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’

    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 [...]

  • Available free memory in Linux Mint/Ubuntu

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

    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

    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

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

    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 [...]

  • List of automatically installed packages in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

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

    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 [...]