The latest Windows Update KB4532695 is causing the Internet connections of Windows 10 users to drop out. This is embarrassing for Microsoft. They are so useless they cannot even put out a simple update without the Internet breaking or audio failing. They are useless. That is why Linux should become more popular. Windows 10 users … Read more
Making Ubuntu look like Macintosh OSX is very simple, this theme I found is a very good recreation of the OSX Aqua theme. Download the theme like this. git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.gitgit clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.git Then copy the OS-X-Leopard-master directory to your ~/.themes folder and use the preferences dialog in the MATE desktop to set the new … Read more
Users that try and fail to log in to your system leave a record in the system logs. This is how to find out what time this was and which user they attempted to log in as. The /var/log/auth.log file is the one that contains the login records. All successful and failed logins are recorded … Read more
After installation of Ubuntu 20.04, you need to update all package repositories and then install all pending updates. Once this is done, then it will be ready and you may install other packages. During installation, there is the option to install all pending updates during that process, but I chose to do it after the … Read more
The new Ubuntu 20.04 distribution is very good and well worth installing for trying out Linux for the first time or just to try a new version. Getting started after installation is very easy. Just open up a terminal app and then run this command to get all updates installed if required. sudo apt update … Read more
There are a few very useful Linux packages for Ubuntu 20.04. They can make your desktop look incredible. Install these packages like this. jason@jason-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-shell-extension-arc-menu gnome-shell-extension-weatherjason@jason-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-shell-extension-arc-menu gnome-shell-extension-weather Then enable the extensions with gnome-tweak. This is what my Gnome 3 desktop looks like now. The Arc menu … Read more
The new release of Ubuntu, 20.04 is out now. This is all new and comes with a very nice wallpaper. The awesome selection of ubuntu wallpapers in Ubuntu 20.04. These are very nice. After installation, make sure to run this command to update package repositories. sudo apt upgradesudo apt upgrade Run this command after installation … Read more
The Ubuntu 5.04 distribution was a very comfortable desktop environment. Using Gnome 2, it was very fast and reliable. Now we have MATE, but I miss the simplicity of the older Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 13.04 was very bad, but now it is picking up again, even though the Systemd init system is not as good … Read more
This simple shell script will test your Internet connection and then tell you if it is up or not. wgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com) if [ $? -eq ‘0’ ] then echo "Internet is up." else #some logging echo "Internet is down.." fiwgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com) if [ $? -eq ‘0’ … Read more
Some very useful tips for blocking some information gathering services on Ubuntu. This is very useful if you are worried about security with all of these services sending data to Canonical. Ubuntu-report – sends hardware information to Canonical. Turn this off easily. 4.4 Thu Nov 29 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ubuntu-report -f send no4.4 Thu Nov … Read more
This useful news is printed when a user opens the TTY console on Ubuntu and logs in. The news is from /var/cache/motd-news. But if a user puts this command in their .bashrc, the news will appear. cat /var/cache/motd-newscat /var/cache/motd-news The /var/run/motd.dynamic file contains the rest of the information printed to the TTY screen upon login. … Read more
I am finally sick of using Network Manager on Ubuntu 18. It seems to make my Internet connection slower and I am constantly messing around trying to fix it. I used the command below to remove the Network Manager service. 4.4 Fri Aug 31 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt-get remove network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome Now … Read more
To upgrade an older release of Ubuntu to the new 18.04 release, just use this command as the superuser. jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ sudo do-release-upgrade This will take a while, but will upgrade your Linux system to the new Ubuntu release. Make sure that after the upgrade is done, and you are running your … Read more
I was trying to run the Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 17.10 and I got this error. jason@kaio:~$ unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version(’Gtk’, ‘3.0’) before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installedjason@kaio:~$ unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk … Read more
There is a good version of Ubuntu for Chinese customers. Ubuntu Kylin is customized especially for China with custom applications installed that are specifically designed for use in China. Give this a try if you wish to have an alternative to Windows on your desktop or laptop machine. Download Ubuntu Kylin: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-kylin. Ubuntu Kylin website: … Read more
I have just installed the Windows 10 15025 build and the bash shell. I have to say that it works way better than earlier versions. The apt update and the apt upgrade commands worked straight away. And ping works now. The networking is greatly improved. This is a good asset to the Windows 10 desktop … Read more
Getting started with the Ubuntu Linux distribution Getting started with Ubuntu is a lot of fun, this post will show you how to get setup after installation of the new Ubuntu 17.04 distribution. Download a copy of Ubuntu Kylin 17.04 here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/daily-live/current/. After the installation of Ubuntu Kylin, I could not get the networking to … Read more
Amazon Web Services is a very powerful way to run a virtualized server in the cloud, but there are some tips that will help you greatly when deploying a server for the first time. SSH access is one. Changing the SSH port from 22 to 443 in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file will help access when you … Read more
I have got the CDE desktop to compile on Ubuntu 14.04. I found this website: https://www.ics.com/blog/retrocomputing-motif-and-cde#.U-840NaKhqg, which in turn lead me here: http://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/wiki/LinuxBuild/, a WIKI which contains the build instructions for Ubuntu 14.04. I followed this guide and the build worked perfectly. This is very cool indeed. The performance of the CDE desktop is very … Read more
More than 1.5 million copies of the Ubuntu Kylin distribution have been downloaded in 2013. That shows the growing popularity of open-source software in China. The greater security of Linux compared to Windows allows a computer user to make good use of their computer without worrying about online malware and viruses. You may download a … Read more