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Communicating with an another PC in ubuntu/Linux

We can use the below command in the terminal for accessing the other terminal Format - ssh -v -X [username]@[ip Address of the destination system] PS:Please ignore the brackets Example - ssh -v -X spec@192.168.1.3
How to install MATE in Ubuntu 14.04 Add the following repositories to  /etc/apt/sources.list  using the following commands: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate Make sure your package list and packages are up to date: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Select one of the three following commands to install MATE: This will install the base packages required for a minimal MATE desktop. sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core This will install the complete MATE desktop. sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment This will install the complete MATE desktop including a few extras. sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras Instead of lightdm use lightdm-gtk-greeter for the login display manager as recommended by the MATE team: sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter sudo shutdown -r now # reboot

Not able to access Windows 8 Drives/Partition in Ubuntu 15.04?

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Folks, After installing the Ubuntu 15.04 , I was not able to access the Windows 8 partition. It was giving error every time i tried to mount up. The reason was pretty simple .The latest windows 8 uses fast boot up feature in order to speed up the boot process.Follow the below steps to disable the fast boot NB : If you disable the fast boot, it will cause more time for the Windows to load. Go to Power Options [Go to start menu and type 'power option'] Click on the Choose what the power buttons do Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable  Under Shutdown settings, un check the Turn on fast startup box Now Save it

How To Edit Grub Menu or Software On Ubuntu / Linux / Fedora Grub Customizer

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Define Grub ..?? GNU GRUB  (short for  GNU GRand Unified Bootloader ) is a  boot loader  package from the  GNU Project . GRUB is the  reference implementation  of the  Multiboot Specification , which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple  operating systems  installed on a computer or select a specific  kernel  configuration available on a particular operating system's partitions. --- Says Wiki... Now, For Ubuntu  Open Terminal and type   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer  sudo apt-get update  sudo apt-get install grub-customizer (Fedora 32-bit) wget -O grub-customizer-2.5.7-i686.rpm http://goo.gl/vE2Ev sudo yum install grub-customizer-2.5.7-i686.rpm (Fedora 64-bit) wget -O grub-customizer-2.5.7-x86_64.rpm http://goo.gl/1GL6B sudo yum install grub-customizer-2.5.7-x86_64.rpm Now open you can open it from System tool...

How To Change GRUB2 Background Image Or Splash Image In Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 LInux

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Splash menu....? This is the menu which comes first when u stat your system ,and this allows you to select the os. Now you can change the back ground of this screen to a picture or anything you want.. For that u need to install grub2splash images.. Now open the terminal and type sudo apt-get install grub2-splashimages GRUB spalsh images are stored in the /usr/share/images/grub folder, you can access it with this command: sudo nautilus /usr/share/images/grub Yup can have any image of your own for one condition that it should be TGA format  edit now the /etc/default/grub file with this command: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub At the end of the file, add this line: GRUB_BACKGROUND=/usr/share/images/grub/YOUR-IMAGE.tga Replace YOUR-IMAGE.tga with your custom image name. When you finish, press CTRL+Q and save your file. Run now this command: sudo update-grub Restart now your computer to see if changes are successful ...

Install LAMP (Linus Apache My SQL PHP ) in LINUX / UBUNTU TIPS

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This is how wiki defines LAMP ...                      LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free , open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux ( operating system ), Apache HTTP Server , MySQL ( database software ) and originally Perl (but now sometimes PHP or Python ), principal components to build a viable general purpose web server . 1. At first  Login as root: sudo su 2 Install MySQL 5 apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client 3.  Install Apache apt-get install apache2 Now type "localhost" in web page ad you will lead to apache page Default location is /var/www   - web-root by default 4.  Install PHP5 apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 Now restart PHP /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 6.  To get support of My Sgl in php apt-cache search php5 Also install the following bundles... ap...

How To Stop or Block The PING response in linux / Ubuntu

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Define PING...                                               Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer. The name comes from active sonar terminology which sends a pulse of sound and listens for the echo to detect objects underwater. With computer operating systems Ping or PING stands for Packet INternet Groper but is ordinarily written as "ping" instead of the proper acronym for which it stands.--- Wikipedia If your system response the the hacker will try to hack your system.. if you turn off the ping its much of safe.. Now go to file system : /etc/init.d/netw...

