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The PS1 is the text that you see to the left on the command prompt. Often times it will read something like, mark@debian~/$. This text reveals a lot of relevent information. The first part, ‘mark’ tells us the username. The … Continue reading
Posted in Linux | Tagged Dreamhost, SSH | 1 CommentUsing Markers in Vim
Vim is a powerful text editor that pretty much rivals anything out there. Once you get used to the commands and hotkeys you can wiz through config files. Vim is also very popular for programming, not only for its productivity … Continue reading
Posted in FreeBSD, Linux, Software | 2 CommentsUsing Gmail with Mutt and IMAP
I am not quite sure why it is but there are always people that want to do things faster and more efficient, even if the current system is working fine. I have to admit I love to tweak things to … Continue reading
Posted in Howto, Linux | 3 CommentsModify Remote Files with VIM’s Built in FTP Plugin
I can’t tell you how excited I am that I found out about this. Vim has a built in plugin to connect to FTP sites. What this means is that you can modify your web documents from vim without having … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Software | 9 Comments50 Reasons Why I Love Linux
I love Linux so much I made a list of 50 reasons why I love it so. 1. I can extract something with one command without opening a separate program. 2. I can print a document without opening it. 3. … Continue reading
Posted in Linux | 19 Comments5 Things you Need to Know When Switching to Linux
1. Everything in Linux is a file, even your hard drives. (dev/hda1) No c:/ stuff. Linux is based on a directory system which is all contained in ‘/‘, aka root. The ‘slash’ is very important, for example, /mnt will start … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Uncategorized | Tagged Linux | 1 CommentCreating Useful Bash Aliases
Bash can be configured to recognize any word you want and link it to a command. This is called an alias. This is can be used for many reasons. For instance, you could assign a short word like dvdbackupnow to … Continue reading
Posted in FreeBSD, Linux | Tagged Alias, Bash, FreeBSD, Linux | 5 CommentsEncrypt a File on Linux or FreeBSD with GnuPG
If you ever wanted to quickly encrypt a file in Linux or FreeBSD without complicated keyrings and key files this is the post for you. In this guide we will use gnupg to quickly encrypt any file in Linux or … Continue reading
Posted in FreeBSD, Linux, Security | Tagged Enryption, FreeBSD, GnuPG, Linux | Comments Off← Older posts Newer posts →