Chapter 1 and Intro to Linux Command Line

This book will teach you how to live on the command line to be able to do some really powerful
things.

GNU/Linux vs calling it just Linux for simplicity

Technically speaking Linux is the kernel which makes the whole system go but by itself it's not
enough to be it's own operating system. GNU Project made contributions but so did many other
people so for the author it doesn't seem fair to those others that aren't getting recognition when
you call it GNU/Linux.

Even when you aren't running a terminal emulator, seeveral terminal sessions continue to run
behind the graphical desktop. These virtual consoles can be accessed by pressing CTRL-ALT-
F1 through F6 on most Linux distributions. To switch from one virtual console to another, press
ALT-F1 throught ALT-F6. On most systems, we can return to the graphical desktop by pressing
ALT-F7.

See current amount of free space on our disk drives, enter df

To display the amounnt of free memory, enter the free command.

End a terminal session by typing exit or pressing CTRL-D.