Linux is still a great desktop option The Linux desktop operating system is still a good choice for a desktop operating system after all these years. Even though the desktop has changed a bit since the first Linux distribution I ever used; Red Hat Linux 6.2; this is still a good choice for a person … Read more
The Linux command line allows a user to get good information about filesystems using the shell prompt. Here are some examples. Print a list of all filesystems and their sizes in megabytes. ubuntu ~ $ df -Hla -BMB Filesystem 1MB-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on sysfs 0MB 0MB 0MB – /sys proc 0MB 0MB 0MB … Read more
I tried to list the partitions on a Windows machine using an Ubuntu Live CD and I got this error when trying to use fdisk to list the partitions. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on ‘/dev/sda’! The util fdisk doesn’t support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk … Read more
I was just using an old iMac not long ago and I managed to get the kernel version and the output of the ps command. Here is the information below. The output of the uname -a command. Darwin users-Computer.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpcDarwin users-Computer.local … Read more
There is a very useful posting here: http://rationallyparanoid.com/articles/ubuntu-10-lts-security.html That gives many useful tips on how to secure your Ubuntu distribution during installation and how to properly configure it afterwards. There are tips on setting the title-bar buttons back to the right of the window and how to properly re-enable the root user.