Root Terminal in Ubuntu
Hi Ubuntu has the root account disabled. You use sudo to run commands as root. if you need root access for some work: To start a root shell, but keep the current shell’s environment, use: sudo -s To...
View ArticleWhat's dpkg-reconfigure
Reconfigure an already installed package like gdm. dpkg-reconfigure package_name For example you can reconfigure X Server: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Share Related posts: About
View ArticleNested X11 environment session
Hi Instead of using a full-blown new virtual X for developing software you can use Xephyr to embed your KDE 4 session into your working KDE 3 or other X11 environment. If you want to get a minimal KDE...
View ArticleHow to posting to Identi.ca from the CLI
Hi Identi.ca is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service. I like Ideni.ca. It’s good service. I use CLI (command line) everyday. I like to dented from it. It’s simple. Just install...
View ArticleHow to extract embedded images from .xls, .ods or .odt
Hi It’s simple. Just 4 steps: Save a copy of the file as ODS (OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet). Change the filetype of the copy to ZIP (for example rename File.xls to File.zip). Open the ZIP. In the...
View ArticleInstalling Sun JDK 5 on Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04
Hello As you known, Sun JDK version 1.5 or 5 is deleted from Ubuntu 10.4 and 9.10 repositories and the version 6 has been replaced. The easiest way to install Sun JDK 5 version is add its repository...
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