Moments with Linux

Brasero is a revolutionary application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome users. It's simple to use and have some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. Few of the good features - Supports multi session - CD/DVD image creation and dumping to hard drive. - Check for file integrity. - Edition of silences between tracks in Audio CD's - Erase CD/DVD - Can save/load projects - A customisable GUI - Drag and Drop / Cut'n'Paste from nautilus. Fore more info: http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/

The cron command starts a process that schedules command execution at specified dates and times. crontab - maintain crontab files for individual users.Similar to other commands this to have options . -u It specifies the name of the user whose crontab is to be tweaked. -l The current crontab will be displayed on standard output. -r The current crontab will be be removed. -e This option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. Usage : #crontab -u [user_name] - e An entry under crontab for user specified by the user_name will be made and saved automatically on exiting the editor. #crontab -u [user_name] - l Shows the cron jobs for the user specified. The cron jobs deceleration needs to be done in a 5 column format consisting of minute (0-59) hour (0-23) day of the month (1-31) month of the year (1-12) day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday) Taking the example that if the 'root' user desires to setup ...

Some of the very useful shortcuts of the CLI are / :- root directory ./ :- current directory ./command_name :- run a command in the current directory when the current directory is not on the path ../ :- parent directory ~ :- home directory $ :- typical prompt when logged in as ordinary user # :- typical prompt when logged in as root or superuser ! :- repeat specified command !! :- repeat previous command ^^ :- repeat previous command with substitution & :- run a program in background mode [Tab][Tab] :- prints a list of all available commands. This is just an example of autocomplete with no restriction on the first letter. x[Tab][Tab] :- prints a list of all available completions for a command, where the beginning is ``x'' [Alt][Ctrl][F1] :- switch to the first virtual text console [Alt][Ctrl][Fn] :- switch to the nth virtual text console. Typically, there are six on a Linux PC system. [Alt][Ctrl][F7] :- switch to the first GUI console, if there is one running. If the graph...