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Enable network navigation in Lubuntu File Manager 10 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Fortunately, it is possible to view Samba drives in Lubuntu by installing a couple of missing packages One of the first shortcomings you will find when you compare the file managers that exist betwee...
Shut down and restart WiFi from Lubuntu desktop 29 Jul 2013 | 12:40 am
I wanted to shut down and restart WiFi using the command line using Lubuntu Precise Pangolin. This is a desktop that uses a component called Network Manager. It is possible to achieve this from the ...
Sort file list by date in descending order 27 Jun 2013 | 01:07 am
I wanted to display a list of files in the current directory in descending chronological order. The command to achieve this is: This command returns something like:
Remove my own pending e-mail in full in sendmail 9 Jun 2013 | 01:40 am
I have a sendmail account that I use for internal Ubuntu operations only. I noticed that cron was creating one notification per execution of an hourly job so the inbox was full. Instructions for clear...
Install XBMC in Lubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) 9 May 2013 | 01:03 am
I wanted to test out an XBMC plug-in (the ZDF Mediathek one) as I plan to use it on a separate system (A Raspberry Pi). I need to evaluate the plug-in by installing on an Intel-based Netbook. I have i...
Take screenshots from Lubuntu 9 May 2013 | 12:57 am
The default Lubuntu installation for Quantal Quetzal does not include a screenshot application. The usual screenshot application is gnome-screenshot and it can be installed as follows sudo apt-get upd...
Bring your current Ubuntu up to date from the command line 6 May 2013 | 10:23 pm
Updating your system to include the latest fixes for your current Ubuntu distribution can be done by using the ‘software updater’ application. This is a graphical application that checks whether newe...
Reduce image resolution in bulk from the command line in Ubuntu Quantal 23 Apr 2013 | 11:57 pm
I knew about the convert command, part of the ImageMagick utility in Ubuntu. The command can be used to reduce resolution in an image such as when you want to e-mail photographs. However, this command...
Lubuntu Quantal will not boot a graphical desktop after initial installation (Toshiba NB150 netbook) 5 Apr 2013 | 06:25 am
After I noticed that the Live CD mode of Lubuntu Quantal was failing on a Toshiba NB510 netbook, a similar problem was happening right after installation. The first step in resolving this problem was ...
Find out the the graphics card chipset of a computer under Ubuntu. 4 Apr 2013 | 07:44 am
I wanted to find out my graphics card hardware under Ubuntu. The object is to see how far I can go without opening my equipment. The first information I looked at was the output of the lspci command a...
