< Introspection

Hello world, this is my first blog post on the tasks i attempted to join Amfoss. I will start with first few tasks that i did and post the remaining in the upcoming days.

Task-00 (installing Ubuntu 20.04)

I was using ubuntu for last 2 years for my school works since my old laptop was a potato and windows worked terrible in it. I had ubuntu in my syllabus for more than 5 years. Even though the universe showed me the way, i failed to see it. I started using terminal for installations , changing themes, and other tweaks only like an year before. I always loved to see terminal in action. I switched to windows since my laptop came with it as default. I showed a little hesitation to switch back to ubuntu at first. I tried wsls and virtual machines but i couldnt get the old satisfaction. Doing these tasks actually made me switch back to ubuntu instantly and now im a full time user.

I had to disable secure boot, etc.. while installing ubuntu in my old laptop but this time it was so easy. I only had to plug in my usb and restart. I installed iso file from ubuntus official website and used rufus to flash to a pendrive. I didnt watch any tutorials since ive done it before. I allocated 128gb freespace in which i installed ubuntu.

Task -01 (staring amfoss repositories)

Task-02 (Beginning my journey with linux and git)

I should thank amfoss for making us understand git and github. Git is a nessesary skill every geeks need. Even this website is an example. In this task i had to go through basic terminal commands like mkdir,ls,cd,touch,vi,cat etc. It took me a little time to undertand git properly. I accidentaly deleted all my tasks in my first attempt. I still have a lot of useful git commands to learn.

Here are some of the terminal commands which come in handy:

~$ cd location (to change directory)
~$ ls (to list directories and files for given location parameter else the current directory by default)
~$ mkdir directory-name (to make directory)
~$ touch filename (to create any files)
~$ cat > filename (to add text to file)
~$ cat filename (to view file)
~$ vi filename (to view and edit files)
~$ cat file1 file2 …. > file0 (to combine files)
~$ sudo mv location1/filename1 location2/filename2 (to move or rename file)
~$ sudo cp location1 location2 (to copy and paste the file)

Some of the git commands:

~$ git init (to initiate a new project)
~$ git status (to display the state of working directory and staging area)
~$ git add filename (adds a file to staging area, . is used to add all files in the project directory)
~$ git origin url (to specify the remote repository the project is cloned from and to be pushed to)
~$ git branch branch-name (to add new branch)
~$ git checkout branch-name (to switch branch)
~$ git commit -m “message” (to move files from a staging area to commit)
~$ git push origin branch-name (to upload local repository to a remote repository)

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