Still adjusting to how an online class functions, I kinda missed the week 3 deadline :C which really sucks because I'm really interested in Linux! I have ubuntu 11.10 installed on my hp notebook (still working on the wireless drivers), Ubuntu Livedisc 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on my grandma's desktop (soon to be installed and upgraded), and I'm working on loading the Linux kernel to my iPhone. This week we learned about the basic functions of the Linux CLI in ubuntu. There are many shells and different builtins and utilities to work with, so one's knowledge of many different commands, their syntax, and shell of origin all are important things to know when using a linux based terminal emulator. The use of pipes is an elegant way for users to string multiple commands together to tailor them to how they want them to function. I'm repartioning the 320GB HDD in my grandma's gateway desktop with an extra 20GB for my partition of ubuntu, to do so I used gparted on the ubuntu livedisc. To do this you have to type "sudo gparted &" to give yourself user privileges and run it as a background job to continue using your terminal.
I really hope I succeed in this class, despite my rocky start.
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