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AllaN01Bear

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👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Jul 2023 #1
2nd! n/t Cheezoholic Jul 2023 #4
Are you trolling? "dosnt linux have this functionality anymore", "has linux lost this as well" Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2023 #2
You need to read a primer. usonian Jul 2023 #3
i found a fedora user manual on line and promptly bookmarked i t for future ref. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #5
The future is usonian Jul 2023 #7
isnt it fun? i also keep notebooks of passwords and things i picked up along the way.. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #9
ANY file with permissions set to execute... ret5hd Jul 2023 #6
I've used Kubuntu LTS for probably a decade BlueIn_W_Pa Jul 2023 #8
kubuntu_vs_linux-mint Goonch Jul 2023 #10

Goonch

(3,608 posts)
1. 👇👇👇👁️👁️
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 06:35 PM
Jul 2023

Cheezoholic

(2,026 posts)
4. 2nd! n/t
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:11 PM
Jul 2023

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
2. Are you trolling? "dosnt linux have this functionality anymore", "has linux lost this as well"
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 06:56 PM
Jul 2023

usonian

(9,813 posts)
3. You need to read a primer.
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:06 PM
Jul 2023

Here's one.
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners

Any command in your path
echo $PATH

-that is executable, will run.
The default includes /bin, /usr/bin and others.
You can create a bin directory in your HOME for personal stuff.

But this might be beyond you until you master the basics, which I recommend.

Otherwise, click on icons like Mac and windows users do. Apps do get installed in "start" menus, but let the package manager do that for you.

You can't skip the basics! It's like driving a car without driver training. Very confusing.

Good luck. Now "hit the books" or web tutorials.

AllaN01Bear

(18,253 posts)
5. i found a fedora user manual on line and promptly bookmarked i t for future ref.
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:12 PM
Jul 2023

usonian

(9,813 posts)
7. The future is
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:32 PM
Jul 2023

NOW

Time spent learning will be repaid exponentially!
I built a whole damn career teaching myself stuff.

Good luck and happy hacking.

AllaN01Bear

(18,253 posts)
9. isnt it fun? i also keep notebooks of passwords and things i picked up along the way..
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 09:57 PM
Jul 2023

learned that a long time ago.

ret5hd

(20,495 posts)
6. ANY file with permissions set to execute...
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:14 PM
Jul 2023

(provided the file is actually an executable) can be executed regardless of the extension or lack of an extension.

It’s kinda hard to explain and it’s been a long time but all files in Unix/Linux have 3 sets of permissions: for the owner, for the group, and for anybody. They are formatted in those 3 “groups” with 3 available permissions for each: read, write, and execute…done in binary, where (if I recall correctly) read has a value of 1, write has a value of 2, and execute has a value of 4.

So, for example, if a file was to be readable, writable, and executable by anyone, the permissions would be set to 777.

If the file was to be only readable, writable, and executable by the owner, the permissions would be set to 700.

Now that I’ve totally fucked you up, read the man pages.

 

BlueIn_W_Pa

(842 posts)
8. I've used Kubuntu LTS for probably a decade
Mon Jul 24, 2023, 08:07 PM
Jul 2023

and can repurpose "old windows" laptops to usable devices again now everything went to the cloud. My computers, my non-techie wife, my 80 year old parents, my 10 year old daughter all took fast to the windows-like look and feel. I use it as a server, master backup with a RAID, and run scripts to the day is long. My LTS 18.04 was installed, what, 5 years ago, and haven't had a single problem or slowdown or virus at all. Before that, I had 12.04 running for 7 years with the same performance.

It just runs, and doesn't get slow as long as you lock out "su" so they can't mess something up

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