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Archive for May 17th, 2007

CLIs vs GUIs

Posted by vntutor on May 17, 2007

Do you know that we have two modes to interact with the Operating System like Ubuntu? In the old days, CLIs (Command Line Interfaces) was only used to work on a Unix computer. Nowadays, we have GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) in addition to Linux machines. GUIs make OS more user-friendly while CLIs help us work more effectively. So, please read these tips to know what is user-friendly vs control and options.

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Notes for Windows users

Posted by vntutor on May 17, 2007

I has been working with Windows OS many years. I think that small tips are useful for Windows users who start learning Linux.

  1. Names and commands are case sensitivity.
  2. File name should not contain spaces.
  3. “/” is a root directory.
  4. File name starting with a dot “.” is a hidden file.
  5. There are no DOS-style drive letters.
  6. A line starting with # is a comment.

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