With so many packages available, it can be hard to find the exact thing you need using command-line APT. The general search tool is called apt-cache and is used like this: djx@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache search kde Depending on which repositories you have enabled, that tool returns about a thousand packages. Many of those results will not … Read more
PWD is not short for PASSWORD, it may seem like it but in Linux and therefore Ubuntu, PWD stands for “print working directory” and that is exactly what this command is going to do, display the name of the current working directory ( the current directory you are in ) on Ubuntu’s Terminal, printing the … Read more
QR code creation in Ubuntu is very simple. For this we have to install the app ‘qrencode’ which you can install from the software center or just opening your terminal and typing: $ sudo apt-get install qrencode After installation you can create QR codes with the command line using the following structure: $ qrencode-o [AnyNameForYourQRcode.png] … Read more
There is a problem installing Ubuntu 10.04 and other versions, with some systems running with Dual Core or Core 2 Duo, a process in the system has and maintains one of the cpus at 100%, causing heating problems and ultimately harming our operating system solution First we have to check what process is causing the … Read more
you can immediately shut down your system by using the shutdown command like this: $ sudo shutdown -h now You can also use the shutdown command to restart your computer, as follows: $ sudo shutdown -r now
Este truco es uno de los mejores que puedes utilizar para ahorrarte tiempo a la hora de tener que escribir largos nombres de archivos en la línea de comando. Esto lo logramos con el uso de comodines, que en Ubuntu le llamamos globbing, nos permiten referirnos a archivos u objetos de largo tamaño utilizando comodines … Read more