Installing Multimedia and Video in Linux Ubutu 12.04

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Guys, If you had installed the fresh version of Linux Ubuntu  12.04,you would wont be able to play music files or videos directly. For that you may need  to install medibuntu repository and some extra packages. Step 1: Open terminal and enter the command below sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo sed -i "/^# deb .*partner/ s/^# //" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get -y --force-yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu && sudo apt-get update Step 2: Then  install some packages for player and MUSIC ON!!!! sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs p7zip-rar acroread gimp inkscape blender smplayer vlc libdvdcss2 libdvdread4 faac faad audacious rubyripper cd-discid aacplusenc gtkpod lame cdrdao aacgain ...

Installing MySQL PHP In Ubuntu / Linux

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Guys .. Just Take The Terminal  and Type :- TYPE:- sudo apt-get install mysql-server If you are using Php you need to download this as well :  sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Auto mount in Mint 12 / load Ntfs/Windows drive automatically

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Howdy guys,, Now Its the turn of Mint 12..So new Tips and Tricks should come to help the new comers. So Here is some thing which will help the beginners and some professionals to over come the mounting confusion .To auto mount a device u need to follow the following steps Step 1: U need to create a directory where you will mount the drive .Use the following command : sudo mkdir /media/WinDriveD Step 2: Go To file system in the menu ,then go to /etc/fstab Step 3: then paste the below code in the bottom of the page , /dev/sda5 /media/WinDriveD ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=46 0 0 Step 4: By doing the above step, you will be able to mount the sda5 drive to the windrived now start terminal and type sudo mount –a This is how my /etc/fstab look like ----------------------------------------- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the univers...

How to setup Auto Login In Asianet DataLine in FireFox

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Howdy Guys, Today i will tell you how to setup a Auto Login in your Fire Fox Browser.Usually Asianet Login may time from few seconds or may be a minute(in my case),This is how you can make a Auto login in any os.. Step 1: Install the Ad-don called, Secure login in the following link :: Secure Login Step 2: Now in Fire Fox tab Type "about:config" Step 3: Now search for extensions.secureLogin@blueimp.net.autoLogin  Step 4: Now turn the value to true ,by clicking the extension there Step 5: Now login to Asianet Data-line Login page again, in order to save the password  I think its all over now...If it don't work your Firefox maybe having some problem

How to Auto mount Or Load Local Disk in Ubuntu

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Howdy Guys,                            Many will be looking to how to mount drives when you start the Ubuntu.Although there are many solutions , here is a simple solution to do it.Gut it will need internet connection to transfer a total data about 600KB.Here are the steps Step 1: Open Terminal and type: sudo apt-get install pysdm Tye your password and done,it will do the rest.Now you had installed a new App .To get it goto System>>Administration>>Storage Device Manager Step 2: Left side will show many sda's you have.T know your local drive try this on your terminal: sudo fdisk  -l /dev/sda The above command will display the local drives in your system Step 3: Select on the drive ,which you want to mount automatically and click Ok.All done

How to change the login Background image and theme in Ubuntu

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Hi readers, This is the method to change the login theme and background in Ubuntu.This has to be done at the following order.Here you will set the appearance screen in the login menu and u need to bring it back else it will make it difficult for you Step 1: Open terminal and type: sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow Step 2: Logout or switch user and select the background and the theme u needed to place then login Step 3: Now open terminal and type : sudo unlink /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop Now all done... enjoy Ubuntu...

How to change the Login photo or Avatar in Ubuntu

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Hi Guys i will tell you to how to change the Avatar ,which is your login picture in Ubuntu.This is not a new idea but i just came to know it. step 1: Go to system>>Preference>>About me Step 2: Click on the photo and select the photo which you want to use it as your Avatar Step 3: Logout and see the change Hope you understand it..

