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How to Open a Tar File in Unix or Linux

How to Extract or Open a Tar file in Linux. Untar a File in Linux. Many of the most popular downloadable Linux or Unix ...

Using && in Linux to Chain Commands

In Linux, the symbol && is commonly referred to as the "AND operator" or the "logical AND operator". It can be ...

How to Find and Kill Processes on Linux

It is inevitable that at some point you'll need to find and kill processes running on Linux. Like any other operating ...

Restore USB drives back to full capacity

Restore USB drives back to full capacity. Reset USB drive to factory settings or original state. After having tooled ...

Rename Files in Linux

At first it might not be obvious, but you can use the mv command to rename files in Linux. From the terminal, this ...

For Linux Command

The for Linux command is a shell command used in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems to loop through a series ...

How to Add User to Sudoers

Add user to sudoers file, list, or group so that you can give a new user root access or privilege. How do I add a user ...

Updating Linux

Updating Linux is a fairly straight forward process that can easily be performed by running a few simple commands from ...

Clear Terminal History in Linux

How do I clear terminal history (clear bash history) in Linux? How can I remove command line history or delete typed ...

Open Files as Root via Right Mouse Click

How to easily add a context menu item that enables a Linux user to open files as root or administrator via right mouse ...

How to Search for a file in Linux

The following section covers how to search for a file in Linux by using the find command from a command line. The ...

Restore Grub after Windows Install

Restore Grub after Windows Install: After installing Windows alongside Linux, the Windows bootloader overwrites the ...

Create Your Own Live Linux Distro

Easily Create Your Own Live Linux distro, remix or spin; Creating your own custom Live Linux distro and resulting ISO ...

Make a Casper Persistent File from Windows

Use the Persistent File Creator to make a casper persistent file or writable persistence file for Ubuntu: Written for ...

Install GRUB2 on USB from Windows

How to Install Grub2 on USB from Windows. The following covers the process of installing Grub2 on a USB Flash Drive ...

Mount exFAT USB from Linux

Mount exFAT USB from Linux. How to access and use an exFAT formatted USB Flash Drive from within Linux. Most newer ...

Installing GRUB2 on USB from Linux

How to Install Grub2 on USB from Linux to make a BIOS an UEFI bootable USB that can boot on all Machines. In the ...

Access Linux Files from Windows Ext2Fsd

How do I read Linux files from Windows or access files from Linux on Windows? Accessing a Linux filesystem from Windows ...

Wipe USB - Permanently Delete Files

How can I Wipe a USB drive? How do I permanently delete files forever? Is it possible to erase or clear data from a USB ...

Ubuntu Remote Desktop Screen Sharing

Ubuntu Remote Desktop screen sharing with Windows and Linux. The following tutorial covers the process of remotely ...

Installing WINE on Ubuntu

Installing WINE on Ubuntu. This compatibility layer allows Linux users to run Windows executables .exe files in Linux. ...

Create a Casper-RW Larger than 4GB

Create a Casper-RW Larger than 4GB; The following tutorial will show you one way to create a writable Casper partition ...

Create a larger casper-rw loop file in Linux

The following tutorial explains how to create a larger casper-rw loop file (or writable file) for your Ubuntu based ...

Sharing Files Between Ubuntu and Windows

Sharing Files Between Ubuntu and Windows. In the following tutorial, I cover how to modify the casper script to allow ...

Ubuntu - Remove the prompt to eject CD

How to remove the Ubuntu eject CD prompt. The following tutorial covers the process of removing the "Please remove the ...

Ubuntu Installer Not Detecting Hard Drive

Ubuntu Installer Not Detecting Hard Drive: I recently experienced a problem installing Ubuntu on a particular computer. ...

What is Persistent Linux

Persistent Linux - What is it? After looking through some of the tutorials offered on Pen Drive Linux, you may be ...

How to resize casper-rw Images in Windows

How to Resize casper-rw images. TopoResize is a Free Image Resizing Tool originally written by Chris Semler. Initially ...

