How to get good system information quickly on Linux.

Get Linux system information To get good Linux system information, use these simple utilities. 1. Screenfetch. Install screenfetch. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install screenfetchjason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install screenfetch Then run it to get information about your PC. jason@jason-desktop:~$ screenfetch ./+o+- jason@jason-desktop yyyyy- -yyyyyy+ OS: Ubuntu 17.04 zesty ://+//////-yyyyyyo Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.10.0-35-generic .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/` Uptime: 1h … Read more

Setting up Debian 7.0 in VMware, how to install the VMware tools extensions.

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