Tips, tricks, and strategies

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[edit] Tips

• Put /home on a separate partition. This way, if you ever do something to damage your Linux install, you can re-install but keep all of your personal files, program settings, and anything else you may keep there.

[edit] Tricks

• Don't want to type in your root password to send across the network? Before you leave the computer, login to a shell with your username via ssh, then run screen. In the screen, run su and type in your password. Detach from the screen, then you still have a shell with root access to come back to later across the network without having to type in the root password. This isn't the best thing to do on a daily basis, but for meetings or short term use it could be a good security measure.

[edit] Strategies

• Never overwrite your old kernel in the /boot folder! Always make new files. This way if your new kernel has been poorly configured, you can still boot your computer with an older kernel.