Lnx101:Conventions

From Linux 101, The beginner's guide to all things Linux.

If you do not know what these things mean yet, that is OK. This page is just here for your reference to look upon when you forget what certain things mean.

To keep the articles in similar style, we use the following:

• Keywords of terminology are bolded and italicized

mount point is an example

• Commands that should be run by a regular user begin with a $

vimtutor

• Commands that should be run by the root user begin with a #

# make install_modules

• Important notes will appear as follows:

Note: This is an important note and you should make sure you read it. Usually it will help you to better understand the material.

• Links with the box on the right side mean they are off site and take you elsewhere on the web.

http://www.kernel.org

GNU

• Links without the box indicate they are another article on this site.

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