Day: January 18, 2012

The broken Ubuntu runlevel system.

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http://caulfield.info/emmet/2008/03/add-a-textonly-runlevel-to-ubu.html. The Ubuntu distribution is broken in one big way, the Red Hat Linux distribution has run levels properly configured, where you can type su -c “init 3” to shut down the graphical login manager and switch to a run-level that only has the seven TTY virtual consoles running. That needs to be brought back, … Read more

Installing E17 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise pangolin.

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Installing E17 on Ubuntu Installing the E17 Enlightenment desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 is very easy, just type this command in a terminal emulator window. sudo apt-get install e17sudo apt-get install e17 And then all the packages will be installed. You will need to convert old themes into the new format for them to work with … Read more