Runlevels and rc.d scripts

Posted on Fri 16 March 2018 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with initd, Linux, runlevel

Linux boot and shutdown scripts

Many operating systems use the concept of runlevels. This is particularly the case for System V Unix based systems. As you might have read in our earlier post how Linux boots it uses runlevels to determine what to do. Let's study runlevels and rc scripts in detail.

Runlevels

Runlevels are …


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Convert GIMP Into Photoshop Like UI

Posted on Mon 10 March 2014 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with GIMP, Photoshop, Tweaks

An artist in Deviantart with profile name 'doctormo' published an awesome tweak which let's you to change the user-interface of the GIMP something similar to world popular image editing software Photoshop. This tweak currently works on GIMP 2.8 .It does works for GIMP 2.9 but some features might …


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Raspberry Pi: Change Password, Auto Login and Remote Desktop

Posted on Sun 22 December 2013 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with Linux, Raspberry Pi

I have already given tutorial for RaspberryPi First Installation and Boot.  Let's go with advance configuration of RasPi.

Things to do after 1st boot of Raspberry Pi


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Raspberry Pi - How to install and first boot

Posted on Wed 18 December 2013 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with Linux, Raspberry Pi

Installing and setting up Raspberry Pi is fairly easy in following steps


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How To Install Sublime Text Editor In GNU/Linux ?

Posted on Wed 11 December 2013 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with Linux, Text Editor

Sublime Text Editor is one of the best cross-platform editor out there for editing source code. It is capable of syntax highlighting for wide range of file extensions like Python, C, C++, Java, HTML, JS, PHP, LaTeX & even Arduino. Sublime Text Editor is not opensource & not an free editor, but …


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How To Install Any Application From Source Code ?

Posted on Tue 10 December 2013 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with Linux, Open Source, Source Code

Most of the applications are available in the official repository of your Linux distribution. However, there are times when some of the applications you're installing haven't been updated in the repository & you want to get the latest version of that application.Learning how to …


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How To Display Raspberry Pi On VGA Monitor/TV ?

Posted on Wed 04 December 2013 in How To DIY, Linux • Tagged with Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi, A \$25 ARM GNU/Linux box comes with RCA & HDMI port. Connecting Raspberry Pi with HDMI supported TV/monitor is cake walk. But, unfortunately some of us still have monitors with only VGA connectors. Raspberry Pi didn't included VGA connectors keeping power consumption of the board in mind …


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