By Huy Tran on February 9, 2008
So how do you shutdown or reboot Ubuntu Linux from a terminal or a shell prompt? If GUI is working you can always click on a Quit button. If GUI is not working or if you are working remotely over ssh type the following command:
To shutdown / poweroff Ubuntu Linux
Type the command:
sudo halt
OR
sudo shutdown -h [...]
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By Huy Tran on February 5, 2008
Install CVS files:
sudo apt-get install cvs
Install the CVS server:
sudo apt-get install cvsd
When prompted in the cvsd installation process for Repository, type in “/cvsrepo”.
Now that the cvsd installation in complete goto /var/lib/cvsd
or seeking for a change(or if there is a new version of cvs updated):
sudo cvsd-buildroot /var/lib/cvsd
If the folder cvsrepo does not exist, then create it [...]
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Security, Software, Tips - Tricks, Ubuntu | Tagged CVS server, install, server, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on July 31, 2007
There are lots of programs that help us to monitor our personal computer. They provide us with memory consumption, cpu usage, network statistics and lots more. In this article I’m going to introduce gkrellm. I’ve always had gkrellm running in every desktop Linux. It’s very useful and provides essential information in real time. Installing gkrellm [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Tips - Tricks, Ubuntu | Tagged computer, cpu, desktop, gkrellm, Linux, memory, monitor, network, programs, usage
By Huy Tran on July 29, 2007
k3b cannot deal with mp3 files by default in Ubuntu Edgy Eft.
If you need to produce an audio cd by adding mp3 files with k3b, you’ll need to install the following package:
sudo apt-get install libk3b2-mp3
and you are done!!
Posted in Linux, Software, Tips - Tricks, Ubuntu | Tagged audio, k3b, mp3, Ubuntu
By Huy Tran on July 27, 2007
It seems like every blog on the internet has one of these, so here’s my picks for the top 20 Linux applications. I’ll be covering programs from all different categories that I think stand out and shine as true wonders of Linux and will be presented in no particular order. I’ll even go over a [...]
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