Comment Re:Stupid Tricks (Score 1) 2362
for straight summaries, du -cks is crap. instead use:
du -sh
On the topic of humourous command flags, one of my favourites is a directory listing, reverse sorted by creation time:
$ ls -Fart
Comment Re:There is this part ... (Score 1) 2362
Or Ctrl-A _ if you're using screen and would prefer a visual notification of the lack of activity in that particular window.
Comment Re:session-sharing with screen -x (Score 1) 2362
What do you mean you're not constantly running in 80x24...? Aah the good old days of using screen on an IBM 3151...
Comment Upgrade Ubuntu Successfully Everytime (Score 1) 529
Install and Ubuntu using the following partition scheme:
[ 512MB swap | 15GB / (root) | (the rest of your GB) /home ]
When a new version of Ubuntu comes out (or even another distro of your choice), erase your swap and root, keeping home. I've been using Linux for years, and trust me, this is the easiest and most universal way to keep your files.
As a side note, I never put important stuff outside my home dir and software raid my home dir to a separate hard drive, just in case a drive fails. You can configure your partitions and software raid in the debian/ubuntu installer.
-Joe
[ 512MB swap | 15GB / (root) | (the rest of your GB)
When a new version of Ubuntu comes out (or even another distro of your choice), erase your swap and root, keeping home. I've been using Linux for years, and trust me, this is the easiest and most universal way to keep your files.
As a side note, I never put important stuff outside my home dir and software raid my home dir to a separate hard drive, just in case a drive fails. You can configure your partitions and software raid in the debian/ubuntu installer.
-Joe
