Reference for Ubuntu Starters
Synaptic? deb? sudo? apt? Damn! I still remember when I first installed Ubuntu (my first encounter with Linux). But God bless Google, Ubuntu Forums, a few other resources and Blogs. Things became easier than I thought. Here, I will be posting a reference about Ubuntu things! And to end with top 5 Ubuntu resources on web for Ubuntu starters.
Privileges
sudo command – run command as root
sudo -s – open a root shell
sudo -s -u user – open a shell as user
sudo -k – forget sudo passwords
gksudo command – visual sudo dialog (GNOME)
kdesudo command – visual sudo dialog (KDE)
sudo visudo – edit /etc/sudoers
gksudo nautilus – root file manager (GNOME)
kdesudo konqueror – root file manager (KDE)
passwd – change your password
Display
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart – restart X and return to login (GNOME)
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart – restart X and return to login (KDE)
sudo dexconf – reset xorg.conf configuration
Ctrl+Alt+Bksp – restart X display if frozen
Ctrl+Alt+FN – switch to tty N
Ctrl+Alt+F7 – switch back to X display
System Services
(Prefix commands with sudo to run)
start service – start job service (Upstart)
stop service – stop job service (Upstart)
status service – check if service is running (Upstart)
/etc/init.d/service start – start service (SysV)
/etc/init.d/service stop – stop service (SysV)
/etc/init.d/service status – check service (SysV)
/etc/init.d/service restart – restart service (SysV)
runlevel – get current runlevel
Package Mangement
(Prefix commands with sudo to run)
apt-get update – refresh available updates
apt-get upgrade – upgrade all packages
apt-get dist-upgrade – upgrade with package
replacements; upgrade Ubuntu version
apt-get install pkg – install pkg
apt-get purge pkg – uninstall pkg
apt-get autoremove – remove obsolete packages
apt-get -f install – try to fix broken packages
dpkg –configure -a – try to fix broken packages
dpkg -i pkg.deb – install file pkg.deb
(file) /etc/apt/sources.list – APT repository list
Network
ifconfig – show network information
iwconfig – show wireless information
sudo iwlist scan – scan for wireless networks
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart – reset
network for manual configurations
(file) /etc/network/interfaces – manual configuration
ifup interface – bring interface online
ifdown interface – disable interface
Special Packages
linux-headers-generic – latest build headers
ubuntu-desktop – standard Ubuntu environment
kubuntu-desktop – KDE desktop
xubuntu-desktop – XFCE desktop
ubuntu-minimal – core Ubuntu utilities
ubuntu-standard – standard Ubuntu utilities
ubuntu-restricted-extras – non-free, but useful
kubuntu-restricted-extras – KDE of the above
xubuntu-restricted-extras – XFCE of the above
build-essential – packages used to compile programs
linux-image-generic – latest generic kernel image
Applications Name
nautilus – file manager (GNOME)
dolphin – file manager (KDE)
konqueror – web browser (KDE)
kate – text editor (KDE)
gedit – text editor (GNOME)
System
lsb_release -a – get Ubuntu version
uname -r – get kernel version
uname -a – get all kernel information
Top 5 web resoureses for Ubuntu Starters
http://ubuntuforums.org/ (Great, helpful and most responsive community)
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ (A lot of Tips and Tricks)
http://www.gnome-look.org/ (Add a little flavor to Gnome)
http://tombuntu.com/ (Nice Ubuntu Blog)
http://lifehacker.com/ (Not specific to Ubuntu but they have a lot of good Ubuntu articles)
And here is the bonus
http://fosswire.com/ (the source of above information)
Hope, this might help you in your Ubuntu venture. If you like the post, please Digg or Stumble it.
In these hard times, don’t forget the kids who may like to have a home computer but cannot afford one. Take an old box, load free and legal Ubuntu from the web into it to oblige the Microsoft second user lease agreement and stay legal. Give, through your Church, Scouts, Guides or other charity, to a child who can’t afford a new box with Vista, but needs computer smarts to get through school! Most old XP boxes will run Ubuntu without upgrade, but remember and honor the Microsoft licensing agreement,stay legal and install Ubuntu, the free OS from the web before passing the box on to a second user! These are hard times and a lot of kids are going to do without if we don’t step in and help! Please be part of the solution for America’s young, not part of the problem! please help!
Two other excellent Ubuntu ressources are
* http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/ <- News and guides
* http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/ <- Tutorials!
I don’t think it would be appropriate to add my own site to those ressources.
I love ubuntu, but those stickers are awful.
Yup, the stickers can be enhanced big time!
I see you liked our Ubuntu cheat sheet. Mind giving us a little credit?
http://fosswire.com/2008/04/22/ubuntu-cheat-sheet/
@ Jacob Mind giving us a little credit?
Absolutely not edited the post.
Cheers
Cool, thanks much. We do like sharing of information, but we would like to keep the Creative Commons license intact, otherwise it becomes invalid.
Someone shoot Uncle B. It’s pathetic people like yourselves that ruin the U.S. economy. Give, give, give to the less fortunate and f*ck ourselves. How about this…. Get out, get to work, learn a trade, learn to grow your own damn food, learn to read, think, and be alive instead of being dead weight to the rest of society. Learn to learn! Be self sufficient and self supportive.I came from a shi**y home with no damn money and nothing but hand me downs for clothing, never had anything new. Now? I take care of myself, run my own business and have half my family (10 of us) up my arse about money, in which I tell them no. I made a choice. Everyone has that option. Screw the less fortunate and quit feeling so damn sorry for them or yourself. Noone felt sorry for me you fu*king degenerate moron.
Learn to be and believe in yourself!!!!!
i installed to my computer but still i cant use this
I’m all for what Uncle B said above, though it’s not exactly in keeping with the subject of the article. Prices of computer equipment continue to go down, but an entry level system can still be prohibitively expensive for some below the poverty line, with or without Microsoft Windows installed. Donations can actually help those in need, so donate away. I’ve helped donate a few old systems to a local boys’ home… after installing Ubuntu on all of them.
It’s great to start from nothing and become successful later in life. But to have an absolutely miserable f-you attitude like that of Griven above would tend to greatly diminish the positive aspects of one’s success story. That attitude is certainly not inspiring in the least.
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Here is a blog post I have referred to a number of times recently in my adventures with Ubuntu. Synaptic? deb? sudo? apt? Damn! I still remember when I first installed Ubuntu (my first encounter with Linux). But God bless Google, Ubuntu Forums, a few o…
Griven,
A child cannot choose it’s parents. What’s so wrong with people who give a shit about someone other than themselves?
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