Xubuntu

  • How to upgrade xfce 4.10 to 4.12 in xubuntu

    In this tutorial I will show you how to upgrade from xfce 4.10 to xfce 4.12 in Xubuntu 14.04 and Xubuntu 14.10. What is xfce? Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for Linux, Solaris, and BSD. Xfce is always my favorite GUI (Graphical user interface) since it has what I need without being too bloated with what I don’t need. I’m kind…

  • How to tweak and optimize SSD for Ubuntu, Linux Mint

    I have been using Intel 520 SSD180GB on my Dell Inspiron 11z-1121 laptop for a while and get great speed. However, if you want to tweak and optimize your SSD for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian or any linux distribution to make your SSD run even faster and live longer, here how I do my ubuntu ssd tweak. Note: this article will help both…

  • How to display hidden startup application in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

    If you installed some programs on Ubuntu or Linux Mint, for some reason you decided to uninstall a program or some of them. Sometimes you have problems with those uninstalled programs, they somehow are still in the start up. Means a portions of those uninstalled programs are not cleaned out from your system yet. Some uninstalled programs still load when…

  • How to change mac address on ubuntu

    You can change the Network Card Mac Address on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via GUI (graphic cal user interface) by going to the networking indicator on the top or bottom and select “Edit connection” to configure or create a new connection. Next click “Add” and give a name to the new connection you want to create with the new spoofed…

  • How to change the default OS in an Ubuntu and Windows GRUB dual boot setup

    Even though Linux is a great Operation System, but sometimes there are reasons for us to keep Windows in your computer system. Valve Introduces Steam OS a while ago to support Linux gamers to access and play games in Linux better and easier, but there are many great games aren’t available on Linux yet. Itunes for Apple iPhone/iPod isn’t Linux friendly. For…

  • Fixing Error in locking authority file .Xauthority

    I installed xfce4 package to xubuntu by mistake (having multiple terminals plus virtualbox, i was installing/working debian machine on virtualbox but thought a terminal on my screen is virtualbox windows), after a reboot i can’t login to my machine. I got stuck at the login screen, it does give an error after login but pop back to login screen real…

  • How to update Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or Debian based kernel

    Update kernel will help you to fix security holes, imrpove stabilty, update drivers, new kernel functions, and increase speed. To find out the version of your kernel # uname -r or # cat /proc/version_signature or use gnome-system-monitor in gui, look for the system monitor in the menu and look in the first tab System. The newest kernel by the time i’m writing…

  • How to install Oracle Java JDK 7

    This article will show you how to install Java Runtime Environment on Ubuntu, Debian based distros, or Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. What is Java? Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It’s also integral to the intranet…

  • How to install rpm packages on ubuntu, mint, or debian

    Normally you install software or deb packages on Ubuntu/Mint linux via Synaptic, Ubuntu Software Center/ppa, or an apt-get command from the terminal. In another hand, Fedora, centos, mandriva, and redhat support rpm packages. Someday you have to install rpm package to your ubuntu/mint linux/debian box, there is a utility called Alien, Alien will converts packages from one format to another with…

  • How to install TeamViewer on Linux

    In this article, i will show you how to install TeamViewer on Ubuntu. What is TeamViewer? TeamViewer is a remote control computer software, you can remote control any desktop, server by establishes connections between your computer to others computer. TeamViewer works with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, android, and Linux. For 32bit Ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu, mint linux, debian based distro $…

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