On to the first tip . . . Exiting Linux Manuals

Okay, so with all that said, I'll finally get to the first tip :) Have you ever been typing some commands in the terminal and then got to reading Linux manuals (a.k.a. "man" or "man pages"), only to find yourself unable to get back to the previous screen? For instance, many times before I've typed in a few commands and then read a certain command's manual to find out more about it, but when I wanted to get back to the usable terminal, I couldn't! The best I could ever do was close the existing terminal window and open a new one. But I got so frustrated with having to do that, and I couldn't imagine that there wasn't an easier way to work in the terminal. So I finally broke down and . . . searched for an answer. It didn't help that the first few searches yielded no helpful results, but I persisted, and I'm glad I did; I finally found a webpage that referenced this very issue! It turns out that all you have to do is press "q"! That's right--you don't have to keep closing terminal windows each time you want to go back to the regular terminal window. Just press "q", and you just saved yourself a real hassle :) By the way, the winning combination of search words was: Ubuntu how to exit return terminal which led to <http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/11/01/how-to-exit-a-man-page/>. Keep in mind that this single, first tip won't necessarily give an indication of the variety of future tips and tricks, so if you're even just slightly interested, you might want to periodically check back so you can see for yourself if this blog is what you're looking for. For now, it looks like I'll be posting once a week, but that's only a general rule.