Ian's Linux Aide-Memoire

System Info

• what's my IP address? /sbin/ifconfig
• how full is my hard drive? df
• which kernel am I using? uname -r
• which file systems does my installation support? cat /proc/filesystems
• more commands

Installing Software:

extract an archive: tar zxvf filename
move a file or folder, e.g.: mv filename /usr/local/src
install an rpm: rpm -ivh filename

compile and install:
./configure
make
make install

MythTV

• A linux based PVR, like a Tivo

Finding Things:

www.google.com/linux Linux-oriented search
distrowatch.com a survey of current Linux distributions

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