Different Linux versions implement a slightly different set of commands but there is a significant group of commands that almost all versions understand. This reference page lists all of the most commonly supported commands along with a brief description of what each is for.
Common Linux Commands

Most Linux installs should take care of installing the appropriate driver for your sound card for you (assuming your sound is supported). If for some reason it doesn’t or if you replace the sound card and need to manually upgrade then you can easily do so with just a couple of simple commands at the [...]

After mentioning yesterday about people buying computers with Vista and then reformatting to install XP, the relative difficulty of installing operating systems was the next thing that occurred to me.
The main reason why people run Windows rather than other operating systems is because Windows comes pre-installed on their new computer and so they do not [...]

While this old tutorial talks about reinstalling Windows 98, the same situation can occur if you have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista. Windows just doesn’t like to play nice with other operating systems installed onto the same computer.
I Reinstalled Windows and it Wiped Out Linux

Unlike Windows and Mac operating systems, Linux does not have a graphical interface built in. Instead there are a fairly large number of graphical interfaces that have been built to run on Linux and it is your choice as to which one (or more than one) they you have installed.
In this article I describe how [...]

There are thousands of different web editors available for you to use on your own computer to create your web pages. The following is a small selection (including some that are free downloads) and most of these are available for both Windows and Mac (and in some cases Linux as well).

One section of the site that I haven’t been giving as much attention as I perhaps ought to lately is the section covering the various operating systems. I have sections covering a number of popular operating systems. See if the answers to your operating systems are there and if not then please suggest some additional [...]