Links to Cheat Sheetshttp://fosswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/fwunixref.pdfA great cheat sheethttp://people.debian.org/~debacle/refcard/refcard-en-a4.pdfA small 4x5.5 quick referencehttp://www.xminc.com/linux/linuxcheatsheet.pdfA good guide for CLIBash Command Line A to Zalias Create an aliasapropos...

Pidgin is amulti-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all ofyour IM accounts at once.Pidgin canwork with:AIM Bonjour Gadu-Gadu Google Talk Groupwise ICQ IRCMSN QQ SILCSIMPLESametimeXMPP Yahoo!Zephyr With AllTray youcan dock any application with no native tray icon (like Evolution,Thunderbird, Terminals) into the system tray. A high-light feature isthat a click on the "close" button will minimize back to system tray.It works well with Gnome, KDE, XFCE 4*, Fluxbox* and WindowMaker*...

Download jre-6u2-linux-amd64.bin (or current version) This is the AMD 64Bit version.If saved to desktop, open a consolecd ~/Desktop$sudo chmod a+x jre-6u2-linux-amd64.bin./ jre-6u2-linux-amd64.binScroll through the Terms and conditions, type yes and your do...

These are the best and easiest instructions I've found so far for creating a Linux bootable USB Flash Drivehttp://pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/02/all-in-one-usb-dslSubstitute USBDSL.zip with other Distros to match your preference.Such as: USBEdgy.zipSee this link for more Linux optionshttp://pendriv...

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/noxMount alternate installer CD instead of internetsudo apt-cdrom addTo install the full Gnome desktopsudo aptitude updatesudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktopTo start Gnomesudo /etc/init.d/gdm st...

http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/Installing software with the terminalapt-getaptitudeInstalling a package manually (.deb, .rpm, .tar.gz, .package, klik:// ? .cmg, .sh, .bin, .exe, ...)Source Package (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz, ...) Klik package (klik:// ? .cmg) GUIsynaptic(.deb)(.rpm)Themes...

This tutorial will show you how to remove KDE, Gnome and return to pure xfcehttp://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purex...

To install GUICode:sudo aptitude install xorgthen either one of gdm, xdm, or kdm.Code:sudo aptitude install gdm/xdm/kdmthen either xubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop. Or xfce/gnome/kde/openbox/etc I use xfce so I did.Code:sudo aptitude install xfce4The difference between xfce and xubuntu...

/etc/fstab: Automating the mount processThe file /etc/fstab (it stands for "file system table") contains descriptions of filesystems that you mount often. These filesystems can then be mounted with a shorter command, such as mount /cdrom. You can also configure filesystems to mount automatically when...

Apt-Get The apt-get command is a powerful command-line tool used to work with Ubuntu's Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) performing such functions as installation of new software packages, upgrade of existing software packages, updating of the package list index, and even upgrading the entire Ubuntu...

Installing downloaded packages Sometimes you might want to install a package which you have downloaded from a website, rather than from a software repository. These packages are called .deb files. Because they may have been created for a different Linux distribution, they may have unmet dependencies on Ubuntu and so may not be installable. Using GDebi to install packages GDebi is a graphical application used to install packages. It automatically checks packages for their dependencies and...

NEVER use sudo to start graphical programs. You should always use gksudo or kdesu to run such programs, otherwise new login attempts may fail. If this happens and at login an error message reports: "Unable to read ICE authority file", log in using the failsafe terminal and execute the command below...