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Sixteen years of working notes — Linux and networking, Django and Laravel deployment, SwiftUI, AWS. Written down mostly so I can find them again.

General Mar 15, 2010 1 min read

Execution Sequence of .bash_* files

Execution sequence for interactive login shellexecute /etc/profileIF ~/.bash_profile exists THEN execute ~/.bash_profileELSE IF ~/.bash_login exist THEN execute ~/.bash_login ELSE IF ~/.profile exist…

General Mar 15, 2010 1 min read

Disable the usage of history using HISTSIZE

I you don't want the shell to remember the commands you have typed, then disable history all together by setting the HISTSIZE to 0 as shown below.$ export…

Uncategorized Mar 12, 2010 1 min read

How to Change the position of the Restore/Max/Close buttons on windows in ubuntu 9.04,9.10,10.04

Many you might have already seen that the position of the buttons on the window decorated had been left justified in ubuntu 10.04. Actually it is very easy…

General Mar 11, 2010 1 min read

“shopt -s cdspell” : Automatically correct mistyped directory names on cd

Use shopt -s cdspell to correct the typos in the cd command automatically asshown below. $ cd /var/vmall-bash: cd: /var/vmall: No such file or directory$ shopt -s cdspell$…

General Mar 8, 2010 1 min read

Use “cd -” to toggle between the last two directories

You can toggle between the last two current directories using cd - as shownbelow.[dipin@linuxgeek ~]$ cd /etc/[dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ pwd/etc[dipin@linuxgeek etc]$ cd /var/[dipin@linuxgeek var]$…

General Mar 7, 2010 1 min read

Try to navigate up the directory using cd followed by consecutive dots

In the below example i have show how to navigate up to level 5 using cd......(cd followed by 6 dots).Here a single dot represents the current directory, 2…

General Mar 6, 2010 1 min read

Toggle SSH Session using SSH Escape Character

When you’ve logged on to the remotehost using ssh from the localhost, you may want to come back to the localhost to perform some activity and go back…

General Feb 26, 2010 1 min read

How to Install stable Firefox 3.6(Not the Namoroka One) in your ubuntu

I you are using ubuntu 9.10 karmic/ 10.04 Lucid. just run these commands on your terminal:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install firefox-3.6Now…

General Feb 23, 2010 1 min read

Pino: Install twitter and Identi.ca Client for ubuntu Linux

Pino is Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop. It's simple and fast.Install Pino in ubuntu$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vala-team/ppa$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:troorl/pino$ sudo apt-get…

General Feb 20, 2010 3 min read

Howto: VPN connection setup on ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala

I took this from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8261958&postcount=6 There are so many variations on these VPN implementations that it is extremely difficult to generalize a known-good…

ubuntu 10.04 Feb 17, 2010 1 min read

How to install VLC Media Player in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Here's is a guide to install VLC using motumedia ppa.To install VLC, you will need to install the medibuntu-keyring, w32codecs and libdvdcss2.For that open a terminal and type…

ubuntu 10.04 Feb 10, 2010 1 min read

Social integration and boot recovery in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Lucid Lynx is going to feature a new social integration with a new “MeMenu”. The MeMenu is basically an application from where you can access social networks like…