Linux Timesaving Techniques For Dummies

Linux Timesaving Techniques For Dummies

Korry Douglas, Susan Douglas

Language: English

Pages: 515

ISBN: 0764571737

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


* Formerly known as Red Hat Linux, the Fedora Core distribution is an excellent, no-cost alternative to Windows, Solaris, and other expensive operating systems* Red Hat currently controls an estimated seventy percent of the Linux market in the U.S.* This book gives experienced and first-time Fedora users sixty concise, step-by-step, timesaving techniques to help them perform tasks with Fedora more efficiently* Organized by topic, the techniques are presented in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, with a minimum of technical jargon* The techniques run the gamut of end-user, system administration, and development tasks, ranging from desktop, file system, RPM, and database tips to Internet server, e-mail server, networking, system monitoring, security, and Linux kernel tricks* Covers the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to be, but you need to create the directory and set the privileges before you mount it. ᮣ The third field is the file system type: smbfs. Many file system types work with Linux, but smbfs is the choice for what you’re doing. ᮣ The fourth field, noauto,user, describes the options to invoke for this mount. Set the noauto option to tell Linux not to mount this file system at boot time (you never want to auto-mount a network share), and set the user option to permit a nonprivileged user to mount

he Internet is pervasive. Few days go by when we aren’t researching something on the Web. When you use the Internet, you’re constantly moving data. Using the right tools to upload and download files can make a huge difference in the time it takes you to get the job done. In this technique, we walk you through downloading and compiling a software tarball. You can find tarballs all over the Web, with great, timesaving software just waiting to be downloaded. The example we show you is for another

for the location that’s closest to you. When the Download Manager opens, click the Save button to save the file. 3. From within the VM, cd to the directory that contains the RPM package that you just saved: $ cd /mnt/host/home/user Don’t forget to include /mnt/host in your path because you saved the package on the host. 4. 99 Unpack the RPM package with the following command: $ rpm -Uhv webmin-1.121-1.noarch.rpm If you downloaded a new version, substitute its name in the command. 5.

Scheduler, click Save. Or if you haven’t defined the environment variables, see “Adding environment variables,” later in this technique, to do so. 2. To add a new variable, fill in the fields on the dialog: ᮣ Variable: Enter the variable name, or choose from the most common variables in the dropdown list. If you don’t define the HOME , MAILTO, and SHELL variables, they default to your normal values. Change these variables if you want to override the defaults. Letting Task Scheduler Work for

all about taking control of your desktop away from the big corporations and putting it into the hands of the developers working with your best interests at heart. The software is freely available on the Internet for you to download — you can even help develop the projects if you want to get involved. Decisions about what’s on your desktop aren’t being made based on the profit margins yielded by the software. Instead, the best interests of the user are of primary concern to the developers.

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