mintCast 260 – Packages, Patches, and Final Preparations
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News:
- Linux Mint 18.1 “Serena” KDE released!
- Linux Mint 18.1 “Serena” Xfce released!
- New ISO images for LMDE 2 “Betsy” – BETA Release
Main Topic:
- Rob and Isaac go over Chapters 3 and 4 in the Linux From Scratch documentation.
Tips & Websites:
- Debian Admin
- Debian/Ubuntu Linux System Administration Tutorials, Howtos, Tips
- Use the online documentation for LFS instead of the downloadable pdf. The online documentation contains links that the pdf does not.
Pre-Show Music:
- “Yesterday’s Conversation” by Angus Wallace
- “The Red Stone” by Ground & Leaves
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Hosts: Rob and Isaac
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Usually I just do “tar xf filename” and tar is smart enough to figure out the compression format without me needing to add the z, J, etc flag.
Great tip! Thanks!
I found this site the other day and I thought you may find it useful.
http://explainshell.com
Very cool Ben! Thanks.