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How to install the unstable builds of Gnome Shell 3.7 in Ubuntu 12.10.

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The Gnome Shell 3.6 builds are available for Ubuntu 12.10; but if you want to install the unstable builds of Gnome Shell 3.7 to test it out on your computer, then these commands will install it. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 #The…

Tagged with: 12.10, 3.7, apt, desktop, gnome, install, shell, ubuntu
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Fedora 18 Gnome Shell desktop has the Power Off option in the user menu by default.

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The new Fedora 18 Linux distribution has the Power Off option available in the user menu by default; negating the need to install an add-on from extensions.gnome.org to add this functionality. This is a very good addition to the new…

Tagged with: 18, bugs, fedora, gnome, menu, off, power, shell
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How to use aliases with the bash shell and some other useful Linux tricks.

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

Are you wanting to create an alias and you want to see how they are done? Well a Linux distribution should come with some aliases that are already created for you and you can type the alias ls command to…

Tagged with: aliases, bash, disk, free, linux, shell, tcsh, usage, zsh
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Deleting files on your Linux machine that have strange names. And how to use wildcards on the shell.

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

I ran a perl script on my system that created a bunch of files on my computer named as shown below. I could have typed rm -f A* but that could have deleted other files that have a capital a…

Tagged with: bash, files, listing, mv, rm, shell, specific, wildcards
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Ubuntu Gnome Shell re-mix available; download links here.

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

Here is a link to the page hosting downloads of the Ubuntu Gnome Shell re-mix. This is a version of the Ubuntu distribution that uses the Gnome Shell desktop instead of the default Unity. This is a more customisable desktop…

Tagged with: download, e17, gnome, ISO, remix, shell, ubuntu
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Using the zsh shell and some useful tricks to make the most of this Linux shell.

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The zsh shell is a nice alternative to the bash shell when you are using Linux and want a nice command shell for your day-to-day use. Below is my ~/.zshrc files that I am using now. Type sudo apt-get install…

Tagged with: commands, shell, tips, tricks, ubuntu, zsh
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How to put line numbers on the output of a command and other useful Linux commands.

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

If you want to put line numbers in the output of a command; then feed it through the nl command. This will put the required line numbers there for you. [john@deusexmachina]:~/Desktop> ls -hula | nl 1 total 452K 2 drwxr-xr-x…

Tagged with: add, bash, line, linux, numbers, shell
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MobaXterm application for Windows. A good Linux shell for the Windows operating system.

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The MobaXterm application for Windows is a good way to practice Linux commands if you are stuck on a Windows only machine. This application is extensible with add ons such as the gcc compiler and Vim editor as well as…

Tagged with: bash, command-line, gcc, linux, Mobaxterm, shell, windows
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Thoughts on the new Ubuntu for the Nexus 7 and installing a different shell for Ubuntu.

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

I have just found out that the Nexus 7 tablet now has an Ubuntu distribution that is working on that tablet computer. The Unity desktop does not seem to be very stable on this device though; it would be better…

Tagged with: 7, command-line, freebsd, nexus, shell, tcsh, ubuntu
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Some interesting and useful Linux commands and BASH tricks.

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Admin — 2 Comments ↓

A useful awk implementation to count the number of entries in the /etc/passwd file. john@deusexmachina:~$ sudo awk -F: ‘{ print $1 }’ /etc/passwd | wc -l 34 And the quintessential “Hello World” in Awk. john@deusexmachina:~$ awk ‘BEGIN { printf “%s,…

Tagged with: awk, chsh, commands, egrep, linux, pwd, shell, terminal, ubuntu
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