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Top 10 Ubuntu Tips
1) How to restart GNOME without rebooting computer
A) Press ‘Ctrl + Alt + Backspace’
or
B) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
2) How to switch to Console mode in GNOME
A) Press ‘Ctrl + Alt + F1′ (F2 - F6)
To switch between consoles in Console mode
B) Press ‘Alt + F1′ (F2 - F6)
To switch back to GNOME mode
C) Press ‘Alt + F7′
3) How to show all hidden files/folders in Nautilus
A) Press ‘Ctrl + H’
To permanently show all hidden files/folders in Nautilus
B) Edit Menu -> Preferences
Views Tab -> Default View -> Show hidden and backup files (Checked)
4) How to load Web site faster in Mozilla Firefox
A) In FireFox address bar, type “about:config”
Filter: ->
network.dns.disableIPv6 -> true
network.http.pipelining -> true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests -> 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining -> true
5) How to install/uninstall .deb files
A) To install .deb file
a) sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb
B) To uninstall .deb file
a) sudo dpkg -r package_name
C) To find version of a package installed
a) dpkg -l packagename
D) To convert .rpm files to .deb files
a) sudo alien package_file.rpm
6) How to save “man” outputs into files
A) man ls | col -b > file.txt
7) How to hide GRUB menu on boot-up
A) sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup
B) gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
a) Look for ‘#hiddenmenu’
b) Uncomment so it’s ‘hiddenmenu’
c) Save file.
C) To change timeout seconds for GRUP menu on boot-up
a) Look for ‘timeout’ and change value.
D) To change default OS for GRUP menu
a) Look for ‘default’ and add value.
8 ) How to temporary skip boot-up services
A) Press ‘Ctrl + C’
9) If your system is unresponsive, here are some tips to bring it to life
A) Press “ALT” + “sysreq-key” + “one of the keys” listed below (The sysreq-key is also known as the ‘print screen’ key):
‘r’ - Turns off keyboard raw mode and sets it to XLATE.
‘k’ - Secure Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual console.
‘b’ - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting your disks.
‘c’ - Will perform a kexec reboot in order to take a crashdump.
‘o’ - Will shut your system off (if configured and supported).
’s’ - Will attempt to sync all mounted filesystems.
‘u’ - Will attempt to remount all mounted filesystems read-only.
‘p’ - Will dump the current registers and flags to your console.
‘t’ - Will dump a list of current tasks and their information to your console.
‘m’ - Will dump current memory info to your console.
‘v’ - Dumps Voyager SMP processor info to your console.
‘0′-’9′ - Sets the console log level, controlling which kernel messages will be printed to your console.
‘f’ - Will call oom_kill to kill a memory hog process
‘e’ - Send a SIGTERM to all processes, except for init.
‘i’ - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, except for init.
‘l’ - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, INCLUDING init.
10) How to install P2P BitTorrent Client (Azureus)
A) sudo aptitude install azureus
a) Applications -> Internet -> Azureus
Source: Ubuntu_Edgy
Comments
19 Comments so far
well, at first:
stop saying “10 Ubuntu tips” if all of your tips are working for almost _every_ linux distro.
and: moste of youre “tips” are , well, not wrong but imprecise. for example: with ctrl+alt+backspace you’re not restarting gnome but the x server.
keep up the work, though. hope i have not discouraged you.
Another newb who posts shit. “Ubtuntu this and Ubuntu that”. God I’m so sick of these crap newbuntu articles. How does that have to do with newbuntu? All Linux distros do this you moron.
Michael insulted:
“Another newb who posts shit. “Ubtuntu this and Ubuntu thatâ€?. God I’m so sick of these crap newbuntu articles. How does that have to do with newbuntu? All Linux distros do this you moron.”
Yes it’s a “newbuntu” article which tells some little tricks a newbie (I guess) found out. I’d say there are quite a lot of newbies starting with Ubuntu, so why not making a list of some tricks or tips to make life easier for them? Any Linux expert had been a newbie once upon a time. I started myself with Debian some years ago but nowadays most of the time I use Ubuntu. One important reason is, that it’s rather unlikely to be called a moron in this sub-community. And the information isn’t wrong although a little imprecise as frank mentioned. But I’d say you exaggerated the title: TOP 10? I can’t say which tricks are top 10 either but I can’t imagine these are the top 10?
Still, keep on and have fun!
feneks
One might of course turn it to the good side and finish with “And you know what the best part is? This pretty much works in every Linux distribution!”
Nice blog, as a Linux newbie (distro is Ubuntu) I think I will visit often.
Guys, take a major chill pill. BIG WHOOP if he wants to share with others information on what’s to do in Ubuntu. To me he is just specifically targeting Ubuntu as the distro. As far as it working on other distro’s, well great. Why do you have to critise, or flame a fellow user, even more, someone helping the Linux community. Just because you may think you know more then him doesn’t make you a person of great wisdom. Wonderful, you know linux and you can hit someone below the belt, but what good does that do for the linux community and move linux on with technology?
Myself I would only adjust the title to be “Ubuntu Helpful Tips”, instead “Top Ten Ubuntu Tips”.
But I realize that the author was just trying to help others out there get some of the basics, some of you forget you where there once too and it takes time for people to grow and learn, so back off your soap box and help the community - not hurt it!
Here are a few more command line tips for ubuntu newbies.
Use tab while typing a command for auto completion.
Use tab tab while typing to list all possiblitlies of your command.
ifconfig - Get your ipaddress as well as other network related info
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart - Restart networking services
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Disappointed, most of them are command line stuff.
yeah! as ubuntu (and linux) newbie - id like to thank you for the tips.
Even though the name “top ten” might be a little exagerated, its what led me here in the first place. I searched google for top 10 ubuntu tips. Thanx man!
And yes, ppl should take a chill pill.
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