Accessing Linux Files from Windows

Accessing Linux files from Windows (Linux Windows file sharing). The following process covers methods that can be used ...

Mounting a Windows NTFS partition in Linux

Access NTFS from Linux. How to Mount and use Windows files stored on an NTFS partition from Linux. The following ...

Ubuntu Edgy Beryl installation

This step by step tutorial explains how a user can install Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy. Beryl is a fork of the Compiz desktop ...

Ubuntu toram - How to make Ubuntu Boot to Ram

This tutorial explains how to fix the Ubuntu Boot to Ram or "toram" feature that was broken in Ubuntu 7.04. Boot to Ram ...

Ubuntu Desktop Effects - Fixing the missing titlebar

The following tutorial explains how to fix the Compiz Ubuntu Desktop Effects missing titlebar problem. If you've been ...

Ubuntu Linux Shell Commands quick reference

The following is a quick reference list of some useful Linux shell commands along with a short description of common ...

What is the default root password?

What is the default root password in Linux? Most Live Linux distributions are created without a root password. Before ...

How to make Totem Media Player play encrypted DVD's

The following tutorial covers the process of making Totem Media Player play encrypted DVD's. This tutorial assumes that ...

How to change the Debian Menu Icon

The following tutorial covers the process of changing the default Debian Menu Icon to a custom Icon and in addition ...

How to install Intel PRO ipw3945 wireless drivers

The following tutorial covers the process of installing ipw3945 drivers in Debian. Enabling you to get your Intel® ...

How to install and enable Compiz in Debian

Installing Compiz in Debian is a relatively simple process. What is Compiz? Compiz is an advanced compositing window ...

How to install Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny

The following tutorial covers the process of installing Compiz Fusion on Debian Lenny. Compiz is the original ...

How to install NVIDIA video card drivers in Debian Lenny

The following tutorial covers the process of installing the Proprietary NVIDIA video card drivers from the Nvidia ...

How to Setup a Local Debian Mirror

Looking to Setup a Local Debian Linux Mirror or host your own Repository? Use your local hard drive or a network drive ...

Upgrading NVIDIA Drivers in Debian Lenny

One of the drawbacks to installing NVIDIA Proprietary drivers in Linux is that when the kernel is updated, you have to ...

Install Deb Packages with Dependencies

How to Install Deb Packages or .deb files using Debian Linux or Ubuntu. Are you using Ubuntu or Debian and have ...

How to Exit Man Page in Terminal

How do I exit man page from the terminal? Once you have finished viewing a Linux manual page for a program, ...

Installing proprietary ATI or NVIDIA video drivers for Ubuntu

This tutorial covers how to easily install proprietary drivers for your Nvidia or ATI video card using envy. These are ...

Install proprietary Nvidia or ATI drivers for Debian or Ubuntu

The following tutorial is for Debian or Ubuntu users who are looking to install proprietary drivers for their ATI or ...

How to Remove Old Linux Kernels

How to Remove Old Linux Kernels; At some point in time, almost every Ubuntu Linux user will have updated their kernel ...

How to Upgrade from Etch to Lenny

How do I upgrade from Debian Etch to Lenny? The other day, one of our subscribers had asked us just that. Upgrading to ...

Mouse pointer disappears after switching users

In Linux, if your mouse pointer disappears after switching users or after logging out and then back in, the problem is ...

Grub Error 21 after full install to USB hard drive

Help! I'm getting a Grub 1.5 Error 21 after a Ubuntu USB hard drive install: We received this email the other day from ...

Linux VGA Modes Set Screen Resolution at Boot

A simple way to set your screen resolution and color depth for most Live Linux distributions is via the use of the ...

How to find your Linux Kernel Version

Checking your Linux Kernel Version: Once your up and running with your favorite Linux distribution, you might find the ...

Understanding the Linux File System

Once you have migrated from Windows to Linux you may notice that the file system is not what your accustomed to. Of the ...

Installing NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu

Installing NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu Linux; Ubuntu does not ship with NVIDIA 3D acceleration enabled. Getting the NVIDIA ...