Easily Create A Custom Ubuntu Live CD With Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK) When Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx comes out, I will probably upgrade instead of doing a fresh install. But I will also create an .ISO file for various usages and my Ubuntu Live CD will have GIMP installed by default (among other changes I will make to my custom ISO)! I'm not going to comment on the decision to exclude GIMP from the default Lucid installation, but I don't...

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Linux vs Windows

Why Linux is Better Than Windows OUR LINUX TOP 10 REASONS Security - Linux is Open Source Software, while Windows is not. The simplest benefits of Open Source Code to demonstrate are increased security, reliability and functionality; because users of Open Source are readily able to identify and correct problems with the programs and to submit their own enhancements for incorporation into the program. Closed Source systems enjoy none of those benefits. Scalability - Systems implemented under Linux can be cloned limitless times...

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Mounting Linux Partitions in Ubuntu If you plug in an external hard drive with a Linux filesystem, it will automount and show up on your desktop, just like any external media. But what if you have an internal hard drive or partition with a Linux filesystem? Well, that's what this tutorial is about.Warning: The tutorial on this page is for an internal drive that will serve as an extra data partition. If you would like to...

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List of commands determine system info/resources/partitions/process in Ubuntu Linux Following lists frequently-used commands to determine ubuntu info,resources,partitions,network,process and so on.First,open terminal fromApplications/Accessories/Terminal and type the commands. System infomation uname -a #kernel/operating system/CPU info in brief. head -n 1 /etc/issue #see the ubuntu version,same tocat /etc/issue hostname #hostname lspci -tv  #list all PCI devices lsusb -tv #list all USB devices lsmod #list loaded kernel modes env #environment...

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Edit PDF on Ubuntu with PDF Editor PDFedit is free and open source library for manipulating PDF documents, released under terms of GNU GPL version 2. It includes PDF manipulating library based on xpdf, GUI and set of command line tools. Multiplatform library working on Unix systems, Windows32/64 and also Windows CE and others. You can use it to read, change and extract information from a PDF file. It is based on xpdf library.Graphical interface...

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Check your Hardware/System infomation in Ubuntu with Hardinfo HardInfo can gather information about your system’s hardware and operating system, perform benchmarks, and generate printable reports either in HTML or in plain text formats. It can also be easily extended, for developer documentation and full source code (released under GNU GPL version 2) is available. To install Hardinfo,just click: apt:hardinfo and launch hardinfo from Applications->System...

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Add a User in Ubuntu useradd The useradd command will let you add a new user easily from the command line: useradd  This command adds the user, but without any extra options your user won’t have a password or a home directory. You can use the -d option to set the home directory for the user. The -m option will force useradd to create the home directory. We’ll try creating a user account with those options, and then use the passwd command to set the password for the account. You can alternatively set a password using -p on the useradd...

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