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OpenSuse 11.2 is ready for release

October 4, 2009 – 5:13 am

The much anticipated OpenSUSE 11.2 is scheduled for the final release in November. The last milestone for OpenSUSE was the OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 (M8) which features numerous bug fixes, Linux kernel 2.6.31, improved partioning, social networking clients, and new versions of packages including GNOME 2.28, says the project.

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Short and quick tutorial for the command “touch”

May 5, 2009 – 10:19 pm

The touch command is typically used for 2 purposes, to create a new file and to modify the access and modification times of the file.  If the file already exist, it will update the  both the access and modification times of the file and if it does not exist, it will create a new file.  [...]

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Using command output with backquotes

May 5, 2009 – 8:43 pm

The backquote (`), which is quite alien to most Windows users, is the key just below the top left hand side ESC key on your keyboard.  This is a useful key to use when you want to use the standard output of a UNIX/LINUX command as part of another command.

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How to create shortcuts on Gnome desktop

April 27, 2009 – 6:51 pm

Shortcuts on Linux is known as soft links and traditionally, this can be achieved by using the “ln –s” command and option.  You can also achieve this on the Gnome desktop using the mouse only.  However, unlike the Windows way to create a shortcut where you right click on the folder/file and near the bottom [...]

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Customizing Gnome Terminal fonts and colors

April 9, 2009 – 7:30 pm

By default, most SuSE and OpenSuse distribution selects Gnome as the window manager, KDE being the other option.  Under Gnome, the terminal application is called the Gnome Terminal which has a better look and feel than the plain Terminal application (which is also available).  The default size of the terminal may be too small for [...]

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