Linux Annoyances for Geeks

Index

A note on the digital index

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Symbols

\ (backslashes), Double Quotes

! (bang), Using Your History

#!/bin/sh (bash shell directive), Creating a cron Job for Your Backups

/ (forward slash), The Secure Shell Command

' (single quotes), How Do I Deal with Spaces and Odd Characters in Filenames?

.iso files, writing contents to DVDs, I Don’t Remember Where That File Is

/etc/fstab

quota configuration in, Quotas in Start Scripts

removable media and, I Lost Data When I Removed My Floppy/Memory Stick

/etc/profile, PATH and, Adding to your PATH

/home directory, enlarging, My /home Directory Is Too Small

backing up, Backing Up /home

4G/4G kernel issue, 4G/4G Kernel Issue

“tainting the kernel”, Users Need to Download Files

A

A+ certification, Classifying Hardware

Absolute Value Systems, My Wireless Card Works on Another Operating System, but Not Linux

Accessibility modules, Accessibility

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), laptops, Laptop CPUs

Adobe Acrobat

alternatives to, I Can’t Read PDFs or PostScript Documents

for Firefox, Firefox Plug-ins

alacarte RPM, Basics of KDE

alien command, Simplifying your system

Alps GlidePoint touchpad, The Scroll Wheel

ALSA configuration tool (alsaconf), Debian and ...