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The Linux Bits
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http://www.thebits.co.uk
------[ CONTENTS
----[ EDITORIAL It's been an action-packed week for Linux. Why? Because Linux did battle once more with Windows NT. Following the now famous and controversial Mindcraft test, an NT vs Linux duel once more took place. NT still bet Linux in every department but the results are brilliant for Linux. Coders everywhere have leapt into action to help fix problems found in the Linux kernel and the Apache webserver. Nothing motivates coders more than knowing they're battling against the Redmond Behemoth. NT may have won the battle but they sure as hell ain't won the war! Details of the battle can be found here. For those of you that have always wanted to compile your own kernel, you're in luck. A new section has been added to the Newbie's Linux Manual, entitled How Do I Compile My Own Kernel? (Section currently unavailable due to manual rewrite.). The site's going strong, it's a humungous 51 pages now! Not bad for a site only 3 months old. Won't be long before we're into triple figures. Later my friends... :)
----[ THIS WEEK'S TIP Wouldn't it be nice if every time you entered ls the directory was listed in glorious colour? Yes you can do this using: ls --color ...but wouldn't it be nice if every user could do it using just: ls Yes? Well here's how to do just that: - 1 - Either login as root or temporarily switch to root using the command: su ...(when you want to swap back to who ever you were before becoming root, simply press Ctrl+D). - 2 - Enter the following sequence of commands: cd /etc/skel echo 'alias ls="ls --color"' >> .bashrc source .bashrc Note If you only want ls to display directories in colour for the account you're currently logged in to, then ignore all of the above instructions (including step 1), and enter the following instead: cd echo 'alias ls="ls --color"' >> .bashrc source .bashrc
----[ QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Linux machines typically stay up for months before needing to be rebooted, and application failures almost never crash the entire system. General Protection Faults become a thing of the past on Linux; it sure is nice not having to babysit a server!" - Source -
----[ AND IN 2ND PLACE... In second place comes this "food-for-thought" (and verbose) quote from Internet Week: "I remain firm in the belief that altruism does not scale very effectively and that, in time, the market will discover mechanisms whereby producers and consumers can trade value for value using money as the medium of exchange. Once these mechanisms are discovered, only hard-core ideologues will resist the siren song, after which we will look back at the quaint beginnings of the open-source software movement as we do on the noncommercial origins of the Internet." Sadly, the guy's probably right, but we can but dream...
----[ THIS WEEK'S NEW SECTIONS Newbie's Linux Manual : "How Do I Compile My Own Kernel?" Newbie's Linux Manual : "How To Unmount A Disk""
----[ THIS WEEK'S UPDATED SECTIONS Newbie's Linux Manual: "The No Nonsense Red Hat Installation Guide?" Newbie's Linux Manual: "Some Things You Need To Know" Newbie's Linux Manual: "How To Access A Floppy Disk, CD-ROM & Zip Disk" Newbie's Linux Manual: "Know Any Quick And Handy Tips?"
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