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Do you know that the development of Linux was never started with the intention of making it an open source kernel? At the recent TED conference in Vancouver, Linus Torvalds revealed more interesting facts about his life and working style. L inux kernel is the world’s biggest open source collaborative project. This would automatically trick your brain into thinking that the person behind the kernel would be someone who loves working with fellow programmers. Well, proving you wrong, Linux founder, Linus Torvalds, admitted that he originally didn’t intend to make Linux open-source and began working on it as a solitary project. This happened at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Vancouver. “It wasn’t open source,” he said. “It was source that was open. There was no intention.” “I’m actually not a people person. I don’t really love other people. I love computers,” the legendary software engineer Linus Torvalds said in an interview with Chris Ande...

Bored using windows or any other server in your computing experience? Linux has been designed to offer you smooth and effective experience. Whether you want to use it for business or any other home operations, Linux offers the most reliable system to adopt. Linux has become one of the most adopted systems by many users in and around the world. Most of the world’s largest data centers across the globe use Linux. There are various reasons that answer why should we use Linux, keep on reading. Why Should we use Linux? 1. Linux is free of charge and in case you still doubt, then know that it is. In case you want to get rid of all the restrictions in terms of patents of any other form of restriction, then this would be the best switch for you. Linux can be edited in terms of the source code by most of the innovative business owners. It is, therefore, the best system to be adopted by a large number of business owners who want to simplify their business operations. 2.  Linux is more s...

The below commands are important and often used. For more checkout the image at the bottom of the article mkdir  – make directories Usage: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY… eg. mkdir lhn ls  – list directory contents Usage: ls [OPTION]… [FILE]… eg. ls, ls ­l, ls lhn cd  – changes directories Usage: cd [DIRECTORY] eg. cd lhn pwd  ­-  print name of current working directory Usage: pwd vim  – Vi Improved, a programmers text editor Usage: vim [OPTION] [file]… eg. vim lhn.txt cp  – copy files and directories Usage: cp [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST eg. cp sample.txt sample_copy.txt cp sample_copy.txt target_dir mv  – move (rename) files Usage: mv [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST e...

Learning coding  from scratch could be a tough task and it could take years of hard work to master a language. So here I am going to address the biggest problem a beginner faces: How to pick up my first programming language? R ecently I came across with a very enriching infographic that addressed the same question.  Udacity  has utilized the date of the top ten programming languages in the US (provided by IEEE Spectrum) to pick the best programming language for you as a beginner. The basis on which this infographic is made varies from location, your lifestyle and the potential growth in career after selecting that particular language. Based on the flexibility, Python or C++ comes first as it allows you work on the variety of fields such as gaming to making of embedded systems. JS or PHP prepares you for a web development career. Similar observations and trends are made based on the  average pay per year,  geography and popularity. Take a look at the infographic ...

Press the “up” arrow in the Mac or Linux command line and you’ll see the last command you ran. Keep pressing “up” and you’ll see more commands; you can go back days, months, or even years. This is called your history, and it’s very convenient. If you made a mistake typing a long command, simply press “up” and fix the problem. If you want to re-connect to an SSH server you used the other day, simply press “up” until you see the relevant command. It’s useful, but there’s also a potential security problem here, particularly if you accidentally typed a password in plain text at some point. How does one clear this history? Long story short, you can do so with two commands:  history -c , followed by  rm ~/.bash_history . Here’s what those commands do, for greater clarity. Clear the Current Session’s History Your history can be broke down into two chunks. There’s your current sessions’ history, and there’s your long-term history. Our first command,  history -c , deals with the c...

Thanks to the hard-working Arch Linux developers, the first Arch Linux ISO images of 2017 are available for download. The latest release, i.e., Arch Linux 2017.01.01, is powered by Linux kernel 4.8.13. While the first time users can grab the ISO images and torrents from Arch’s website, the existing users can update their systems using `pacman -Syu.’ A rch Linux installation isn’t something that involves simply clicking next and skip buttons. It includes multiple steps like partitioning the hard drive, formatting them, enabling swap, mounting partition as root file system, and manually downloading and installing the base OS. The user also needs to run various commands for setting up various things. There’s no denying the fact that getting an Arch Linux machine up and running needs a little more time and commitment — as compared to other Linux distributions like Fedora or Ubuntu. But, this practical approach teaches you many things and it appeals lots of hardcore Linux enthusiasts. A...