distribution installation through bin

1>Just go to bin and write ./filename   like in ocrep
2> If it doesnot work write  :

chmod 755 <file name>.bin

Also u have to do sudo to do this.
like sudo ./filename

Compiz Fusion

For making eye candy 3D look to our desktop we use compiz fusion application.
More details can be found Here.

Wireless in Ubuntu 10.04

sudo apt-get install broadcom or for more info refer the following link.
here

Recovering your Firefox Bookmark

Windows:
1> Goto : C:/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profile/../Bookmark backup
       save this profile folder to some other location.
2> After reinstalling Mozilla again copy Bookmark backup to same location
3> Open Mozilla -> Open Bookmarks tab -> click on Organize Bookmark -> goto import and backup tab -> restore ->add file.

Similarily in Ubuntu      

Check the version of shell

1> echo $SHELL   (Since it is an environment variable)
    /bin/bash
2>/bin/bash --version
   this will give the version of shell as output.

SSH

SSH : is know as secure shell used to secure remote login over insecure network.
You can login to other machine, assuming ssh server is running on machine you want to login.
1> install ssh (sudo apt-get install ssh)
2>remote login:
     - Let us say remote system is: bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in or bharatj@ipaddress
     - Write on terminal as follows:
     - ssh bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in
     - Ask for password (enter your remote system password)
     - Now you are on remote machine which can be seen as
     - bharatj@nsl-32$ (terminal prompt)
     - Now you can browse through the contents using cd etc commands.

Copying file from remote machine to local machine:
1>Write command on terminal as follows:
     scp bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in:sourcepath/source-file destination-path
     For ex: source path is /users1/pg09/bharatj/Desktop
                 source file is tracker.c
                 destination path /home/bharatj/Desktop
     So after this tracker.c will be copied on local machine on desktop location.

                     
Copying directory from Remote machine to Local machine:
1> Write on terminal :
      scp -r bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in: /users1/pg09/bharatj/Desktop/experiment /home/bharatj/Desktop
     This will copy directory experiment from remote machine to local machine on Desktop.

Note: scp -------------- for file transfer
          scp -r -------------for directory

Copying file from Local machine to Remote machine:
1> scp file.pdf bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in:/users1/pg09/bharatj/Desktop
      This will copy file file.pdf from Local machine to remote machine on Desktop.

Copying directory from Local to Remote Machine:
1>scp -r MTP bharatj@nsl-32.cse.iitb.ac.in:/user1/pg09/bharatj/Desktop
    This will copy directory MTP from local machine to Remote machine Desktop.

To find Ip address and other information of your machine through terminal

1> open terminal
2>ifconfig