Not sure how long this will last, but if you use Linux regularly, you may be interested in Ramesh’ Natarajan’s eBook Linux 101 Hacks which is currently available for free download from his website at www.thegeekstuff.com. The password to get in is “linuxrocks” and the eBook itself is in PDF format. Subtitled “Practical Examples to Build a Strong Foundation in Linux,” the book is filled with detailed explanations on a variety of useful Linux commands and command options that you may or may not have heard of and “hacks” to make ones you use regularly more effective like a true Linux veteran.
The book is split into nine chapters:
- Powerful CD Command Hacks
- Data Manipulation
- SSH Client Commands
- Essential Linux Commands
- PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 and PROMPT_COMMAND
- Colorful and Functional Shell Prompt Using PS1
- Archive and Compression
- Command Line History
- System Administration Tasks
The read is highly recommended for experienced and no so experienced Linux users both. Beginners will be able to learn Linux better through these examples and veterans will be pleased to extend their Linux experience with these useful hacks.
Grab the eBook now. What have you got to lose, it’s free and it only takes a little bit of your time.
The following tutorial will show you how to install Fedora 8 or 9 to a USB flash driveusing Windows. Fedora is a Linux distribution that is sponsored by Red Hat and is both driven and maintained by the community. It is comprised of only free and open source software and will always remain free to use, modify and redistribute. Recently, Luke Macken and Kushal Das, both active in the Fedora community have put together an intuitive and super easy to use liveusb-creator which can be used to make a FedoraLive USB flash drive. In addition, USB Fedora utilizes a Persistent feature, enabling a user to save and restore changes on subsequent boots. In the following, we will show you how it works.
Prerequisites for Creating a Live USB Fedora:
- Windows host PC (Tested on Windows XP)
- 1GB+ USB flash drive
- liveusb-creator-2.4.zip
How to install Fedora to a flash drive from Windows:
- Download the Fedora liveusb-creator-2.4.zip
- Extract the liveusb-creator-2.4.zip to your PC
- Navigate to the liveusb-creator-2.4 folder and click liveusb-creator.exe to launch the tool
- Even though the USB Fedora creation process is straight forward, here is a quick rundown of all the steps involved:
- Select either to Use existing Live CD or Download Fedora
- Set the Target Device to point to your USB flash drive
- Move the Persistent Overlay slider to set the capacity to use for the persistent image
- Click Create Live USB to begin the creation process
A nice progress bar will indicate the progress of your USB Fedora creation. Once the process has finished, simply restart your PC and set your System BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB flash drive
If all goes well, you should now be booting into your own portable Live USB Fedora 8 or 9.
Enjoy!
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