Have you ever wondered what are some cool Linux softwares or tools that you must try?? Well I thought that when i was new to this world i.e. what new can i try that would ease my work? So,here is a list of all the packages without which your system is incomplete. Many of you might be using many of ...

1) What is Linux? Linux is an operating system based on UNIX, and was first introduced by Linus Torvalds. It is based on the Linux Kernel, and can run on different hardware platforms manufactured by Intel, MIPS, HP, IBM, SPARC and Motorola. Another popular element in Linux is its mascot, a penguin figure named Tux. 2) What is the difference ...

1) What is the importance of the GNU project? This so-called Free software movement allows several advantages, such as the freedom to run programs for any purpose and freedom to study and modify a program to your needs. It also allows you to redistribute copies of a software to other people, as well as freedom to improve software and have ...

1) Are drives such as harddrive and floppy drives represented with drive letters? No. In Linux, each drive and device has different designations. For example, floppy drives are referred to as /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1. IDE/EIDE hard drives are referred to as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, and so forth. 2) How do you change permissions under Linux? Assuming you are the system ...

1) What is the pwd command? The pwd command is short for print working directory command. It’s counterpart in DOS is the cd command, and is used to display the current location in the directory tree. 2) What are daemons? Daemons are services that provide several functions that may not be available under the base operating system. Its main task ...

  openSUSE is a community distribution with big backing. As with Mageia and Mint there are a number of desktop environments to choose from including Gnome, KDE, XFCE and LXDE. openSUSE should definitely be tried by new users and users looking for an alternative to Mint, Mageia and Ubuntu. The operating system is stable and it is relatively easy to ...

Ubuntu is the distribution that most people have heard of and consequently it is the first Linux based operating system that they try. The fact that Ubuntu is number 2 in the rankings might actually be down to the fact that because most people have heard of Ubuntu they go straight to the downloads page rather than to Distrowatch. This ...

Linux Mint is clearly one of the distributions that the readers of this blog should be checking out. The order of the day for Linux Mint is evolution over revolution and if you are looking for a traditional desktop oriented operating system with taskbars, system trays and menus then Linux Mint is definitely worth a go. Linux Mint is a ...