How to get battery information on a laptop with Kali Linux.
How to check the battery status on a Linux laptop.
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Interesting and useful commands available using the BASH shell on Linux.
This is an interesting command to view your command history when you are using Bash. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ hash hits command 1 /usr/bin/gethostip 1 /usr/bin/sudo┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ hash hits command 1 /usr/bin/gethostip 1 /usr/bin/sudo This command is a Bash shell built-in command. If you are using the tcsh…
Read MoreInstalling Gentoo on a laptop. My experiences with this distro.
I have just installed Gentoo hardened Linux on my laptop. This distribution is far more hands-on than Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but it was enjoyable to install. I have not built and installed a desktop environment yet, I am just using the framebuffer console and this suits me fine. Once…
Read MoreMasters Degree in Information Security – SANS Technology Institute. Even the Army is studying.
The US Army is training soldiers in cyberwarfare, using Linux in Virtual machines to learn how to use SSH and gain access past a SSH public key. The soldier in this photo is searching for “permission denied SSH public key”, he wants to bypass this and gain access to a…
Read MoreNew Dell Inspiron laptop available with Ubuntu.
The new Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series laptop is now available with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and the Google Chrome browser. This laptop comes with a 1 year warranty and would be perfect as an alternative to Windows 10. Since there are privacy concerns with Windows 10, Ubuntu is a good…
Read MoreHP releases new Star Wars laptop, just in time for holiday shopping.
Hewlett Packard have released a new Star Wars themed laptop, just in time for Christmas. This laptop, starting at $699.99 is a bargain and would be the perfect present for any Star Wars fan. See all of the options and customize before purchasing on this page: http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/Laptops/star-wars-special-edition#vao. Buy one today…
Read MoreCheck the status of your laptop battery with Powershell on Windows.
This simple one liner will print the battery status of your laptop battery in percent. This shows that I have 48% battery charge remaining. PS C:\> (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Battery).estimatedchargeremaining 48PS C:\> (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Battery).estimatedchargeremaining 48 Run it like this to get all of the information about your laptop battery. PS…
Read MoreLinux in Arma 3! A tiling window manager on a laptop in the game.
This is a laptop in Arma 3 that can be placed as an in-game decoration. This is running Linux! Apparently the military dumped Windows after the collapse of Microsoft in 2035. This is a good sign. Linux would be better and more reliable in the field compared to Windows anyway….
Read MoreNew System 76 laptop has a touch screen and Ubuntu operating system. A good price too!
System 76 have released a new touch screen laptop that runs the free Ubuntu Linux distribution. Base pricing begins at US$899.00 for the machine with an Intel Core i5 CPU clocked at 1.5 GHZ. There is 4 Gigabytes of DDR3 RAM installed and Intel HD 4400 Graphics along with a…
Read MoreAnother way to get information about your laptop battery when you are running Linux.
This command: upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 will give you information about your laptop battery. homer@neo:~/Documents$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 native-path: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:0c/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0 vendor: PANASONIC model: Li_Ion_4000mA serial: 0000 power supply: yes updated: Sun Sep 29 02:39:34 2013 (3 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: discharging…
Read MoreOpenSUSE 12.3 distribution working very well on my new laptop.
The OpenSUSE 12.3 distribution is a Linux desktop solution that is working very well on my laptop. I decided to install it on that instead of on my desktop and everything is working a treat. I had problems getting this distribution working with ATI hardware, so I wanted it on…
Read MoreHow to check laptop battery status with the Linux command-line.
To check the battery status of your Linux laptop; use the acpi command. This will display the status of your laptop battery. exempli gratia. [email protected] ~$ acpi Battery 0: Disharging, 40%, 00:48:32 [email protected] ~$ acpi Battery 0: Disharging, 40%, 00:48:32 remaining. This command also has many other options. This one…
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