Here are some cool Linux weekend-plans for geeks out there! Friday, December 13, 2013: So are you planning to spend this weekend with your first love i.e. your computer? We bring out some cool things you can do with your Linux system!1. Create Rocket Yes, with OpenRocket you can create your own rocket on Linux! http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/ 2. Create and edit your own moviesUsing the below Linux apps, you can create and edit your own movies: Openshot: http://www.openshot.org/download/Kdenlive: http://www.kdenlive.org/downloading-and-installing-kdenlive LiVES: http://lives.sourceforge.net/ Toon Loop: http://toonloop.com/?q=download 3. Inventorise your collection in a databaseYou can do this by first running a database server using MySQL and then connecting it to Calligra to create a visual overview of this databases.MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/Calligra: http://www.calligra.org/get-calligra/ 4. Do some star GazingHave a look at the stars with this astronomy and space simulation software called Celestia.Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html5. Create PDFs directly from LibreOfficeUnlike other proprietary software, LibreOffice on Linux lets the users directly export their documents to PDFsLibreOffice: http://www.libreoffice.org/download6. Create your own cloud server No kidding, you can create your own cloud servers using Own Cloud. http://owncloud.org/7. Do some Djing!Be your own DJ or remix your music with Mixxx. Mixxx: http://www.mixxx.org/download/8. Create a robot Create your own robots using Linux and an embedded board. http://www.linuxpcrobot.org/ 9. Organize, edit and share your picsYou can organise, edit and share your photographs on the social networking using these software:F-Spot: http://f-spot.org/DownloadShotwell: http://www.yorba.org/projects/shotwell/install/digiKam: http://www.digikam.org/downloadFotoxx: http://www.kornelix.com/fotoxx.html10. Time for some 3DNow create 3D models and renderings for movies, games or other things with Blender. Blender: http://www.blender.org/ Atithya Amaresh, EFYTIMES News Network Fonte: 10 Super Cool Linux Things To Do This Weekend! Here's A List Of 83 Linux Commands For Beginners!Switching to Linux was a wonderful decision, now it's time to explore its power - the command line!So you have just switched to Linux and trying to figure out what was the fuss about the command prompt as the most powerful tool. Well here's a list of Linux commands for a beginner to help you get a glimpse of what the command prompt can do for you. Viewing, copying, moving and deleting files ls Display the contents of the current directory ls -a Display also hidden files and hidden directories cp filename /path/dir_name Copy filename into directory /path/dir_name cp -r dir_name /path/dir_name2 Copy the entire dir_name into /path/dir_name2 cp filename1 filename2 /path/dir_name Copy filename1 and filename2 into /path/dir_name rm name Remove a file or directory called name rm -r name Remove an entire directory as well as its included files and subdirectories mv filename /path/dir_name Move filename into /path/dir_name mv filename1 filename2 Rename filename1 to filename2 cat filename Display filenames contents more filename Display filename in pages. Use spacebar to view next page head filename Display filenames first 10 lines head -15 filename Display filenames first 15 lines tail filename Display filenames last 10 lines tail -15 filename Display filenames last 15 lines pwd Display current directory cd /path/dir_name Change to directory /path/dir_name cd .. Go 1 directory up mkdir dir_name Create directory dir_name rmdir dir_name Delete directory dir_name Finding files and text within files updatedb Update (create first time used)