4 Ways to Teach Yourself Terminal Commands in Linux

If you want to become a true Linux master, having some knowledge of terminal commands is a good idea. Here are four different methods you can use to start teaching yourself. Tip of the Day A great way to gradually learn more about terminal commands is to have a “Tip of the Day” style message appear each time you open up the terminal. These messages can tell you about useful commands, as well as advanced tricks for certain commands you may already know. You can easily set this up by going into your .bashrc file (located at /home/<user>/.bashrc) and add...

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How To Stay Updated On The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are almost here! If you’ve got a job or other responsibilities, you might not be able to catch a lot of the live broadcasts of your favorite events. That’s where the Internet comes in. Using the following apps and news feeds, you’ll be able to keep up with the action as it happens. Apps BBC Sport for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire The front page of BBC Sport’s Winter Olympics section is packed with the latest news stories, from athlete interviews to official statements from the International Olympic Committee (IOC). You can also access Games...

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Apple Droid, Edit Look Back, Bing Winter Olympics, Sochi Problems [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Steve Wozniak talks of an Apple/Android mashup, Sony gives up on PCs, Amazon acquires a games developer, Facebook adds an ‘Edit’ option to ‘Look Back’, Bing wins gold for its Winter Olympics features, and Twitter tracks the multitude of problems occurring in Sochi. Woz Suggests Apple Builds A Droid Go home Woz, you’re drunk. http://t.co/pbzpldWnl7 — Rafael Jiménez (@rafael_j) February 6, 2014 Woz has suggested that a smartphone built by Apple but powered by Android isn’t beyond the realms of possibility. Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple with Steve Jobs a long, long time ago, pondered...

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4 TED Talks To Revolutionize Your Social Relationships

The best TED Talks are the ones that can plant seeds in your heart, which later grow into fruitful, life-altering changes. Here at MakeUseOf, we love TED Talks. We’ve done roundups before on talks related to creativity and inspiration, motivation and mental blocks, and brain psychology. Well, we have a few more for you to enjoy. These videos will provide insight into social psychology. Who are you? Why are you the way you are? What can we do to improve human interaction? Obviously these are deep topics but these talks are dense and good food for thought. Your Body Language...

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