Learning Linux

Simple Linux Commands Getting into Linux, it is primordial to learn the basics of the Linux shell, a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. This blog serves to demonstrate some simple Linux commands as a learning tool. We use a program known as the terminal(terminal emulator) which allows us to interact with the shell. The 4 commands that will be demonstrated are: ls , cd , pwd and mkdir . When opening the Linux terminal, the last character of the shell prompt should be "$" sign, however if you have the "#" sign instead, this can be quite dangerous since we are operating as a superuser; someone with admin privileges and we can delete or overwrite any file on the system. ls - List This command will list all the files and directories of a specified directory in alphabetical order by default. There are multiple flags that can change the behavior of a command and some common flags are: --help : when used as an a...

Installing Ubuntu on Windows 11 through virtualization Hello, I am going to describe the steps to installing ubuntu on windows 11 on VirtualBox I hope you find this guide useful. If you already have VirtualBox, you may skip to step 5. Step 1: Download virtual box  Select 'windows hosts' If you want python support and you don't have the required resources, there are some additional steps to be followed, otherwise skip to step 4 Step 2: Download and install python Download Python | Python.org Click on add python.exe to PATH If all went well, you should end up with: Step 3: Once python is installed, open cmd and execute the below command: pip install pywin32 It should look like this: Step 4: Proceed with virtual box installation Open and Install VirtualBox This is how it should look when you open VirtualBox after installation Step 5: Download Ubuntu LTS(Long Term Support) version is highly recommended This is a very large file, therefore, it might take up quite some time to do...