7 Neat Linux Tricks That Newbies Need to Know

 

 

 

 

As a Linux newbie, it’s normal to struggle. Everything just feels so different from Windows and you find yourself scratching your head at the simplest of tasks. And while the command line makes Linux life much easier, it can be intimidating for a beginner.

Fortunately, all it takes is a few simple tricks to get you comfortable within the terminal. Give it a few days and you may actually end up preferring the command line! Granted, there is a learning curve, but it’s not as hard as you think. I promise.
If you’ve never used the command line before, I’d recommend that you first get acquainted with terminal before continuing. But if you’re feeling confident, feel free to keep reading anyway.

Finding the Right Command

A fresh terminal is an endless sea of possibilities. You can do so much with it, which is exactly why it’s so terrifying. With so many commands available at the tips of your fingers, how on Earth are you supposed to know which ones to use in a given situation?

The good news: you don’t have to memorize anything. Using the apropos command, you can quickly figure out which commands lead to the actions you want to perform.

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apropos "description"
By typing the above, you’ll get a list of all commands that match the “description” string with said command’s help string. So if I were to type:
apropos "list directory"
This results in all of the commands that have “list directory” included in the help string. For my system, that means the dir, ls, ntfsls, and vdir commands.

Execute a Previous Command

Anyone who uses Linux for an extended period of time will eventually resort to the command line for troubleshooting. When that day comes for you, you may find yourself typing and retyping a lot of the same commands.
One way to get around this is to hit the Up key, which will cycle through past commands you’ve typed. This is what most newbies end up doing, but there’s a better way.

How to Ultra Compress Files from GB to MB – KGB Archiver

Wondering how to ultra compress files of large sizes from GB to MB!!! – If yes, then you are at the right place to get your question answered. I have seen thousands of users looking for a way to ultra compress their files not only to save the disk space but also making it easier to transfer from one location to another but most of them often end up facing frustration and the reason behind this frustration is definitely the lack of knowledge of proper software for the task of ultra compression of files. Earlier I was also familiar with only two most widely used compression and extraction software’s that are Winrar and Winzip. My experience with these two software’s has been really nice especially for the task of extraction but when we talk about the compression capability of these software’s they haven’t surprised me offering a small scale compression reducing just about 10-30% of the original size which is quite low for users like me who are looking for way to ultra compress files from GB to Mb.

Therefore after a deep research over Internet I came across KGB Archiver a free  compression tool with unbelievable high compression rate that has not only surprised with me its compression rates but after using KGB Archiver i was easily to save a lot of disk space and thus I would highly recommend anyone who is looking for such software that can compress the file from GB to MB within few minutes.Read below tutorial to learn How to Ultra Compress Files from GB to MB.

Fixing DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG Error

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So in this post i will be Sharing 3 different ways to Solve this issue. After Which you will be able to Surf Internet and Open Sites easily just like before. Below Methods are sorted by Basic To Advance.
Method 1: Release/Renew Ip Address.
In this Method, you will be releasing your ip address and then renewing it again. If the Problem is with your IP address then this method should work for you. Just Follow the Below Simple Steps.
Step 1: Open Command Prompt(cmd) By Pressing Combination of Windows key + R to open run. Now type in “cmd” and Hit Enter.
Alternatively, you can Press Windows Key + X , then Click on Command Prompt (Admin).
Step 2: Now that your Command Prompt is ready, Type in ipconfig /release then hit enter.

Step 3: Now again type in ipconfig /renew and hit enter. This will Renew your IP address. Step 4: Close the Command Prompt and open your Favorite Browser to Check if the Problem is solved.

Method 2: Flushing DNS.
In This Method We will Be Flushing DNS to Solve Error Code: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. This will Most Probably Solve the issue if the Problem is in your DNS Cache. Follow below Steps.

• First of all Open Command prompt.
• No type in “ipconfig /flushdns” without Quotes and hit Enter.
• You can see your dns is succuessfully Flushed.
• Open your Browser and see if the issue is still there or you have now fixed it.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 review: Extending video editing beyond the desktop

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• Premiere Pro CC 2015
  4/5
  With this version, Adobe is making a clear effort to bring in tools usually found in other Adobe applications. This makes Premiere Pro closer to being a one-stop video editor.

Alan Stafford

Contributor, PCWorld

• Jun 16, 2015 12:01 AM
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Use Adobe Hue CC to capture color looks from camera shots; press on the color balloons to adjust the look before uploading to your Creative Cloud library.

Last year, as I was sprinting down the street trying to stay ahead of six angry bulls in Pamplona, Spain, I held my phone behind me to capture some video of the experience, all the while thinking, how am I going to color-correct this video? And then I looked up at the beautiful old buildings facing the street and thought, hey, that palette would really work well with the talking-head videos I had been editing in my hotel room the night before. But how to capture those colors and reuse them? Thankfully, Adobe has solutions for these vexing problems in the latest version of its video-editing application, Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.

IBM's crazy-thin 7nm chip will hold 20 billion transistors

Looks like Moore's Law has some life in it yet, though creating a 7nm chip required exotic techniques and materials.

How far can we push Moore’s Law? It’s starting to become a concerning question as processors push into almost infinitesimally small process nodes.

Intel’s 14-nanometer Broadwell chips suffered from lengthy delays, stuttering Intel’s vaunted tick-tock manufacturing schedule. TSMC, the company that manufactures graphics processors for AMD and Nvidia, has been stuck at the 28nm node for yearsnow. Intel plans to push into 10nm in 2017, but IBM’s looking beyond that, and just revealed the world’s first working 7nm processor—but it took some pretty exotic manufacturing to get there.

 

Radeon R9 Fury graphics card review: AMD's furious bid for enthusiast gaming supremacy

AMD's air-cooled counterpart to the liquid-chilled Radeon Fury X doesn't topple its big brother, but the Asus Strix version of the Radeon Fury firmly outpunches Nvidia's GTX 980.

AMD’s water-cooled, luxuriously designed Radeon Fury X graphics card was supposed to be the star of the show—the technology-packed counterpunch to Nvidia’s ferocious GeForce GTX 980 Ti. AMD drip-drop-dripped information about the Fury X in the days ahead of the card’s launch, slowly teasing enthusiasts with leaks and glimpses and internal benchmarks. In the end, the $650 Fury X lived up to its name, proving competitive—though not quite dominant—to Nvidia’s beast, and promptly selling out in stores.
But forget about the Fury X.
It’s the Fury X’s little brother that AMD should be shouting about from the rooftops: the $550 Radeon Fury. Sure, it’s not quite as powerful as AMD’s liquid-chilled flagship, but the Radeon Fury is nothing less than a stellar card that clearly outpunches its GeForce GTX 980 counterpart in many titles—something the Fury X can’t quite claim against the 980 Ti.
Let’s dig in.

AMD Radeon Fury detailed

AMD originally implied that the Radeon R9 Fury was merely an air-cooled version of the Fury X, but that’s not quite true.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury’s stock specs. (Click any image in this article to enlarge it.)