Month: April 2017

How to use the tweak tool to customise the Linux Mint MATE desktop.

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MATE tweak tool for fixing the MINT desktop The MATE tweak tool is used to easily tweak the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Install this easily with the command below. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweakjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweak Now we can tweak our desktop. Here, this is how to disable desktop … Read more

Evolution of the computer desktop through history. Where are we going?

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Some nice screenshots of various desktop environments from a few different operating systems They look very nice too. I wish they could be available on Linux. That would be great. The screenshot above shows the SGI IRIX operating system. This desktop looks just like FVWM and would be a nice fast desktop indeed. This could … Read more

Understanding the /etc/passwd file on UNIX/Linux.

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The /etc/passwd file on UNIX/Linux is where the user accounts for Linux are stored. This keeps your system safe as the passwords are stored as hashes in the /etc/shadow file, which is separate from the passwd file and is only accessible by the superuser. This keeps a system very safe. Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses … Read more

Past HSC maths papers, James Ruse.

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Index of /hscmaths 1416709685_2004_Mathematics_Trial_Paper.pdf 1416710294_2013_Mathematics_Trial_Paper.pdf 1425787865_2015_Mathematics_Trial_Paper.pdf 2003 James Ruse Trial Exam.pdf 2003 James Ruse Trial Solutions.pdf 2004 James Ruse Term 2 Exam.pdf 2004 James Ruse Term 2 Solutions.pdf 2005 James Ruse Term 1 Exam.pdf 2005 James Ruse Term 1 Solutions.pdf 2005 James Ruse Term 2 Exam.pdf 2005 James Ruse Term 2 Solutions.pdf 2005 James Ruse … Read more

Complete pack of Windows wallpapers for your Linux desktop.

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Windows has some very cool wallpapers available in it. Here are a few old favorites from old and new versions of Windows. These could be interesting choices for a Windows lookalike desktop on Cinnamon or KDE. These are very cool, especially the high-res wallpapers for Windows 10. Complete pack of Windows wallpapers from every release … Read more

Useful Linux shell tricks. Using Brace expansions to create folders.

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The Linux command-line offers many useful methods of creating many folders on your computer at once.  This command will create a few folders on your system named one,two,three,four and create the folders five,six,seven,eight within each folder created. ~$ mkdir -p {one,two,three,four}/five/six/seven/eight~$ mkdir -p {one,two,three,four}/five/six/seven/eight This command will create four folders named one,two,three,four and put the … Read more

Install the cockpit service on your Linux server and administer it from any PC on your network.

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The cockpit service for Linux enables remote administration of a Linux PC from a client machine running any web browser. Installing this on Linux Mint is very easy. I am using Linux Mint 18.1 Firstly, run this command to install the PPA. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cockpit-project/cockpitjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cockpit-project/cockpit Then update … Read more

Use the ethtool command to get information about your Ethernet adapter.

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The ethtool utility for Linux is very good at getting information about your Ethernet adapter. Below is the standard information that is available concerning the basic abilities of the Ethernet adapter. localhost% ethtool enp0s25 Settings for enp0s25: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No … Read more

UNIX CDE desktop really is awesome. I wish Ubuntu had this as a respin.

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The UNIX CDE desktop really is a good desktop environment, and very light on resources. I am using it on the Sparky Linux distribution, the developer has built it on a Debian based distro. There is a simple dialog with icons for changing font size and colors, as well as the desktop wallpaper. There are … Read more

Hr Giger wallpapers for your Debian or Linux Mint desktop. These are amazing.

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https://slowsoulburn.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/hr-giger_003406131.jpg This looks like a bunch of strange beetles crawling around. http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2011/10/space-jockey—enclosure.jpg The alien Space Jockey in his seat. As seen in the movie Prometheus. http://wallpaperbackgrounds.com/Content/wallpapers/dark/occult/205915-22087.jpg This wallpaper is very dark and strange indeed. With Baphomet at the top of the image and a woman with a Xenomorph head, this is one strange picture. http://www.meh.ro/original/2010_04/meh.ro3828.jpg Strange creatures loaded as … Read more

Finding files with the Linux command line. Using find & locate.

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Finding files with the Linux command line. Using find & locate The find command on Linux is very useful for finding commands on your Linux installation. In the example below, I am using wild-cards to look for all the c source files in a certain folder. neo@deusexmachina:~/Documents$ find -name "*.c" ./strobe.c ./myftp.c ./utv_gd.c ./syscall.c ./program.c … Read more

How to read the time from a Digital TV card with Linux. This is easy.

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To read the system time from a Digital TV transmission, the tuner card installed in your machine must firstly be tuned to a channel. Then execute this command in a terminal. localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017 This will read the time from the digital TV transmission and … Read more

How to download a package on a Debian system without installing it.

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On a Debian system, if you wish to download a package on your Linux system without installing it, use these commands. This is very useful if you wish to copy them to a USB drive and put them on another machine with the same Linux distribution. This is the aptitude package manager, this command allows … Read more

New Linux distribution Sparky Linux. Based on Debian.

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Easiest way to get the UNIX CDE desktop installed on a Linux Debian distribution

CDE UNIX desktop environment.
CDE UNIX desktop environment.

There is a new Linux distribution available. Sparky Linux. This is based on Debian and has quite a lot of software available. Debian is a very stable Linux system and basing a new distribution on it with the apt packaging system makes a whole lot of sense. Download this distribution from the following link: https://sparkylinux.org/download/. Choose the rolling option.

Install this and then boot up into the Lxde desktop.

Sparky Linux desktop updating package repos.
Sparky Linux desktop updating package repos.

Run sudo apt update to update the package repositories for the first time.

Then run this command to install the CDE UNIX desktop on Debian.

sudo apt install cde-desktop

Now logout and choose CDE from the drop down at the top of the screen and login to a new fresh CDE desktop.

Sparky Linux CDE desktop.
Sparky Linux CDE desktop. Nice UNIX goodness on Debian.

This is incredible, now the awesome CDE desktop from Solaris UNIX is now available on a Debian based Linux distribution. This makes the desktop accessible to everyone now.

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Removing and creating files on UNIX/Linux and using the shred command.

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The shred command on Linux is the perfect way to remove files securely from your Linux system. With a large amount of iterations, it will ensure that it is very difficult to get the data back. the -u parameter will delete the file after the overwriting process. neo@deusexmachina:~$ shred -n 20 -u gegl-0.2.0.tar.bz2neo@deusexmachina:~$ shred -n … Read more

Some useful Linux configuration files. How the system is setup.

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Some system configuration files on Linux and what they do /etc/profile This configuration file controls the system-wide environment variables. This contains the PATH variable that controls where binaries may be run from system-wide. /etc/motd This file contains a message that will be visible above the login prompt on the virtual console. Usually this is auto-generated … Read more

How the Linux command line can create a graphical tree of package dependencies.

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Image unknown. Some decoded SSTV image.
Image unknown. Some decoded SSTV image.

The Linux command line may be used to create a graphical display of package dependencies. This is good for visualizing what other components of Ubuntu are required for a certain package to operate. And the images look very cool when put on a website as well. A great Linux feature. Creating a graphical display of dependencies would be good to put on a website if a programmer has created a program and needs to display all of the dependencies required to run it. Or just to show off the abilities of the Linux command line in scripting.

Firstly, install the graphviz package.

ubuntu ~ $ sudo apt-get install graphviz

Then run this command to get information about bash.

ubuntu ~ $ apt-cache -o APT::Cache::GivenOnly=1 dotty bash | dot -T png > out.png

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