The Linux Compendium
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When you connect a USB drive to our system, it is usually mounted automatically and a directory with your user name is created under the media folder. You can also access it through your system’s file manager. Unfortunately, this is not always the case; sometimes, you need to manually mount the USB drive in your … Read more
As a system administrator, you can create and manage groups for the user accounts on your Linux system. This way, you can assign administrative & configuration rights to Ubuntu users and files & folder access permissions to an entire group rather than a single user at a time. Sometimes you might need to know which … Read more
With Ubuntu, you can customize your long Bash commands by using short and pleasant aliases as replacements. When working on the command line, you can simply use an alias in place of the entire command you don’t want to type. The alias works exactly like the command it was created for. In this tutorial, you … Read more
A zombie or a defunct process in Linux is a process that has been completed, but its entry still remains in the process table due to a lack of correspondence between the parent and child processes. Usually, a parent process keeps a check on the status of its child processes through the wait() function. When … Read more
Ubuntu has a number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to increase your productivity with minimal effort. If you have a good grip on the keyboard shortcuts, you can do without the mouse, which saves a lot of time. Also, you can focus more on your work instead of following the mouse pointer. Keyboard … Read more
Linux users nowadays can perform various operations with programs that have a high-quality user interface. However, there are many reasons to use the Linux command line, the terminal. Through the terminal, you can access many powerful native Linux commands as well as the powerful command-line features of many desktop applications. You can install software in … Read more
A strong password is very important when you authenticate to a service with a username and password. Sometimes you need to protect your account or server and try to keep your data safe. It is often said that a strong password must have at least 14 characters, with variations such as lower and upper case … Read more