20.04, that's the current LTS version. Unless you really want the latest interim release (20.10; 21.04 will be released this month), but that's not really recommended for new users. There's no point...
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20.04, that's the current LTS version. Unless you really want the latest interim release (20.10; 21.04 will be released this month), but that's not really recommended for new users. There's no point...
For some reason, a lot of packages were erroneously marked as automatically installed instead of manually (many packages installed during initial installation of the OS are marked as manually...
When you install Google Chrome from the .deb, it's supposed to put a software source for upgrades in /etc/apt/sources.list.d. Apt will then upgrade Google Chrome along with all other software it...
Anyone with physical access to the computer can get root access, although it may require a screwdriver to open the box. So you must trust your students to some extent.
If you make a generic...
Keep in mind that 16.04 will reach end of life next month. Support for 32 bit is ending too.
I hope this old 10.04 server isn't actually exchanging mail with the untrusted web, right? Because 10.04 server edition has been unsupported for 6 years. 12.04 for 4 years. So indeed, why bother? Get...
I don't think 256 bytes is too small for a valid postscript file. It's a bit small for a sensible postscript file though. The smallest sensible postscript file I can find in my homedir is 336 bytes:...
You can reset your password by booting in recovery mode: https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password
The best you'll get is something like: "Process X is consuming 30% of CPU capacity," or "Process Y is using 40% of memory," or "Process Z is downloading at 3300 kB/s on port 12345." The tool you use...
When there's an error accessing your file system, the relevant filesystem (partition) is remounted in read-only mode. This to prevent further damage until the filesystem has been repaired and/or...
One of the default settings you get as a user on Ubuntu as a small list of aliases. You can view them with the alias command. One of these aliases adds the --color=auto option to grep. These aliases...
As you mention uefi settings, I'll assume you've got a modern computer with a pre-installed Windows 10 system (or Windows 8, doesn't matter).
Typically, one uses Windows tools to shrink Windows...
I don't know how your bootable usb was created. If it was created using dd or something like that, some information was lost when creating the bootable usb: the size of the original .iso. But if you...
1: The dd command copies the entire filesystem, not just the part used for files.
2: I've not that much experience with virtual machines, but my guess is that your .iso must be a copy of the...
First tell smartctl to run an actual check. I use
sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sda
The check will take some time. On my hardware about an hour, but that's only a 320GB drive.
Then print the results...
sdb1 is not a drive, it's a partition, which is part of a drive. It's the first partition of the second drive. sda is a drive, the first drive.
Partitions that get mounted at /boot/efi are rather...
I would have expected a more specific error on the line above. ld returns an error and ld is the linker. So the preprocessor works (all header files are available), the compiler works (you get...
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt full-upgrade
apt full-upgrade does everything that apt-get upgrade does, and more. apt-get dist-upgrade does everything that apt...
Select advanced options, choose to boot Ubuntu in recovery mode, at the next menu drop to a root shell. Remount the filesystem read-write and use passwd [username] to reset the password.
Before you do that, you may consider a fresh install of 20.04. As you don't use this computer frequently, it doesn't look like there's a lot of stuff on that you might lose.
Anyway, the...
I haven't got a kindle, but have a kobo e-reader. I write most (practically all) of my stuff in LaTeX, then I use make to turn that into pdf, ps or epub. For pdf or ps, make first creates a dvi,...
If there are writes to files while you're cloning the hard drive, the clone may be corrupt as a random selection of the writes will be included in the clone. That's why you normally clone while...
Good. Could you mark this thread as solved? Thread Tools -> Mark as solved.
1: That command will download and install all upgrades without further quations. Some people do so, I prefer to see what it will do before proceeding. Not really a problem though.
2: Ubuntu 16.04...
As far as the graphics are concerned, opening a terminal isn't any different from opening any other GUI application. The window manager creates a window and the application writes pixels to it. Even...