How to fix the broken package problems in Ubuntu in synaptic manager

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Howdy guys, Its been a long time since i posted one.S i had cam with something very helpful for a new Ubuntu beginner , as u may tried to update the Synaptic manager for update ,some packages may get broken and this will prevent you to install any other packages.So to solve it you can open the terminal and type the following two commands: Command 1: sudo dpkg --configure -a Command 2: sudo apt-get install -f Wonder!! it is fixed now...... if not fixed then tell me... bye guys

How can make a pendrive bootable for installing windows 7/vista without using software

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Steps: 1: Format your pen drive in NTFS format. 2: Go to start and select command prompt. 3:Right click on it and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR 4:In the cmd type the folloying commands(Press enter key after each command) (a) DISKPART (b)LIST DISK 5: After typing list disk command you can see some list of disks. find your pendrive's number from this list. 6:Then type (c)SELECT DISK N Where N is your pendrive's number. Then type (d)CLEAN (e)CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY (f)SELECT PARTITION 1 (g)ACTIVE (h)FORMAT FS=NTFS (This will take some more time to complete) (i)ASSIGN (j)EXIT suppose H is your dvd drive letter and I is your pendrive then type (k) H:CD BOOT(Where H is your dvd drive letter) (l)CD BOOT (m)BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 I: (Here I is your pendrive) Then copy the contents of the windows 7 dvd to pendrive. Note: (1) After making your pendrive bootable then REBOOT your system. Go to your boot menu to check your boot priority, give first priority for flash/pendrive. T...

Tips and Tricks To Improve the Performance Of Your Android Program

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As per illustrated in the previous article ,you may have learned to make an android programs. Now I will tell you to improve your Android codes performance. Just follow the 9 points below 1.Make your own quit option In your application make a exit in the menu itself and don’t make the user not to quit it by using the back button. 2.Cashe clearing Make option to clear the cache. It will increase the performance and reputation of your application 3.Install in sd card Make default arrangement to make the software to be installed in the sd card rather than the internal memory. 4.Simple Interface Make simple interface so that user don’t get confused which will end in killing the program. 5.Improve the user interface You must concentrate in improving your user interface. It will attract thee user much to the appln 6.Speed up ur appln or die User always need to speed up ur appln other wise he will kill it 7.Update You can provide regular update to add more option 8.client based updates In ...

U can have a Android Phone tooo!!!!Low price And-Phone

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Here it is for all Android Lovers... u too can have an android phone at low cost provided by the spice mobiles The spice introduce new Android phone mi270 at just 9000/- For more details logon to spicecrop.com Spice MI-270 mobile phone key features : Dual SIM GSM (GSM +GSM) 2.8-inch touchscreen Android v2.2 OS Wireless LAN WiFi GPS with AGPS 2 mega-pixel camera EDGE/GPRS Bluetooth USB Tethering Exchange Support Expandable memory up to 16GB Apps on External Storage Spice MI-270 mobile specifications : Form : Full Touch screen Network(MHz) : Dual band GSM Dimensions : 104x55x12.6mm Talk Time : up to 3 Hours Stand by Time : up to 320 Hours Battery Power : 1000 mAH Expandable memory : up to 16 GB Display : 2.8-inch QVGA Touchscreen , 240×320 pixels resolution Email support Applications Games : Downloadable World Clock (Format12/24) Alarm Calcula...

You use Android-Then You are being Traced

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Currently the reports say that the Android phone users are being tracked.In the location based service menu if u checked the location service ,then your phone will star tracking your position.It will help you in a lot of ways,but some what your privacy is lost.The phone will send some data including your position ,WiFi hotspot etc.So your privacy is lost.But it also provide some service which make it to use still.It helps you to find any restaurant near you suppose you are in Delhi(assume a city) then it will display the cities near you.Anyway your position is not SAFE!!! The one thing is that the Apple Phones also do the same thing.Both companies say that these tracking is not further used and onl used for to get user more experience..... Whatever you have to be BEWARE!!!!

To make Facebook chat Work Properly!!!!

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Some time u will not be able to make the Facebook chat to work properly... here is what u can do.... 1. Get ur facebook chat 2. Select the facebook friend list on the yop-left corner 3. Now type the name u wannt to chat 4. After you press enter the name you type will appear on the facebook chat's main box and you'll see a green circle right after it. and you'll also see a grey circle right after the OTHER FRIENDS.. 5. Click on the grey circle right next to the other friends and all of you online friends will show up. Hope this will work...