DEV·4yThe Difference Between the Shell and the Terminal
The shell and the terminal are different from each other but are often used interchangeably. When using a command line interface, we use text commands to make our programs work instead of a Graphical User Interface. The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the kernel to perform.
It's Foss·4y31 Linux Commands Every Ubuntu User Should Know
The mv command moves the files and folders to the other location. You can think of it as a cut-paste operation. There is no undo option after you delete files in the command line. If you are afraid of deleting the wrong file, use the interactive mode with option -i, which gives you an additional prompt to confirm the action.
Community Picks·4yRust Easy! Modern Cross-platform Command Line Tools to Supercharge Your Terminal
Alacritty is a cross-platform modern terminal emulator with sensible defaults. It is GPU accelerated, super fast, and highly configurable. Starship is fast, highly customizable, and has a great default theme and settings. Exa is a bit faster than LSD for tree views and can show the Git status of files and folders. I prefer exa due to the Git support and faster tree views.
omg! ubuntu!·4y‘Search Light’ is Like macOS Spotlight for GNOME Shell
'Search Light' is a Gnome Shell extension that takes the apps search widget out of Overview. It can show any/all results the regular GNOME Shell search can as it’s the same widget, floating above all windows. The default keybinding is ctrl + super + space.
It's Foss·4y5 htop Alternatives to Monitor Your Linux System
Htop is a popular command-line tool to help monitor the system’s resources and performance on Linux. With htop, you can filter and sort processes to understand things better, get a tree view of the processes running, and kill processes when needed.
Linux Handbook·3yInstalling LAMP Server on Localhost on Ubuntu
LAMP is a tech stack that refers to the collection of software required to run a web application. You can install LAMP on your own computer to create a local development environment. In this guide, you'll get a LAMP stack up and running on an Ubuntu 22.04 machine.
It's Foss·4yApt++? Nala is Like Apt in Ubuntu but Better
Nala is an enhanced, user-friendly tool for managing apt packages. Nala lets you update repositories with Nala using the same command structure as apt. You have to pair history with the nala command, and it will bring previously executed commands with relevant info: nala history.