The Linux Operating System (Part 3)
Being efficient
Rather than working through a GUI, you’re in essence talking directly to your system. It makes sense that in an environment where you’re trying to work efficiently, you’d want tools to help you be even more efficient.
Here, we look at alternative terminals, useful directories to get your work done, virtualization and fast keybinding.
Terminals
There are alternative terminal interfaces available such as Guake and Terminator. Guake is faster while Terminator allows to work in tiled windows. You can also customize each of these terminals by changing color, theme, font size.
The history, reverse-search, autocomplete, copying and pasting commands allow you to save time in the terminal.
Useful Directories
There are directories on your system containing information related to everything from your program files to your system’s configuration files. Here, we see what’s in them and what you can do with them.
While this process is helpful in troubleshooting issues with your systems, it’s just as important for personalizing your system. So knowing and understanding these directories isn’t only about fixing what’s broken. It’s also about improving what already works.
