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24.07.11 - Find out your Ubuntu/Debian Release
21.01.11 - Some info on apt
apt-get install food apt is a very cool and easy to use package manager for UNIX based systems. Here are some simple and effective commands that might help you do things XD apt-get update – makes sure that all the information is newest. apt-get upgrade – checks for all packages that needs to be updated. [...]
13.09.10 - Ubuntu menu left to right
In the latest versions of Ubuntu, they tend to have the default theme set to have the close, minimise and maximise options on the left hand side of the screen. To change this simply go to the gconf-editor (Alt + F2 – “gconf-editor“) Then change apps->metacity->general->button_layout to have the colon at the front instead of [...]
02.12.08 - How to fix apt-get in Ubuntu 8.10
If somehow you have broken the APT package handling utility and you get this error: ed@niobe:~$ sudo apt-get install xchat E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem. Then when you run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ you get this error: ed@niobe:~$ sudo dpkg –configure -a Processing triggers for libc6 [...]
07.10.08 - Ubuntu 8.10 Beta
Ubuntu 8.10 beta is out, if you can wait for the final release then download the 8.10 beta now! I’ll be updating mine. If you already have Ubuntu installed and you want to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d”. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release [...]
16.09.08 - How to set up USB BT Voyager 105 Notes
Set up and working on 6 Sep 2007 on Laptop ubuntu 7.04. With these files; eciadsl-usermode_0.12-1_i386.deb pppoe_3.5-4ubuntu1_i386.deb <- Not sure if it did need this one, but its all okay Config – sudo eciadsl-config-tk User: pete.maynard@btbroadband.com Password : Normal BT VPI: 0 VCI: 38 DNS: UK..British Telecom Modem: BT Voyager 105 Chipset: GS7470 VID1: 1690 [...]