How to use the Remmina client to RDP to Windows from Linux. The Remmina RDP client allows a Linux user to log on remotely to a Windows computer. This is just like using the built-in RDP client on Windows. This is the main Remmina window. The new document icon with the green cross allows you … Read more
I am still using Ubuntu 14.04 and it is a worthwhile choice for the desktop. The stability of the desktop is fine now, that is with the default Unity desktop as well as the KDE 4.11 desktop environment. There are other desktops available, such as E17, Awesome, and Xfce4, but I like to use Unity … Read more
System 76 have released a new touch screen laptop that runs the free Ubuntu Linux distribution. Base pricing begins at US$899.00 for the machine with an Intel Core i5 CPU clocked at 1.5 GHZ. There is 4 Gigabytes of DDR3 RAM installed and Intel HD 4400 Graphics along with a 500 Gigabyte 5400 RPM HDD. … Read more
How to setup Ubuntu 13.10 with a proper desktop environment. I just installed Ubuntu 13.10 and I had to update the package repositories. This is essential to install software. homer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get updatehomer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get update After this I could install the initial set of packages to setup my system. homer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get install me-tv … Read more
To clear the RAM cache in Linux, use this simple command as root. Clear PageCache, dentries and inodes. root@jason-desktop:~# sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cachesroot@jason-desktop:~# sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches This is a very useful command for clearing the RAM cache if a process has been eating away at your memory and you need to clear … Read more
How to add a user to the sudoers file to allow them to use the sudo command. The /etc/sudoers file contains definitions of all the users that are allowed to use superuser privileges on Linux to perform various tasks as an administrator. This is how to add a user to this file to allow them … Read more
How to reset your Ubuntu password when you are running in Virtualbox. The Ubuntu distribution works quite well in Virtualbox, but sometimes you can forget the password for the user you created and you need to reset the password. This is very easy. Firstly; boot your Virtualbox instance. Then hold the shift key to get … Read more
This is a lovely green Ubuntu wallpaper for your desktop. This is an amazing wallpaper with good detail in the background.
Get daily builds of the new Ubuntu 13.10 distribution here. Saucy Salamander will be the next and best release of the Ubuntu distribution yet. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/. Daily builds page. 64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image. PC AMD-64 image. PC (Intel x86) desktop image. PC i386 (32bit) desktop image. 64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop image. x86_64 bit desktop image … Read more
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/ This is a BASH shell in a web page. Check this cool trick out. They have created a cool April fools joke that all Linux users can enjoy. I wish there was a Powershell website that allowed you to use Powershell 3.0 in a web browser; but this is still very cool indeed. There … Read more
This is what the Nautilus File Manager looks like in Gnome Shell 3.8. With buttons on the top to control the view modes and a simple breadcrumbs navigation style, it is nice and simple while remaining very easy to use indeed. Ubuntu 13.04 is shaping up to be the best Ubuntu release yet. And this … Read more
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/how-to-watch-lovefilm-redbox-instant-or-netflix-on-ubuntu. This posting on the OMG Ubuntu website explains in detail how to watch Netflix, Lovefilm and Redbox films and television shows with the Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution. This involves using a version of Wine to run the necessary software. You would think that this process would be easy on an Ubuntu distribution right now; … Read more
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 GNOME3 team PPA</code> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging #The GNOME3 staging PPAsudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 #The GNOME3 … Read more
To install Nvidia drivers in Linux Mint, download the drivers and save them to your home directory, then you need to log out of your desktop back to the LightDM log in manager, then press CTRL->ALT->F2 to get to the text console and log in as your user and then type the following command. sudo … Read more
The Ubuntu Linux distribution is planning to become a rolling release distribution; this would make it simpler to upgrade as the user incrementally upgrades to the next version instead of having to constantly install new versions of Ubuntu as they are released. You can edit the /etc/apt/sources.lst in Ubuntu and change all instances of the … Read more
These are the most commonly used passwords that users all over the world currently use. It is not too hard to generate a better password using multiple combinations of upper and lower case letters and numbers coupled with other characters. This will help you create a proper password that will keep your data safe. Most … Read more
This example shows the iostat command printing information about disk usage on my Ubuntu system. jason@jason-desktop:~$ iostat Linux 4.6.0-rc1-jason (jason-desktop) 01/05/16 _x86_64_ (4 CPU) avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 2.50 0.43 1.28 24.37 0.00 71.42 Device: tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_read kB_wrtn sda 1.49 147.22 0.00 64455 0 sdb 0.41 14.30 0.00 … Read more
The Audacious music player for Linux Mint 14 supports the Monkey Audio APE format out of the box. I recently acquired some music in this format and I found out that the Audacious music player version 3.23 supports this music format. I tried to play this on Windows with Winamp using a plugin; but it … Read more
The Ubuntu Linux distribution has come a long way with the development of the Unity desktop interface that is built on top of the Gnome Shell desktop interface and looks just like the Apple Macintosh interface. The awesome window manager is a better choice for dual monitors, that is what I am using at the … Read more