Linux Ubuntu

Go to Applications ----> Accessories ------> Terminal, and type in banshee, then hit enter

In my installation, I have an icon folder which is hidden in my home directory. My name is 'user' so I browse using Nautilus to /home/user/.icons

I have full permissions in this folder.

If you wish to do the same with /root/.icons

Root has full permissions in this folder. I think the simplest method of achieving this is to launch Nautilus file browser with root privileges.

To do this, press ALT +F2 to open the 'Run Application' dialog.

type the command 'gksudo Nautilus'

You will see a graphical 'super user do' login window, type in your password. Nautilus will open with Root privileges. You can now browse straight to the /root/.icons folder and make changes as you wish.

I would advise you to immediately modify the background of your 'Root Nautilus' window. This window enables you to modify and gives you ultimate power over your system. In order to do this, go to the menu 'edit' then 'backgrounds and emblems' and drag a suitable background (perhaps gnome feet, or a brushed metal background) to make this window immediately distinguishable from the normal 'user' Nautilus window.

It is possible to find scripts for Nautilus which enable you to use a right click menu to accomplish many simple tasks, such as launching a Root Nautilus window here, or Root Terminal here, copy to, move to, or any number of other tasks which I sorely missed when I first moved away from using a Windows environment.

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A better question would be how you got to the command line in the first place. If you have simply switched to a different tty (terminal), you can switch back to the desktop by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F7. Other than that, you should generally not be at a command line, as the X server is automatically restarted if it crashes.

Var directory is a sub directory of the root directory,

The system writes data during process of its operation.

There are two main variants; the desktop and server editions. There are also other projects that use the Ubuntu base to provide other features or services:

Ubuntu Education Edition - Formerly known as Edubuntu, is targeted at schools and children.

Kubuntu - Uses KDE instead of GNOME as its desktop environment.

Xubuntu - Uses Xfce instead of GNOME as its desktop environment.

Gobuntu - Removes all proprietary software and firmware from the distribution.

In general you don't need to remove Grub from your system. You can just comment out the Ubuntu installation boot partition from the menu, and leave the Vista line alone.

If you wish to remove Grub you typically would need the installation disk or any Windows CD for the fixmbr program to replace the Grub loader, but I would recommend just leaving it alone and doing the commenting out from the above paragraph.

tar -zxvf <tarball-file>

I'm not familiar with that Linux distribution. In most distributions, you can access it if it is mounted at /media/dvd or /mnt/dvd. If it is not mounted, you may need root privileges to do so.

Be a hero, make one. Really though this is complex and somebodies gotta do it soon so...

Here are some easy steps to configure pidgin for yahoo account

1) Click Accounts then Manage Accounts.

2) click Add button.

3) select YAHOO as a protocol.

4) write your Username in username column.

5) write your yahoo password in Password column.

6) Sign In ( Enjoy !!!)

Comment 2012 12 11: Above method tried on Lubuntu 12.10 platform with pidgin 2.10.6:

I had read alot of other online help, they suggested entering @yahoo.com at the end of your username. This produced a "username@yahoo.com disabled" message, followed with an "Error 1013: The username you have entered is invalid. The most common cause of this error is entering your email address instead of your Yahoo! ID.".

I then read this article, and suddenly it occurred to me that the articles that I read on maemo.org and blog.mypapit.net were written in 2009, so it might no longer be necessary to add "@yahoo.com" on the end. I deleted the @yahoo.com and the above worked. In case anyone was fooling around with their advanced tab, mine was as follows:

Pager port: 5050

File transfer server: filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com

File transfer port: 80

Chat room locale: us

Encoding: UTF-8

(checkbox) Unchecked Ignore conference and chatroom invitation

(chckbox) Unchecked Use account proxy for HTTP and HTTPS connections

The root password is stored in hashed form in the /etc/shadow file.

#!/bin/bash

useradd username

usermod username usergroup

ls -l /dev/sd*

find the drive that is your usb drive (if you only have one HD, its probably /dev/sdb1)

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /some/mountpoint

A kernel is the core program that runs programs and manages hardware devices, such as disks and printers. It executes the commands which provide by environment.

Run the command in the background by using an ampersand (&) just before the Return stroke that ends the command line.

Example - $ top &

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Use "man time" in a Linux terminal (without the quotes) to view the manual page for time. There are commands to show elapsed time a program runs, when a program is to start, etc. For a simple example, this 'Egg Timer' command: echo -e '\a' >&2; sleep 180; echo -e '\a' >72 will show a blank terminal for 180 seconds. Or 3 minutes, (which is enough to cook a soft-boiled egg!).

'Client server" is a generic term used to describe a network management type; Ubuntu is a specific version/distribution of the Linux operating system.

Ubuntu can be installed as a client/server system if you wish.

Ubuntu uses the ext4 file journaling system, which doesn't get fragmented.

It is called Ubuntu because:

1. Ubuntu is a South African word meaning "towards humanity." It is basically the concept of being part of a community that helps each other.

2. Ubuntu (the distro) lives up to this by helping people to get a free copy, and offering caring and helpful support to the people on it's forums.

3. The creator, Mark Shuttleworth, is from South Africa.

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