Synopsis: In the following tutorial I will be introducing the live-build (formerly live-helper) tool which is a program for Debian and Debian based distributions which should help a user to build his/hers custom made system images. As the tutorial covers basics and some more advanced things the usage of live-build manual pages and various wikipages coming from Debian might also be recommended.
Essential terminal commands
Here I will list some general commands which will help you to work inside a terminal and give you the abilities to control your Linux box via terminal. These commads might also come useful if you are using your Linux desktop without a display manager (see more from this post:http://www.techtimejourney.net/?p=622)
Remember this: what happens in terminal usually stays in terminal. If you accidentally delete something then it is gone for good. So caution is adviced. Continue reading
Log in to Linux desktop without a display manager: .xinitrc and startx in action
A while back I did an introduction about .xinitrc which is a nice display manager free way of autostarting programs with Linux. With .xinitrc you can however do much more than start some programs. In fact you can start the whole desktop with .xinitrc and a command known as startx Continue reading
Howto: make files/folders secure from accidental deletion with a simple gui trick
As it happens we occasionally hit delete where we should not and that can deliver a lot pain if we are using a filemanager which does not support trash can feature. Here is a simply trick to prevent accidental deletion of files and folders inside your Linux box. Continue reading