I have to keep explaining this to newbies – this should be a FAQ, you may want to write it up on pkill9 if it’s not already there, The difference between su and su – Joe

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This is a question I see repeatedly on #ubuntu (irc.freenode.net) The answer is simple, yet complex. Most mp3 players are setup to use Windows Media Transport Protocol (MTP). That works great if you use Windows. But how do you get it to work with Linux? The easy way is to change the usb mode on [...]

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Tiger is a package consisting of Bourne Shell scripts, C code and data files which is used for checking for security problems on a UNIX system.  It scans system configuration files, file systems, and user configuration files for possible security problems and reports  them.   The  command  tig‐exp(8) can be used to obtain explanations of the [...]

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Checking your Linux host name First, see if your host name is set correctly using the following commands: #uname -n #hostname -a #hostname -s #hostname -d #hostname -f #hostname If the above commands return correctly with no errors then all may be well; however, you may want to read on to verify that all settings [...]

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By Default most of the users configure their network card during the installation of Ubuntu. You can however, use the ifconfig command at the shell prompt or Ubuntu’s graphical network configuration tools, such as network-admin, to edit your system’s network device information or to add or remove network devices on your system Configure Network Interface [...]

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This is a simple way to backup and restore your Ubuntu desktop with sbackup. Go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center -> Search: sbackup Install both selected packages, Simple Backup-Configuration and Simple Backup-Restoration Then go to Applications and click Simple Backup-Configuration. In the General tab choose the settings that best fit your needs. Do a [...]

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this is pretty simple. (from actionparsnip on #ubuntu (freenode)) if you enter: df -h you will get something that looks like: $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 50G 20G 27G 43% / none 934M 240K 933M 1% /dev none 940M 716K 940M 1% /dev/shm none 940M 260K 940M 1% /var/run [...]

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Again playing with Debian Squeeze (v 6.0). There’s no java goodness by default. I looked around a lot of places, that had me doing some crazy things. Here’s all you need to get the jre (java runtime environment) for Debian. Note: This assumes you have a Mozilla Class Browser (like Firefox) previously installed. sudo apt-get [...]

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I am playing with Debian Squeeze (V6) and ran into issues with sudo. Okay on Ubuntu, you use sudo a lot, and don’t drop into root. Here’s an easy fix! (don’t have to mess with /etc/sudoers) 1. Go to the /etc/ directory cd /etc 2. Backup the current group file. You will need to become [...]

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First look at Debian Squeeze Like many of you in the Ubuntu community, I am concerned over the direction Ubuntu is going, especially with the Unity Interface. With the release of Debian 6.0 (Squeeze), I thought I’d take it out for a test drive. Debian is NOT recommended if you are a Linux Noob. Sure [...]

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