Multi-booting My Way (Not Necessarily the Easy Way)

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 [...]

A (Very) Brief Introduction to VIM

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 [...]

An Introduction to the Linux Shell

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 [...]