< GNU/Linux > whatis hier hier (7) – Description of the file system hierarchy > man hier A typical Linux system has, among others, the following directories: / This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts. /bin This directory contains executable programs which are needed in single user mode and to …
GNOME – WhyNotWiki
How to change your default text editor By default (on my Ubuntu install at least) all text documents are opened with gedit. If you would like to change that, well, you can… http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-change-the-default-text-editor-on-ubuntu-with-nautilus. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Just edit your ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list (create it if you don’t have one) and add the following text: [Default Applications] …
Unix / Standardization – WhyNotWiki
Page Discussion View source History http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/unix-standards.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Perhaps the world’s most popular operating system today is also the hardest one to define. Unix is undoubtedly one of the most widely used operating systems. Several versions of Unix compete in the commercial marketplace with products such as DOS, MS windows 3.1, Windows NT, …
Portable media player – WhyNotWiki
Feature wish list I should be able to tell it “resume playing this podcast” and it will resume playing the next unlistened-to episode in that podcast (or use whatever different rules I’ve set up for determining the next episode to play — perhaps the most recent episode). Currently with my iPod, I have to enter …
Photography – WhyNotWiki
Photography edit (Category edit) http://gphoto.org/. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Digital cameras have the balance of quality, features, and price that appeals to users looking for a fast and convenient way to get images into their PC. You can spend a lot more — or a lot less — for one than the $100 to $3000 (or …
Naming conventions – WhyNotWiki
Aliases: Glossary, Glossary of terms, Which word should I use?, Naming conventions, Preferred synonyms, Shades of meaning, Preferred name, Name dilemmas, Naming dilemmas, Terminology, Directory of terms (Examples of synonym sets (or at least sets of closely-related words) where I have a hard time deciding which one is the preferred word) [Terminology (category)][Naming conventions (category)] …
GNU/Linux / Sources of software – WhyNotWiki
Page Discussion View source History < GNU/Linux http://linuxappfinder.com/ How to get the Install Now button to work You need to have apturl installed. I also had to add these keys to about:config: network.protocol-handler.app.apt;/usr/bin/apturl network.protocol-handler.external.apt;true http://gnomefiles.org/ http://gnomefiles.org/subcategory.php?sub_cat_id=44 FTP
GNU/Linux / Name – WhyNotWiki
< GNU/Linux GNU/Linux / Name edit (Category edit) [–] Category:GNU/Linux / Name Aliases: GNU/Linux / Naming, GNU/Linux / Naming conventions When I really want to be technically correct, I will say GNU/Linux. I believe that is the correct name for the operating system. (Linux itself is “just” the kernel — albeit a very important part of …
Wget – WhyNotWiki
Save as a different filename with -O option. Don’t forget to enclose the URL in if it has >1 parameters (& mark)! # Not gonna work: wget -O nt.gif http://www.neuroticweb.com/recursos/css-rounded-box/rounded.php cn=nt&co=e4ecec&ci=A9B8CF # Gonna work: wget -O nt.gif ‘http://www.neuroticweb.com/recursos/css-rounded-box/rounded.php cn=nt&co=e4ecec&ci=A9B8CF’ Warning about & characters Many URLs contain & characters. That’s fine as far as your web …
Ps – WhyNotWiki
Process state codes man ps PROCESS STATE CODES Here are the different values that the s, stat and state output specifiers (header “STAT” or “S”) will display to describe the state of a process. D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) R Running or runnable (on run queue) S Interruptible sleep (waiting for an event to complete) …