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Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Tips And Tricks – Panels Customization – Workspace Switcher

Friday, May 18, 2007

Ubuntu ships with a handy desktop environment feature I couldn’t live with out. It’s the Workspace Switcher Panel. It’s enabled on the default desktop, so you’re probably already familiar with it. I regularly work on many different projects that are very different in nature. The default settings for the panel aren’t optimal for me, so [...]

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bash Wednesday – alias

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

One of the best tips I can give on using the command line to your advantage is to grab a hold of the “alias” command. You’re going to be typing a lot of commands, and with Ubuntu, through the bash shell’s glorious “alias” command, they’ll be fewer and shorter.
The alias command allows a shell user [...]

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The Command Line – Your Computing Co-Pilot

Sunday, May 6, 2007

If you’ve only used Windows, it’s possible you may have neglected one of it’s best hidden gems, the Windows Command Line. While it was very powerful and had many features, it wasn’t quite what Linux and Unix users had been reaping the benefits of for years. It extended upon the original DOS command set, which [...]

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