Posts Tagged ‘linux’
Linux: Cowsay and Fortune
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
So I got a “new” laptop which onto which I’ve installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
What’s the first thing I needing done? Docker? Node? Even plain old Java? Nope, Cowsay and Fortune!
Takes my login from
:~$
to
___________________________________
/ Be security conscious -- National \
\ defense is at stake. /
-----------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
:~$
Oh and…
:~$ tail -1 ~/.bashrc fortune -s | cowsay
Tags: linux, ubuntu
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Reset Gnome desktop the easy way
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
I recently upgraded Ubuntu on one of machines from 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). In the old version I had installed a lot of widgets, messed up the fonts, buttons – loads of things. I needed an easy way to restore/reset the Gnome desktop back to the default look and feel.
I could of course have used the gui’s to undo all the changes I made but why bother? This is Linux after all!
# cd # [sudo] rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity
Tags: gnome, linux, ubuntu
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Ubuntu Server Minimal Install
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
This is the install I like to use for an Ubuntu Server, usually run headless, with a *very* basic desktop and some other bits and bobs I like.
First of all install the basic Ubuntu Server edition
Then run the following script……….
(more…)
Tags: linux, ubuntu
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How to Quickly Setup Subversion Server on Linux (Ubuntu)
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Installation
First of all you’ll need to see if you’ve got Subversion installed. Check this article on how to query installed packages or just try executing:
% svn help
If you haven’t got Subversion installed then:
% apt-get install subversion
Users and Groups
% addgroup subversion % usermod -a -G subversion yourUser
Create Repository
% svnadmin create /path/to/repository
Configure Repository
% chgrp -R subversion /path/to/repository % chmod -R g+rws /path/to/repository % vi /path/to/repository/conf/svnserve.conf Edit/uncomment the following lines: anon-access = none auth-access = write password-db = passwd % vi /path/to/repository/conf/passwd Add the following line: yourUser = yourSecretPassword
Start Subversion Server as Daemon
svnserve -d
Troubleshooting
You will need sudo or root access (unless you want to see a lot of permission denied errors!)
If you see this error (when using Windows SVN client):
Can’t move ‘..\..\.svn\entries’ to ‘..\..\.svn\entries’: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
Then try excluding the local directory from the Windows Indexer.
Tags: linux, ubuntu
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Show and search list of installed packages (Ubuntu)
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
To show the complete list:
dpkg --get-selections
To filter the list
dpkg --get-selections | grep XXX
Tags: linux, ubuntu
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