Useful Linux commands for querying your computer for hardware information.

The iostatcommand is another good way to get information about the hardware in your computer. This command displays information about the average CPU usage as well as reads and writes to your hard disk partitions. To install this utility, run this command. ubuntu ~ $ sudo apt-get install sysstatubuntu ~ $ sudo apt-get install sysstat … Read more

How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu GNU/Linux.

Firstly, install the prerequisites for the Google Earth installation. jason$ sudo apt-get install lsb-corejason$ sudo apt-get install lsb-core Then we need to download the Debian apt package of Google Earth. jason$ wget -O google-earth64.deb http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb –2016-10-19 16:05:07– http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)… 172.217.25.46, 2404:6800:4006:802::200e Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|172.217.25.46|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK … Read more