Articles Tagged “ubuntu tips”

  • Changing screen lock settings in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

    How To Change Screen Settings In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ‘Precise Pangolin’

    by admin on Apr 28, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    When the system is inactive, the screen gets locked and gets turned off in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS after 10 minutes by default. To change this : 1. Select the gear icon (System settings) from the sidebar. 2. Under “Personal” section, click on “Brightness and lock” icon. 3. Change the time period for “Turn screen off [...]

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  • Available free memory in Linux Mint/Ubuntu

    How To Find Out Amount Of Free Memory In Linux Mint / Ubuntu Using Command Line

    by admin on Mar 05, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Here is how to quickly find out amount of free memory in Linux Mint / Ubuntu using the terminal : 1. Open Terminal and type : free -m In the “-/+ buffers/cache” row, the above example displays free memory (in MB) to be around  1.34 GB [1374 MB] of the total 2 GB available on [...]

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    How To Install Chromium Web Browser In Linux Mint / Ubuntu

    by admin on Feb 20, 2012 | 1 Comment">1 Comment

    Chromium web browser is an open source project on which Google Chrome is based. To install Chromium in Linux Mint / Ubuntu : 1. Open Terminal and type : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily/stable 2. Then update the repository : sudo apt-get update 3. Finally, install the browser : sudo apt-get install chromium-browser After installation, Chromium will [...]

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    How To Quickly Find The File Type From Linux Mint/Ubuntu Command Line

    by admin on Jan 27, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Here is a quick way to find out properties of different files directly using the Linux Mint / Ubuntu command line. 1. Open Terminal and type : file nameoffile It will display what kind of file type is the given file along with a few other properties. This can be useful when there are a [...]

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  • wget download tips

    How To Limit Download Speed And Resume Broken Downloads Using Linux Mint / Ubuntu Command Line

    by admin on Jan 22, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Using wget directly from the Linux Mint / Ubuntu command line is a quick way to download files. The beauty of this tool is that it offers various options like limiting the download speed, resuming broken downloads and so on. For a quick primer on using wget, refer to the older article here. Here is [...]

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  • List of automatically installed packages in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

    Quickly Find Out List Of Automatically Installed Packages In Ubuntu / Linux Mint

    by admin on Jul 29, 2011 | 2 Comments">2 Comments

    Here is how to quickly find out the list of all software packages which are automatically installed in Ubuntu / Linux Mint : Open Terminal and type : apt-cache showauto This brings up the whole list of packages that are installed automatically by searching the repository. Hit “q” to exit and return back to Terminal [...]

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