Linking/Chaining Commands in Linux

To add to your productivity and save time, chaining and linking linux commands is a fine way to go.
There are various chaining and linking commands present in Linux, but many Linux users are not aware of it.

• To send a process to the background, append your command with '&' at the end. 

Eg. -
$ping -c1 yahoo.com &
$ping -c1 yahoo.com & rm -f  *.flv &   

Fixing 'initramfs error' boot Problem in Linux.

Yesterday, I faced initramfs boot error on my Linux Mint 9 box. I don't know what went wrong, but I remember that I forced restart my system, as it was not responding. It hung up in a command line terminal. I changed the terminal (ctrl+alt+[f1-f6]), and then unable to get back to the GUI (ctrl+alt+f7). The screen was showing some weird software error.

Code:

No init found. Try passing init= boot arg
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2.2ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
(initramfs)

Conky Script to display Weather Forcast on your desktop.

First get the basics of the post from here. Here is a simple script to display weather forecast on your desktop. I'm using yahoo weather to get the xml feed of forecast because it requires no login/registration and can be just use it directly.

Conky : Ultimate System Monitoring Tool

Conky is the lightweight, super-configurable application, which sits on your desktop or terminal. It is a fork of Torsmo and licensed under the GPL 3.0.
It can also be customized to gather and display almost any type of information on the user's desktop or terminal.

VIM Cheatsheet!

Vim users must use this cheatsheet. It's very informative & gives complete information about vim.

DoudouLinux : Linux for kids.

DoudouLinux is a Linux distro meant for kids . It provides tons of applications that suit children from 2 to 12 years old with an environment as easy to use as a gaming console.  The project's version 1.0, code name "Gondwana", is now released.
Standard DoudouLinux is delivered with about fifty applications that have been specially chosen to be accessible for children from 2 years old. These applications cover the following topics:
Education - teach children while having fun.
Fun - have fun with games, easy to access but not necessarily simplistic
Work - write texts, calculate, communicate, etc.
Multimedia - listen to music, watch videos, play or create music, or create animation movies