apt sources : /etc/apt/sources.list adept lock : /var/lib/apt/lists/lock xorg.conf : /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm lock : # : /var/lib/rpm/.RPMLOCK, /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK kcontrol : KDE Control Center ctrl+alt+backspace : stop x server (startx in term to restart) ctrl+alt+esc : Kill an app ctrl+esc : review processes df : file system use df -h ] ~/docs/computer/partition_usage - Info on mouned partitions fdisk -l ] ~/docs/computer/partition_table - partions list dmesg : bootup info ifconfig : Network info ls -l : detailled listing lspci : hardware controllers info slocate -e /media [filename] : locate, excluding other file systems sudo passwd root : establish a root password uname -a : kernel version Untar -- * .tgz files : tar xzvf [path/filename.tgz] * .bz2/.tbz2 : tar xjvf [path/filename.bz2] # apt-get clean .. clean all cached packages # apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras .. codecs and such Mount an .iso as a file system -- # mkdir /mnt/myiso # mount -o loop -t iso9660 some.iso /mnt/myiso Make konq use detailed list view always: 1) konq>settings>configure konqueror>file associations>directory>embedding> 2) select detailed list mode, move up, apply, OK. SuperManPagesInstant redirection (modify url to suite): [html] [head][title]Redirection page[/title] [meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://christos.witnesstoday.org"] [/head][body][/body][html]