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Ubuntu 13.04 – How to Change the Timout Period for sudo
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 13.04. It is probably the same for other versions of Ubuntu and (probably) most other Linux distributions, but no guarantee is made. Detailed instructions for opening a command line / terminal can be found here. By default, sudo temporarily grants administrative privileges for 15 minutes. This means the first time you run sudo you will be prompted for your password. Then, for the next 15 minutes, you can run sudo <command> without having to re-enter your password. This should be fine for most users because the average user probably rarely drops to a command line to run an administrative command or two. 1) Open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T: 2) Enter the following command: sudo visudo 3) Enter your password: Note: when you type your password, nothing will happen on the … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Change the Timeout Period for sudo
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04. It should be the same for other versions of Ubuntu and (probably) most other Linux distributions, but no guarantee is made. Detailed instructions for opening a command line / terminal can be found here. By default, sudo temporarily grants administrative privileges for 15 minutes. This means the first time you run sudo you will be prompted for your password. For the next 15 minutes, you can run sudo <command> without having to enter a password. This should be fine for most users because the average user is likely to drop down to a command line to run an administrative command or two rarely. 1) Open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T 2) Enter the following command: sudo visudo 3) Enter your password: Note: when you type your password, nothing will happen … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – Installing the Xubuntu Core Desktop
These instructions are for installing the Xubuntu Core Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. Installing Xubuntu Core Desktop installs only the GUI part of Xubuntu Desktop without all the extra applications that are part of the Xubuntu Desktop package (the only extra application it installs is the Thunar file manager) The Xubuntu Desktop is a custom configured version of the Xfce Desktop. Xfce is smaller than Xubuntu Core Desktop. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative desktops for Ubuntu 12.04 can be found here. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. Of … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.10 – Installing GNOME Desktop
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Desktop in Ubuntu 12.10 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. The mentioned tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04, but should be the same or very similar for 12.10. Eventually, I will have an updated tutorial for 12.10. Of course, if you really hate Unity, then GNOME Desktop is an alternative desktop. Some images may be clicked for full sized versions. What is it? GNOME Desktop is GNOME Shell bundled with a number of additional applications. GNOME Shell is not the same as the classic or traditional … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.10 – Installing GNOME Shell
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 12.10 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. The mentioned tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04, but should be the same or very similar for 12.10. Eventually, I will have an updated tutorial for 12.10. Of course, if you really hate Unity, then GNOME Shell is an alternative desktop. Some images may be clicked for full sized versions. What is it? GNOME Shell is just the basic GNOME 3 desktop environment. It includes GNOME Session Fallback as part of the installation. GNOME Shell is … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.10 – Installing GNOME Session Fallback
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Session Fallback in Ubuntu 12.10 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. The mentioned tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04, but should be the same or very similar for 12.10. Eventually, I will have an updated tutorial for 12.10. Of course, if you really hate Unity, then GNOME Session Fallback is an alternative desktop. Some images may be clicked for full sized versions. What is it? GNOME Session Fallback is the most basic version of GNOME you can install. The 3D features and requirements of the … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – Installing the Cinnamon Desktop
NOTE: For Cinnamon to work, your system must provide 3D hardware acceleration. If your system does not have 3D hardware acceleration, you will only see the “traditional” GNOME desktop. This is a limitation of GNOME 3 (on which Cinnamon is built). According to gnome.org: GNOME Shell uses relatively primitive 3D capabilities that have been available from essentially all computing devices made in the last four or five years. This seems to imply that the if your video card is pre-2007, there is a good chance Cinnamon (and GNOME) will not display as expected. These instructions are for installing the Cinnamon Desktop v.1.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity interface. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other version combinations or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. The latest information about the … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the MATE Desktop
These instructions are for installing the MATE Desktop v.1.2 or v.1.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity interface. Unless otherwise specified, all observations and screenshots are for v.1.2. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. The MATE website provides installation instructions for several different Linux distros (including Ubuntu). Installing MATE Desktop is very much like going back to the original GNOME 2 desktop that was part of earlier version of Ubuntu. GNOME 2 is now obsolete and had been replaced by GNOME 3. Not everyone was happy with this (including Canonical). Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu) decided to create a new desktop called Unity. A developer named Perberos decided to fork GNOME 2 (i.e. create a new independent project based … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the Xfce Desktop
These instructions are for installing the Xfce Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. An alternative to Xfce is Xubuntu Desktop. Xubuntu Desktop is Ubuntu with a customized Xfce desktop. It also installs a number of applications. Some of these applications duplicate the functionality of applications already installed in Ubuntu 12.04. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative desktops for Ubuntu 12.04 can be found here. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. Of course, if you really hate Unity, then Xfce is an alternative desktop. Xfce will install 67.8MB of files … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the GNOME Session Fallback
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Session Fallback in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. GNOME Session Fallback is the absolute minimum GNOME desktop you can install. A slightly larger alternative (which includes the GNOME 3 desktop) is GNOME Shell. Installation instructions can be found here. The largest GNOME installation is the GNOME Desktop Environment. In addition to installing a desktop it also install numerous applications. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative desktops for Ubuntu 12.04 can be found here. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. Of course, if you really … Read entire article »
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