Any customisation tips?

[moxo]

As a total newbie to all things linux im just starting to get to grips with vi, I was looking for some different ways that people had edited their .profile file? I accept its going to be a matter of taste for the individual, just looking for some neat ideas and variation......

[trekker]

Not very sure what you want to do. Do you want to customize your desktop or something else?

There are different configuration files for different stuff. I know about .bash_profile file but not sure what is the .profile file... I'm still a newbie too.

Anyway, if you want to try something with your desktop , you might want to check out the Window/Desktop Manager Forum or you might pick up some more tips in How I did it.

Sorry... not too sure this is a good answer. Maybe someone else can help? :)

[Craig McPherson]

Here's a profile I use:


uname -a

alias ls='ls -AFp --color=auto'
alias ll='ls -AlhFp --color=auto'
alias cp='cp -a'
alias grep='grep -r'
alias md='mkdir'
alias rd='rmdir'
alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical'
alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long'

umask 755
mesg y

PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:$HOME/bin"

BH="on"
LANG="C"

PS1='\u@\h:\w\$

export PATH PS1 BH LANG

echo ' '
echo FORTUNE:
fortune -s -n -a 500
echo ' '