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12 Tips For Ubuntu Users

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12 Tips For Ubuntu Users

If you are working on the Ubuntu OS, it would be good to have some handy tips to make your experience ever better. Heres a look.
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Monday, October 21, 2013: Ubuntu is a Linux OS that is widely used but like is the case with many OSes, it also has its share of shortcomings. These can be done away with by following the steps that have been outlined below.

As cited on sites.google.com, lets take a look at them one by one below 1. Select Windows as the first choice in the Grub boot menu - You can do this by ensuring that you have both gksu and leafpad installed. -Then you need to click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). Query: terminal and click on Terminal. -Then you need to type (or copy/paste): sudo apt-get install gksu leafpad. You need to press Enter and enter your password. The password will not be visible without the asterisks. - You need to then type in the terminal (use copy/paste):gksudo leafpad /etc/default/grub and press Enter. You can make changes GRUB_DEFAULT (the default boot line). The default boot line is 0 as Grub begins counting with 0 and not with 1. For instance: if Windows is at line 5 in your Grub menu then you need to make the 0 into 4: GRUB_DEFAULT=4. - You can save and close the configuration file and apply the change: in the terminal (use copy/paste): sudo update-grub. -You need to press Enter and put in your password: your password is not visible and press Enter again. 2. Forgot password: what to do - You need to boot your computer into Recovery Mode (second option in the Grub Menu), and select the terminal (root). - Mount the file system read-write. Type (note the spaces in the command!): mount -n -o remount,rw / and press Enter. - Ensure you type the command correctly, as its easy to commit errors with the spaces in the command.

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- You may see a warning from mntent, about /etc/fstab. You can ignore this. -Type: passwd your_own_username (for example: passwd john) and press Enter. - Type: reboot and press Enter. 3. Pace up the interval for the file system check - By using tune2fs, you can increase the interval to 100. - For partition sda2: you need to Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). - Query: terminal and click on it. - You need to Type (or copy/paste): sudo tune2fs -c 100 /dev/sda2 - You need to press Enter and submit your password. The password will not be visible minus the dots. 4. Making your system quicker and quieter -You can switch off the 3 D visual effects. 5. Forcing a locked-up application to end - Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). - Query: terminal and click on Terminal. - Type: xkill - Press Enter, this converts the cursor into a cross. - You can click on the application window that you want to close forcibly. 6. Avoiding certain critical errors You can watch out for these by visiting - Avoiding certain critical errors 7. Make a good hardware list - Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home) - Query: terminal and click on Terminal -Copy/paste this line: sudo lshw -html > hardware.html and press Enter -Your password will not be visible minus the asterisks will show - You will get a document in your personal folder called hardware.html. You can doubleclick on it to read it in via your web browser 8. Optimize your Solid State Drive (SSD) You can do this by visiting- Optimize your Solid State Drive (SSD) 9. Enhance the outlook of image editor GIMP In the Ubuntu 13.10, you can enhance GIMP's user interface greatly by combining the three windows into one by going into panel of GIMP - Windows - tick: Single-Window Mode. 10. Improve Firefox This can be done by visiting - Improve Firefox 11. Managing the memory of the terminal - All terminal commands are being stored in a "memory file", so that you can recall them in the terminal by pressing the "up" arrow key on your keyboard. They're in the file .bash_history in your home folder. It's a hidden file, so first unhide it: Ubuntu 12.04: Click in the Ubuntu sidebar on the icon of your home folder. Use the shortcut (key combination) Ctrl h to make the hidden files visible, or do it like this: In the task bar of the file manager: View - check: Show hidden files Ubuntu 13.10: Click in the Ubuntu sidebar on the icon of your home folder (called Files).
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Click in the Ubuntu sidebar on the icon of your home folder (called Files).

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Use the shortcut (key combination) Ctrl h to make the hidden files visible, or do it like this: In the task bar of the file manager: Files - Preferences - check: Show hidden and backup files Now close the file manager and open it again. The hidden files (with a dot before their names) should be visible now. You can view and edit the contents of .bash_history in a text editor like Gedit or Leafpad. Should you wish to clear all items in the "terminal memory", then you can use this command: history -c -w ~/.bash_history If you want to prevent a particular command from being stored in the memory, simply precede that command by a space, when you issue it. 12. Turn on the numeric section of your keyboard To do this you need to-Start Ubuntu Software Center. -Search word: numlockx -Install numlockx ("enable NumLock in X11 sessions"). -Reboot your computer. Once you have logged in, Numlock should be activated. if not then-Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). Query: startup. -Click on Startup Applications. -Click Add -Giving the new addition the name Numlockx and the command numlockx -Click Add. -Reboot your computer.

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