Japan Earthquake 2011

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2011, 8.8, directory, earthquake, east coast, google, japan, magnitude, person finder, Philippines, sendai, tsunami

Japan has been hit by a terrible earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 today. Many of the roads and farmland has been destroyed by tsunami and as of this writing, there is a confirmed report of 15 casualties.

If you are in Japan and have internet connection, please help by providing information about other people’s location and yours using Google’s Person Finder.

Aug

Linux File Directory Structure

Rai

Linux

directory, file, hierarchy, Linux, navigation, structure, windows

When I am introducing Linux to new users like students, I noticed that it takes time for the new user to get used to Linux, particularly the directory structure. Since most are Windows users, they know how the directory structure of Windows looks like, and expects that it will be the same with Linux. To properly illustrate the Linux directory structure, linuxconfig.org has an illustration of the Linux File Hierarchy for easy explanation:

Understanding the directory hierarchy of Linux will result in ease of navigation while running the OS, regardless of the distro (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, etc.).