By Eli, on January 17th, 2010
Enabling the Universe & Multiverse repositories will give you access to tons of software that your Ubuntu system doesn’t give you access to by default. Here is how to enable them.
Open a Terminal. Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Type in:
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
This makes a copy of the file we’re going to modify, in case [...]
By Eli, on August 31st, 2009
Let’s say you’re logged into your Ubuntu machine as an unprivileged user, meaning that you don’t have permission to use the sudo command on the command line. As such, you cannot update the system, install a program, or perform other tasks in the terminal that require the sudo command without logging out and then back [...]
By Eli, on August 26th, 2009
Have you ever asked yourself, “How do I find out exactly which version, or release, of Ubunut I have?” There are a few ways of doing this.
The easiest, and most basic, is to open the System Monitor.You do this by going to System > Administration > System Monitor. You then click on the System tab. [...]
By Eli, on December 11th, 2008
This could be very useful to you if you’re working in the terminal and need to step away for a moment. You can achieve a locked screen, just like when you do it the graphical way, with this command entered at the command line, or cli…
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