Camarade_Tux Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 So you installed Linux and want to become a l33t g33k now? This is for you!But first, pay attention: if you want to become a \/\/4RRI0r then you musn't use linux but bsd!I won't write everything I plan to now so there'll be some empty sections. Don't hesitate to contribute; the goal is not to create a wifi or 3D-acceleration thread nor to write exhaustive things but to help people set their linux to get a friendly OS, sometimes by simply giving links.Copy&Paste with your mouse:WARNING: have something to checkgpm is daemon that automatically copies what you select with your mouse and lets you paste it later; provides a nice and easily accessible second clipboard. It is installed on most distributions and ran on startup so you can use it without bothering more.However, it is rarely correctly set to handle the touchpad on a laptop. Add "-2" to command-line starting gmp; remove "-3" if present./usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2 -2WiFi with ndiswrapper and DriverPacks:ndiswrapper lets you use windows drivers for wifi under linux. The problem is then to find drivers for windows.Just get DriverPacks-LAN; it's less than 7MB, you'll find all the drivers you need. Extract with p7zip and use grep to get your driver. Put the .inf and corresponding .sys int the same folder. Finally install it withndiswrapper -i your_driver.infYou can now access your card with "wifi0".note: ndiswrapper is tagged as buggy and root of kernel panics. DO NOT use precompiled packages: download the source and compile it by yourself (./configure && make && make install is perfect); remember it ships a kernel module.Extend your laptop's battery life:Eye-candy: translucency and 3D support:nlite kde:Basic shell tricks:Recompile your kernel:Vim regex multi-line search&replace: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erfahren Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 A little extension for Nautilus that I find comes in handy is nautilus-open-terminal. From the package description: nautilus plugin for opening terminals in arbitrary local pathsnautilus-open-terminal is a proof-of-concept Nautilus extension which allows you to open a terminal in arbitrary local folders.There is also Glipper, the Gnome counterpart to the KDE Klipper clipboard manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrelljon Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) Become root (Administrator)sudoInstall software in Debian (MEPIS, Ubuntu)sudo apt-getInstall Firefox in Debiansudo apt-get firefoxInstall WINE (Windows compatibility layer) in Debiansudo apt-get wineInstall software in Red Hat (Fedora, CentOS)sudo yumEdit files in the terminalnanoEdit files in the terminal and create a backupnano -BAdd repositories in Debian Linuxsudo nano -B /etc/apt/sources.listShow your system's network interfacesifconfigShow your system's wireless network interfacesiwconfigShow your system's PCI interfaceslspciShow your system's USB interfaceslsusbSearch for text in a file and show itgrep text fileSetting up a passwordless usersudo nano -B /etc/shadow...Connecting to a wireless network at bootsudo nano -B /etc/rc.local...Distrowatch Package Management Cheat SheetFOSSWire Unix/Linux command cheat sheetFOSSWire Ubuntu Cheat Sheet Edited January 29, 2009 by darrelljon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xntryk1 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 **** I wanna learn linux but it seems so foreign... I feel deep inside this post is important to me. I tried Ubuntu and Kubuntu and my wireless would not work due to a driver and THAT was all I could figure out.... My wireless usb came with a driver, but I had to "make it" myself as far as I could understand... The rest I had no idea. hense, this topic must be important to me. So, thanks in advance? Hindsite? The post is old.... Linux 10.4 is new... Hmmmm.No reply needed, I am just rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 For Linux tricks I enjoy using this site: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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