How-To: Guide to Ubuntu Linux Part 1: Navigation and Text Editing

The beginner's guide to navigating in (Ubuntu) Linux!!

This is a quick 8 minute video describing how to use the basic navigational commands in linux. The commands include:

cd :change directory
pwd :present working directory
ls: list files
clear: clear the terminal
nano: command line text editor
*program &: begin a graphical program
mv: move a file
rm: remove a file (delete)

Any comments or suggestions are welcome! Thanks for watching!

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[PistolPacknBystander]

Thanks buddy.. I feel like a kid riding for the first time without training wheels! lol

[TechOpenSource]

@PistolPacknBystander Youre welcome!! glad it could help.

[GIChiyo]

Thank you so much for this, I really mean it. :D

[TechOpenSource]

@GIChiyo Youre welcome! Glad it helped!

[ashlady1796]

I am trying to edit the host files for my Apache server. How can I save my edited file without using Nano? I tried creating a host file and saving it with Nano but I don't have root permission.

Thanks.

[TechOpenSource]

@ashlady1796 You won't be able to save the file if you dont have root access. No matter which text editor you use, you still need permission to edit that file. Maybe you can ask to administrator for the password? If YOU are the administrator, type in "sudo" before you run nano.

[depro9]

ctrl/alt/t ;)

[guitarplayer3602]

Thank you so much! This is just what i needed!

[midoribishi]

@thomas242007 Same here.Knowing DOS commands really helps!

[TechOpenSource]

@AlejandroBjorg correct, I am using VMware to run Ubuntu inside Windows. This made the networking tutorial a little confusing, but it the easiest way. There are some programs on osalt (open source alternative) that work the same as cam studio.