To open a new virtual terminal to enter commands, use the Ctrl-Alt-F2 key combination and enter your username and password. This is a virtual terminal where you can control your system with a distraction free full-screen terminal. There are key combinations to switch between virtual terminals, read more here: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/virtual-terminals.html. To get a version of … Read more
If you click a link in Google and the forum post you wanted to read requires a login to view, click back and then click the green drop down arrow at the end of the link, then click the cached option. This will open a cached version of the forum posting. This way, you can … Read more
The new Windows 10 preview has just been released, since I have an MSDN account I have just downloaded this and installed it in VMware. My initial impressions are very positive, the CMD window now can be resized at will just like a Linux xterm window. This is the version of Windows you will see … Read more
More awesome wallpapers for a Linux or BSD desktop. The wallpapers. Pandora and orbiting spaceship: http://wallpaperswide.com/download/avatar_6-wallpaper-1920×1080.jpg. Astronaut with surfboard on alien planet: http://4walled.cc/src/98/98fad31467a2205977988e458b554821.jpg. Awesome planet wallpaper with a giant superstructure on it: http://4walled.cc/show-1281760. Astronaut having a beer on the Moon: http://4walled.cc/show-1171862. Awesome view of planet Earth and the Milky way galaxy: http://4walled.cc/show-1124548. The sun rising … Read more
I have recently had a look at the CDE desktop running on Debian. This is an old but good desktop environment that allows a user to make the best use of their computer. I found a Linux distribution named CDebian which is a distribution of Debian as a Live CD that includes the CDE desktop … Read more
Themes. Oxygen GTK, a port of the KDE Oxygen theme to GTK: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen+Gtk?content=136216. Aeri 5.0. This is a flat and light theme inspired by mobile and tablet operating system interfaces: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Aeri+?content=162303. Kawai. A very smooth and sleek KDE theme: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Kawai+%5BQtCurve%5D?content=141920. Descartes Breeze: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Descartes+Breeze?content=165578. Soft Metal: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Soft+Metal?content=120867. Lightning Unified QtCurve: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Lightning+Unified+QtCurve?content=155169. Polyester 1.0.4: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Polyester?content=27968. Skulpture: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Skulpture?content=59031. … Read more
The VMware tools are useful extensions for Debian, that allow a Linux distribution to be more usable in the VMware hypervisor. Use this simple command to install them in Debian 7.0. root@debian:/home/homer# apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktoproot@debian:/home/homer# apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop The open-vm-tools-desktop package installs the graphical VMware tools additions that will speed up the desktop and enable … Read more
This sed trick will filter out the unwanted characters and leave only the letters ‘A’. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ echo "###AAA" | sed ‘s/###//gi’ AAAhomer@deusexmachina ~ $ echo "###AAA" | sed ‘s/###//gi’ AAA This is how to re-bind the annoying CAPS-Lock key to Esc. This can give that key a new use. xmodmap -e ‘clear Lock’ … Read more
This is a good way to get the IP address of a host and print it to the terminal. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ host yahoo.com | awk ‘/ has address / { print $4 }’ | cut -d " " -f14- 98.138.253.109homer@deusexmachina ~ $ host yahoo.com | awk ‘/ has address / { print $4 }’ … Read more
How I recorded this video. avconv -f x11grab -r 60 -s 1920×1080 -i :0.0 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 1M output.webmavconv -f x11grab -r 60 -s 1920×1080 -i :0.0 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 1M output.webm Use this command to install avconv. sudo apt-get install libav-toolssudo apt-get install libav-tools This is a very good way to show off your … Read more
The Linux kernel is very flexible. There are so many distributions of Linux that I have lost count. There is the Vyatta routing distribution that is useful for creating a router on an old computer. The Clonezilla utility distribution is also very useful, this is a Linux based distribution of Debian that is used to … Read more
http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/6c386979-15d5-4878-b7f6-cc15a17f32e2_5.jpg. Crater lake wallpaper. This one is very nice indeed. http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/b76ed5b2-26aa-4408-8808-1e9481cd24fd_5.jpg. Full moon over a Greek township. http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/5a08e8ef-3098-4209-abbe-991e746adf82_5.jpg. Illuminated Alhambra, Andalusia (Spain). http://res1.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/2013-win81ga/4305912a-c44c-499a-b211-1b8dcf2253db_5.jpg. Kuala Lumpur at night. http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/2013-win81ga/8ee15352-2ef5-4c41-bca8-1bd38261bde5_5.jpg. Quiraing, Isle of Skye (Scotland, U.K.). http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/windows/main/8b97cd10-a7f5-46f5-8dc4-727e94ce4aeb_6.jpg. Windmills, Kinderdijk (Netherlands). http://hqdesktop.net/wallpapers/l/1920×1080/17/outer_space_stars_planets_rings_digital_art_1920x1080_16429.jpg. A massive crater on a moon and Saturn in the background. Awesome HD space wallpaper. http://hqscreen.com/wallpapers/l/1920×1080/63/digital_art_outer_space_sea_1920x1080_62719.jpg. … 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
A very good CPU-Z alternative for a Linux machine. This awesome utility for Linux is an alternative to the CPU-Z program for Windows machines. This allows the user to gather information about their computer with a nice tabbed interface. There is a tab to gather system/OS information as well as CPU statistics. This is very … Read more
Ubuntu 12.04 has proven to be more secure than Windows and Macintosh operating systems. This is not surprising though. The preponderance of Linux distributions based upon Debian is making it even easier for people to get started with computing. Ubuntu has always been a good choice for desktop computing, the easy to use desktop and … Read more
Best Openbox themes. Metro X: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Metrox+20131103?content=161079. A Windows 8 Metro inspired Openbox theme. Win 7: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Win7?content=162490. A Windows 7 styled theme for PekWM. Nodoka openbox theme: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Nodoka?content=126725. This is an Openbox theme intended for use with the Nodoka GTK engine. Turquoise nights: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Turquoise+Nights+Ob?content=120386. A dark theme for Openbox. Solaris theme for Fluxbox: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Solaris%3A+Java+Fluxbox+System?content=63303. TWM theme: … Read more
The dwm window manager for Linux is a very fast and very easy to use WM that offers a tiling WM and a very fast way to interact with your Linux machine. Type sudo apt-get install dwm dmenu to install this window manager. As shown in the screenshot to the right, this is a very … Read more
GTK Themes. Zukitwo: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Zukitwo?content=140562. A very good GTK theme for Gnome Shell and MATE. DeLorean-Dark — Gnome 3.4 & 3.6: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/DeLorean-Dark+–+Gnome+3.4+%26+3.6?content=153866. DarkMint: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/DarkMint?content=150904. Piratunbu theme 6.0: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Piratunbu+full+theme+for+Ubuntu+13.10?content=147063. A pirate themed look for Ubuntu. reNIX (for Unity and GS): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/reNIX+%28for+Unity+and+GS%29?content=153312. A squared theme for Unity and Gnome Shell. Win2-7 Remix: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Remix?content=153233. A Windows 7 styled theme … Read more