NTFS-3G is an open source implementation of the Windows file system "NTFS" developed by Microsoft Corporation. It can be used by Unix-like operating systems to read and write on NTFS formatted hard drives.
The Unix shell bash allows to customize the prompt in different ways. The file /etc/bash.bashrc changes the bash configuration for every user on the Unix system. The variable PS1 changes the shell prompt with escaped characters.
Pidgin allows to connect to Microsoft Lync Server via the SIPE-Plugin. This needs some special configurations.
Public web server should provide a high level of security. On the other hand web applications may require some write permissions to the file system. Although changing the permission with chmod to 0777 is one possible solution, it allows read, write and execute commands for everyone. The better solution is to set the owner of the web application to the user of the web server.