visit granny’s house, all he had to do was have Lassie lead him there. In today’s more complicated computer world, it takes a bit more understanding. We’re going to learn a bit about a very important subject in Linux. It’s called PATH. The path to a [...]
For a couple weeks now, I’ve been having issues with Thunderbird 5 in my Arch Linux installation. I have a few much-used extensions installed in my Thunderbird, and 5.x broke four of them when it updated in Arch from 3.1.11. I tried a few work-arounds. I tried to live without the extensions. This morning I [...]
If you are setting off on your new GNU/Linux adventure, there are some must have things that you’ll be needing to take along with you. When you’re at the kitchen table packing that backpack for your big adventure, don’t forget to stuff these items in there with your lantern, matches, water purification pills, and lip [...]
The following is a brief step-by-step on how I’ve been multi-booting different operatings systems on my machines for the past few years. It’s not necessarily the easy way to do things. It is the way I first learned and the way that I’m most comfortable with using. I’m posting it here, as I believe it [...]
OK, let’s continue on with our lessons about the Linux Shell and the command line. Today, we’re going to learn how to write a script that you can run from the command line that will actually do stuff. It’s a very simple script, so don’t expect anything spectacular. I was wondering what I could use [...]
In the next couple lessons here at Nocturnal Slacker v1.0 we’ll be discussing the Bourne Again Shell (BASH) in a bit more detail. With that in mind, though, how ’bout we play around with a neat trick that will customize your BASH prompt whenever you go to the command line? Sound like fun? OK, here [...]
Let’s continue now with our series of articles introducing new Linux Adventurers to the Linux shell, the command line, and command line editing. Sometimes, there is a need to stuff a bunch of files into an archive and compress it. This is often the case when one wants to send a bunch of large files [...]
Previously here, while discussing the Linux shell, we briefly touched upon the need to have a command line editor that you’re comfortable using. While there are quite a few very good editors out there (EMACS, Nano, etc.), vi/vim are my favorites. Some would say that I’m into self-flagellation to like vi/vim, but I think it’s [...]
She sells seashells by the seashore. Well, yes… that may be true, but that’s not the type of shell we’re going to talk about here today. I’m going to talk a bit about the Linux shell. What is the Linux shell? What does it do? How can I interact with it on my GNU/Linux operating [...]
A Few More Shell Basics
In our last lesson here, I scratched the surface of the basics needed to start scripting in BASH. Today, we’ll learn a few more things. Here are some fundamentals that we need to cover real quick. It’s nothing too complicated. chmod – You’ve seen this command in action before, I’m sure. It’s important when it [...]