How to replace a system file on Ubuntu or Linux Mint that was deleted by accident.

If you executed a command on Ubuntu and messed up your system, there is hope. The apt-file utility can search the package repositories for the missing file and then tell you which package contains it. This is a good way to replace a system file that was accidentally deleted. This is impressive, and a good … Read more

Updating an open-source project is fun.

I have updated my System Information project, I used git to push changes to the repo from my local machine. This is not too hard. Add files to the main branch like this. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents/sysinfo$ git add src/iface.hjason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents/sysinfo$ git add src/iface.h Then push the changes to the repo. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/Documents/sysinfo$ git push Username for ‘https://github.com’: john302 Password … Read more