What is new in the Ubuntu 16.10 release.
Ubuntu Desktop 16.10 Yakkety Yak Daily Build 29-04-2016.
Ubuntu Desktop 16.10 Yakkety Yak Daily Build 29-04-2016.
Microsoft used to be the top dog in the field of operating systems with their Windows releases that made computers easier to use than ever before. But nowadays, with Linux taking over on the embedded operating system front and Ubuntu becoming even more popular and the Google Android OS taking over the mobile market from … Read more
Not a bad little program, and I got the code to work first time, not bad. Writing code in standard C is better than C++ or C#, the old C language is still the best. The whole Linux kernel is written in C and if it is good enough for that project, it is good … Read more
Gentoo works perfectly well as a desktop operating system, I have Sabayon Linux which is based on Gentoo and would be good, as long as the Network manager works just as well as it does in Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Wicd is not as good as Networkmanager when it comes to using Wireless Broadband. I … Read more
I am wondering, if due to the popularity of the SSD solid state hard drives, are we going to see the end of the conventional hard disk with metal platters and read-write heads that skitter over the surface floating on a cushion of air. The SSD drives are getting better and better but do not … Read more
http://www.walkernews.net/2007/06/22/download-official-redhat-linux-iso-image/ The link above is to the Redhat 6.2 Linux distribution, the first version of Linux I used. It ran very well on a Celeron 600 with 64MB of RAM and integrated graphics. Linux has come so far since it was first released, the desktop has gotten even easier to use and with the release … Read more
I think I may have posted this before, but this is a little program I am working on that writes a text string to a file. I have got it to work perfectly and it compiles without errors using gcc -Wall. /* * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * … Read more
Dragonfly BSD. One very secure operating system.This is running in qemu, the emulator for PC operating systems. It is a live CD and has the option to install the operating system or use the system as root. Once logged in you can use gcc and vi, all the familiar UNIX/GNU tools. I could get to … Read more
The package manager in FreeBSD 10.3 is very effective and easy to use for setting up your FreeBSD 10.3 system. Here is how to install it. type this command as root. pkgpkg This will install the pkg package management system. Then, once that has completed, type this command to update the package repositories information. pkg … Read more
The much-hyped Windows 10 bash shell is quite underwhelming to say the least. This is good as an SSH client and to browse the web using Lynx, but ping and ifconfig do not work at all. I could not get the MySQL server running either. This is what I get when trying to start the … Read more
To play a DVD on Ubuntu 16.04, you will need to install the Libdvdcss library to enable encrypted DVD playback. This is very simple. Firstly, download the required library: https://download.videolan.org/libdvdcss/1.2.12/libdvdcss-1.2.12.tar.bz2. Then move to the Downloads directory and extract the tarball. jason@jason-desktop:~$ tar -xvf libdvdcss-1.2.12.tar.bz2jason@jason-desktop:~$ tar -xvf libdvdcss-1.2.12.tar.bz2 Then move to the directory to compile the … Read more
Some very nice themes for the Linux desktopIcon themesMetacity themesNice wallpapers for your Linux desktop Some very nice themes for the Linux desktop Oxygen transparent KDE 4.0 theme. http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/oxygen-transparent?content=127752. Uniq KDE 4.0 theme. http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/uniq?content=112688. Elegant Gnome pack. GTK 2.0 pack. http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/Elegant+Gnome+Pack?content=127826. Vertex theme pack. GTK 3.0 pack. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Vertex+-+Theme?content=166318. CinnXP Luna theme. Make your Gnome/MATE desktop … Read more
Generate secure passwords for your user accounts The pwgen command will generate a set of random passwords that may be used to secure your user account. Type this command to install this utility. root@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:~# apt-get install pwgenroot@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:~# apt-get install pwgen Now we can generate a few passwords. jason@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:/mnt/c/Users/johnc$ pwgen -s -v 79lZrgzb ctklTCV3 zX3nDCQr FXk5g7V8 … Read more
A gorgeous terraced rice paddy in China I think: https://4walled.cc/src/c0/c06806e6e7aa41e530ae8355aa2271fb.jpg Beautiful farm gate photograph: https://4walled.cc/show-584332. Curving road in morning mist: https://4walled.cc/show-111104. Dual monitor corn field photograph: https://4walled.cc/show-84524. Man using a tin for target practice on his farm: https://4walled.cc/show-579294. Oil refinery gas flare: https://4walled.cc/show-1286049. Arches national park Utah: https://4walled.cc/show-389564. More wallpaper posts. More awesome wallpapers for … Read more
Location of the Windows 10 bash shell files This is the location of the actual files that are installed when you install the Windows 10 bash shell. This means that it is not really a ext4 filesystem, but emulating this when you load it up in a CMD window. %localappdata%\lxss\rootfs%localappdata%\lxss\rootfs The location of the actual … Read more
Copying a file with sftp from one UNIX machine to another is very easy. The command below uses the SSH protocol and initiates a connection to the remote PC. ubuntu ~ $ sftp -P 443 [email protected] ~ $ sftp -P 443 [email protected] Press ENTER and type your password. The user will be presented with a … Read more
To get just the IP address of your Internet facing Linux machine, use this command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ curl icanhazip.comjason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ curl icanhazip.com This will return just your IP address. This is another way to get this information. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ curl ipinfo.io/ipjason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ curl ipinfo.io/ip To get information about a DNS server, use the dig command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ dig 8.8.8.8 … Read more
Get network information on Windows with netstat Netstat on Windows can provide a lot of information about your network connection. This example shows netstat showing Ethernet statistics. c:\Windows\System>netstat -e Interface Statistics Received Sent Bytes 2307072092 27407417 Unicast packets 1757202 320154 Non-unicast packets 0 0 Discards 0 0 Errors 0 0 Unknown protocols 0c:\Windows\System>netstat … Read more
Cracking the Cisco telnet password on a Cisco 2960 switch is very easy when you are using the hydra password cracking tool. I used this command to crack the telnet login. hydra -P password.lst 10.42.0.87 cisco This is the password cracking session that resulted in me cracking the telnet login. root@darknet:~# hydra -P password.lst 10.42.0.87 … Read more