Technology Trivia

[CGM]

reboot a linux box, yes. The four letter word is root, which is another word for admin.

Missy, yes, you could create an alias for this command so that typing amat=gay would reboot your system.

I was really smashed last night.


p.s. Diz, out of curiosity, what was the six letter word?

[brucelee]

I don't know the origin of the word init in linux but I think it comes from the word initiating or initiate. I am not familiar with unix but they have the same command.

Init 6 is to reboot the system. Init 0 is used to halt the system and init 1 is to get the system into single user mode. The three numbers are runlevels that are reserved.



Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab.(init - Linux Command - Unix Command)

I have forgotten already many of the commands in linux but the Internet is really a good way to find help.

I started using redhat linux in 2003 when flash drives still needs to be configured to be detected by the system. That was very enjoyable then when only a few of us in the office could really operate a linux system. hehehe.

Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

[CGM]

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Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

LOL

yeah, I'm starting from scratch. So far it is strictly command line, no GUI. I went with Debian, which is a flavor of Linux. I needed something new to play with. This is my first try at Linux, so far it is easier than I thought it would be.

[brucelee]

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Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

LOL

yeah, I'm starting from scratch. So far it is strictly command line, no GUI. I went with Debian, which is a flavor of Linux. I needed something new to play with. This is my first try at Linux, so far it is easier than I thought it would be.

yeah, the secret to using all the functionality of Linux is to use the command line. I was comfortable with Redhat for my server and haven't used any Linux variant for more than 1 year except Redhat.

Next problem you will meet is compatibility of your peripherals (printer, scanner, etc.). Problem on how to unzip/extract a zip file was also common during redhat days.

[CGM]

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Linux is becoming too friendly so I've decided to use windows OS.

LOL

yeah, I'm starting from scratch. So far it is strictly command line, no GUI. I went with Debian, which is a flavor of Linux. I needed something new to play with. This is my first try at Linux, so far it is easier than I thought it would be.

yeah, the secret to using all the functionality of Linux is to use the command line. I was comfortable with Redhat for my server and haven't used any Linux variant for more than 1 year except Redhat.

Next problem you will meet is compatibility of your peripherals (printer, scanner, etc.). Problem on how to unzip/extract a zip file was also common during redhat days.

well, it detected my USB printer automatically, even recognized it as an HP ColorSmart 4200. Even my wireless card was handled by default, with no driver install necessary. CDROM, floppy, harddrive all no prob. So there ain't much left. I've had more problems getting things to work under Windows XP.

Still have my sound card to go, but it's a standard SoundBlaster PCI64, so I expect no problems there.

[brucelee]

reboot a linux box, yes. The four letter word is root, which is another word for admin.

Missy, yes, you could create an alias for this command so that typing amat=gay would reboot your system.

I was really smashed last night.


p.s. Diz, out of curiosity, what was the six letter word?

Are you starting your linux OS from scratch CGM? I have heard many geeks starting from scratch and they say it's better.