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From Linuxintro

Here is an equivalent command table for default installations of SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora.

What to do Windows SUSE command Ubuntu command Fedora command Knoppix command DamnSmallLinux command
software installation
Choose and install software yast2 sw_single synaptic gpk-application
install the software example yast -i example apt-get install example yum install example
Install kernel source yast -i kernel-source apt-get install linux-source
list all installed software rpm -qa dpkg -l rpm -qa
update your system you update-manager yum update
install ssh daemon is installed by default (verify with rpm -qv openssh) sudo apt-get install openssh-server yum install openssh-server
Networking
set up networking yast2 lan system-config-network
Restart networking /etc/init.d/network restart OR rcnetwork restart /etc/init.d/networking restart /etc/init.d/network restart OR service network restart
shut down your firewall rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
set your IP address yast2 lan edit /etc/network/interfaces edit /etc/network/interfaces
scheduling services
schedule a service for starting when the computer starts chkconfig/yast2 runlevel chkconfig/Update-rc.d chkconfig
schedule the ssh service to start on boot sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults update-rc.d ssh enable
working with the console
open a console Alt_F2 -> konsole -> ENTER Alt_F2 -> gnome-terminal -> ENTER Alt_F1 -> Run Command -> xterm
long list your folder dir ll ls -l ll
call the vim editor vi vim vi
hardware
find out your processor wmic cpu get name cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo
set up printer yast2 printer system-config-printer
set up a scanner yast2 scanner

installing software

Ubuntu SUSE
apt-get install libcairo-dev yast -i cairo-devel
apt-get install libpng-dev yast -i libpng-devel
apt-get install libvncserver-dev yast -i LibVNCServer-devel

See also