There are many ways to get system information with various Linux utilities. But apps like neofetch are nice. The gotop utility for Ubuntu is a good way to display real-time system information in an Xterm. Install this nice utility this way. 4.4 Sat Feb 15 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo snap…
Read MoreThis is how to add a new user account on your Ubuntu Linux machine. This is very simple using the useradd command. Useradd takes parameters instead of asking for details like adduser, this means it is better to use in a script. 4.4 Wed Feb 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo…
Read MoreThe latest Windows Update KB4532695 is causing the Internet connections of Windows 10 users to drop out. This is embarrassing for Microsoft. They are so useless they cannot even put out a simple update without the Internet breaking or audio failing. They are useless. That is why Linux should become…
Read MoreMaking Ubuntu look like Macintosh OSX is very simple, this theme I found is a very good recreation of the OSX Aqua theme. Download the theme like this. git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.gitgit clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.git Then copy the OS-X-Leopard-master directory to your ~/.themes folder and use the preferences dialog in the MATE…
Read MoreUsers that try and fail to log in to your system leave a record in the system logs. This is how to find out what time this was and which user they attempted to log in as. The /var/log/auth.log file is the one that contains the login records. All successful…
Read MoreAfter installation of Ubuntu 20.04, you need to update all package repositories and then install all pending updates. Once this is done, then it will be ready and you may install other packages. During installation, there is the option to install all pending updates during that process, but I chose…
Read MoreThe new Ubuntu 20.04 distribution is very good and well worth installing for trying out Linux for the first time or just to try a new version. Getting started after installation is very easy. Just open up a terminal app and then run this command to get all updates installed…
Read MoreThere are a few very useful Linux packages for Ubuntu 20.04. They can make your desktop look incredible. Install these packages like this. jason@jason-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-shell-extension-arc-menu gnome-shell-extension-weatherjason@jason-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-shell-extension-arc-menu gnome-shell-extension-weather Then enable the extensions with gnome-tweak. This is what my Gnome 3 desktop looks…
Read MoreThe new release of Ubuntu, 20.04 is out now. This is all new and comes with a very nice wallpaper. The awesome selection of ubuntu wallpapers in Ubuntu 20.04. These are very nice. After installation, make sure to run this command to update package repositories. sudo apt upgradesudo apt upgrade…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 5.04 distribution was a very comfortable desktop environment. Using Gnome 2, it was very fast and reliable. Now we have MATE, but I miss the simplicity of the older Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 13.04 was very bad, but now it is picking up again, even though the Systemd init…
Read MoreThis simple shell script will test your Internet connection and then tell you if it is up or not. wgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com) if [ $? -eq ‘0’ ] then echo "Internet is up." else #some logging echo "Internet is down.." fiwgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com)…
Read MoreSome very useful tips for blocking some information gathering services on Ubuntu. This is very useful if you are worried about security with all of these services sending data to Canonical. Ubuntu-report – sends hardware information to Canonical. Turn this off easily. 4.4 Thu Nov 29 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ubuntu-report…
Read MoreThis useful news is printed when a user opens the TTY console on Ubuntu and logs in. The news is from /var/cache/motd-news. But if a user puts this command in their .bashrc, the news will appear. cat /var/cache/motd-newscat /var/cache/motd-news The /var/run/motd.dynamic file contains the rest of the information printed to…
Read MoreI am finally sick of using Network Manager on Ubuntu 18. It seems to make my Internet connection slower and I am constantly messing around trying to fix it. I used the command below to remove the Network Manager service. 4.4 Fri Aug 31 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt-get remove…
Read MoreTo upgrade an older release of Ubuntu to the new 18.04 release, just use this command as the superuser. jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ sudo do-release-upgrade This will take a while, but will upgrade your Linux system to the new Ubuntu release. Make sure that after the upgrade is done,…
Read MoreI was trying to run the Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 17.10 and I got this error. jason@kaio:~$ unity-tweak-tool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version(’Gtk’, ‘3.0’) before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded. from gi.repository import Gtk Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not…
Read MoreThere is a good version of Ubuntu for Chinese customers. Ubuntu Kylin is customized especially for China with custom applications installed that are specifically designed for use in China. Give this a try if you wish to have an alternative to Windows on your desktop or laptop machine. Download Ubuntu…
Read MoreI have just installed the Windows 10 15025 build and the bash shell. I have to say that it works way better than earlier versions. The apt update and the apt upgrade commands worked straight away. And ping works now. The networking is greatly improved. This is a good asset…
Read MoreGetting started with the Ubuntu Linux distribution Getting started with Ubuntu is a lot of fun, this post will show you how to get setup after installation of the new Ubuntu 17.04 distribution. Download a copy of Ubuntu Kylin 17.04 here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/daily-live/current/. After the installation of Ubuntu Kylin, I could…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services is a very powerful way to run a virtualized server in the cloud, but there are some tips that will help you greatly when deploying a server for the first time. SSH access is one. Changing the SSH port from 22 to 443 in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file…
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