inux, like all modern operating systems, has more nooks and crannies than a bargeload of English muffins. That means figuring out the best way to do something with Linux, or even knowing that you can do it in the first place, can be a challenge. And just to make matters even more interesting, Linux and its major components are all improving and changing at an astonishing rate. Whether you’re a long-time user or a rookie who’s just installed Linux for the first time, taming the complexity of your system and figuring out how to get the most out of it is an ongoing adventure.
That’s why we’re presenting our first annual all-tips article, to help you find the most direct path possible from what you want to do to how to do it with Linux. We’re going to take a look at four different facets of using Linux — checking system status, configuring your system, X/ KDE/GNOME, and working with RPM files — and present our favorite shortcuts, hints, and tricks.
Before we get to the tips it’s worth pointing out a few details. First, most of the commands we are presenting here are intended to be run from the command line. So if you are a heavy GNOME or KDE user, you’ll have to either fire up the ol’ xterm window, or else you can quit out of your GUI and experiment a little bit…
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inux, like all modern operating systems, has more nooks and crannies than a bargeload of English muffins. That means figuring out the best way to do something with Linux, or even knowing that you can do it in the first place, can be a challenge. And just to make matters even more interesting, Linux and its major components are all improving and changing at an astonishing rate. Whether you’re a long-time user or a rookie who’s just installed Linux for the first time, taming the complexity of your system and figuring out how to get the most out of it is an ongoing adventure.
