Day: December 20, 2015

HP releases new Star Wars laptop, just in time for holiday shopping.

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Hewlett Packard have released a new Star Wars themed laptop, just in time for Christmas. This laptop, starting at $699.99 is a bargain and would be the perfect present for any Star Wars fan. See all of the options and customize before purchasing on this page: http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/star-wars-special-edition#vao. Buy one today for the Star Wars fan … Read more

How to count the number of packages installed on your Ubuntu/Debian machine.

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This useful command will display a count of all installed packages on your Debian Linux machine. jason@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-query -l | wc -l 2027jason@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-query -l | wc -l 2027 Grepping the output to find certain packages. jason@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-query -l | grep vim ii vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3 amd64 Vi IMproved – Common files ii vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3 amd64 … Read more