Linux Terminologies Issue #1
After I switched from XP to Linux Mint, I find it strange to install programs or perform some task using the terminal or similarly known as the command prompt in Windows. Even if I am used to Windows ease of use whenever I’m dealing with software installations, typing a command in Linux makes me feel a bit geeky in a way. Hopefully in the near future, the developers of Linux will find a solution on how we can also achieve Microsoft’s user friendly approach to computing.
Linux Terminologies will be the newbies guide to understand the commands currently being used in a Linux environment.
sudo – (super user do), generally pronounced , is a program for Unix-like operating systems such as BSD, Mac OS X, and Linux that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the system’s superuser) in a secure manner. By default it is installed in /usr/bin.
apt – is a Debian tool used to manage packages in such a way that when the user asks for a package to be installed the system also installs (or upgrades) all the necessary packages to make the package work.
wine – (Wine Is Not an Emulator) – a set of Linux system calls which duplicate the functionality of equivalent Windows system calls, allowing Windows applications to run under Linux.
nautilus – is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.
su – (substitute user or switch user or super user) command is used to assume the shell of another user without logging out. It is commonly used to change to root user permissions for administrative work without logging off and back on; it is also used to switch to other users in the same way. Desktop environments such as KDE and GNOME have programs that pop up a password query box before allowing a user to run commands that would typically require such access.
gedit – is a free software, UTF-8 compatible text editor for the GNOME desktop environment. It is designed to have a clean, simple interface inspired by the ideals of the GNOME project.
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