If you read previous article, Linux basics - Linux file system structure overview, you should know the different between Linux file system and Linux filesystem. In this tutorial, we are going look at some Linux filesystems such as ext, ext2, ext3, Reiserfsand and other filesystems that Linux supports such as msdos, umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs.

Perhaps you have read in the previous tutorials that Linux operating system which is Unix-based operating system, behave just like Unix. Hence, most Linux commands are similar to the Unix command. To perfectly using Linux, users are encouraged to learn basic Linux commands even though most configurations and setup programs now available in graphical user interface (KDE and GNOME).

Below are other important commands used frequently in Linux:

Linux id command
Display current user and group ID names

Basic Linux commands and essential programs

You have learned some Linux commands such as logout, reboot and shutdown commands in the previous section. Those are the most basic Linux commands a user needs to know in order to use Linux. In this tutorial, you are going to learn some more Linux basic commands and essential Linux programs to help you explore your Linux system.

If you are a Linux beginner, here are some basic tutorials to help you understand more about Linux system.

Linux tutorial - A guide for Linux beginner
The Linux tutorials are collections of Linux theory and practical guides base on real imitation, done on Slackware and Ubuntu server distributions of Linux operating system. Linux tutorials are divided into four main sections. See the rest in this basic Linux tutorial.

Every Linux user should learn Linux basics and how Linux works before they can use Linux, as a desktop operating system or as a server. Linux is not very hard too learn. If you have experience using other operating system before, you probably have to spend some times to get used with Linux environment, depends on what operating system you have used.

As a Linux user, you need to delete or remove unwanted directories in your system to make it clean and tidy. This tutorial will guide a new Linux user to delete directory in Linux using rmdir command.

Linux rmdir command

When there is tool to create something, there must be tool to remove it. The Linux rmdir command is the opposite tool of mkdir command. If mkdir command creates directory then the rmdir command removes directory, but only empty directory. Let's see what is written in rmdir manual page:

Linux pipe operator, which is the | symbol offers great benefits when working in Linux command line terminal. It can be used to combine Linux commands and manipulate the command output. Maybe you start thinking that it is a bit advanced for a new user who just learned a few Linux commands and better skip learning it now because it's not very helping for a Linux beginner. Believe me, the sooner you learn it, the more you'll benefits from it.

This tutorial will introduce a very basic Linux pipe usage so that a new user can start using it while learning Linux basic commands.

When issuing a command in Linux, we get the result output on the screen monitor. We can send the command result to a file, for example using Linux redirection. Redirection in Linux means sending command output to another location or file. It is a great support for Linux command. Linux redirection is represented by > operator.

Linux redirection is quite an important command when working in Linux command line terminal. Here is an example of what redirect command can do:

Linux date command is used to set and display date and time in the command line terminal. It is quite an interesting command which allows user to customize the result format when viewing the system date. If we view date command manual page, it says that Linux date command prints or set the system date and time. That means other than displaying date and calendar, date command also capable of managing date and time for Linux system.

Here is Linux date command information as you can find it in the manual page:

Slackware is a great Linux distribution for a beginner to start learning Linux operating system. Slackware enables user to fully control the operating system. Some people say that Slackware is a little hard for a beginner. Some others say that Slackware is primitive. But that's how Slackware works. Ask people who use Slackware, and they will give you several concrete reasons why they choose Slackware and stick with it.