BASH (bourne again shell), the default shell used on many GNU/Linux distributions, keeps a history of all commands entered. This can be a great convenience. However, scrolling back, I saw a number of commands I would prefer gone in case somebody decided to snoop around my system. Especially the commands where I accidently entered the [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux, Guides
Tagged: bash
- Published:
- September 7, 2008 – 7:48 am
- Author:
- By Mike Gerwitz
Since I last installed Gentoo, I noticed spellchecking in many applications wasn’t working – notable Pidgin and Xchat. It’s a necessity! You need to come off as someone who knows how to spell while chatting!
It seems the problem was with myspell – the English dictionary for some reason was not installed. So, it [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux, Guides
Tagged: Gentoo
- Published:
- September 7, 2008 – 7:26 am
- Author:
- By Mike Gerwitz