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21.10 Impish Indri

20.10 Groovy Gorilla. 20.04 Focal Fossa. Nmcli - – commandline tool for controlling NetworkManager. – commandline tool for controlling NetworkManager.

nmcli - – commandline tool for controlling NetworkManager

14.04 Trusty Tahr. 13.10 Saucy Salamander. Ubuntu Edge. 13.04 Raring Ringtail. Ssd_solid_state_drive. Les disques électroniques ( Les SSD sur Wikipédia) sont constitués de mémoire flash, ils sont plus rapides et plus résistants aux chocs que leurs équivalents à plateaux (les HDD), mais leurs cycles d'écriture sont limités.

ssd_solid_state_drive

Afin d'allonger leur durée de vie, vous pouvez utiliser au mieux Ubuntu pour l'usage d'un disque électronique. Présentation des disques électroniques Les disques durs traditionnels sont constitués de plateaux magnétiques et d'une tête de lecture mobile alors que les disques électroniques sont équipés de mémoire Flash. Les avantages de cette technique sont : Néanmoins, les disques électroniques n'ont pas que des avantages, et on peut leur reprocher : Des capacités de stockage plus faibles que celles des disques durs. Vocabulaire de la technique des disques électroniques Ramasse-miettes ("Garbage collector") Ce mécanisme permet de réorganiser les données sur le disque, pour permettre de conserver de bonnes performances après des écritures aléatoires.

La commande TRIM. Lars Strand's blog: Sharing Internet connection over bluetooth in Ubuntu.

12.10 Quantal Quetzal

HybridGraphics. Introduction Some laptops come with two graphics cards: one for use in applications that require a lot of computing power such as games, called the discrete GPU, and one that is less powerful, but conserves energy, called the integrated GPU.

HybridGraphics

The integrated GPU is often embedded in the CPU, hence the name. 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Ext4 re-mounting root partition. Is this normal? I see this all the time at the moment.

Ext4 re-mounting root partition. Is this normal?

Ctrl+Alt+F'ing from X to a TTY, if it hasn't been switched to recently, will shortly interrupt audio output, then give this message in /var/log/messages (this is me doing Ctrl+Alt+F2, Alt+F8, Ctrl+Alt+F3, Alt+F8): Feb 10 15:17:11 lnxsrv kernel: [240123.298463] EXT4-fs (sdj2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,discard,commit=0 Feb 10 15:17:12 lnxsrv pulseaudio[11721]: ratelimit.c: 77 events suppressed Feb 10 15:17:17 lnxsrv kernel: [240129.531111] EXT4-fs (sdj2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,discard,commit=0 Feb 10 15:17:22 lnxsrv pulseaudio[11721]: ratelimit.c: 83 events suppressed Feb 10 15:17:27 lnxsrv kernel: [240139.290213] EXT4-fs (sdj2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,discard,commit=0 /dev/sdj2 is my root partition. The partition isn't re-mounted read-only, though, so it appears to not be because of an error per se. I'm getting MCE (Machine Check Exception) errors, what does this mean?

If you are seeing messages in my system logs that state "Machine Check Event logged" this could be an indication of a hardware problem or failure.

I'm getting MCE (Machine Check Exception) errors, what does this mean?

What are Machine Check Exceptions (or MCE)? A machine check exception is an error dedected by your system's processor. There are 2 major types of MCE errors, a notice or warning error, and a fatal execption. Howto: Get the Compiz Desktop Cube in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty and Unity « Reformed Musings. NOTE: Post updated with corrected Compiz desktop settings.

Howto: Get the Compiz Desktop Cube in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty and Unity « Reformed Musings

Although the previous setting worked for the cube, it caused issues with AWN’s Shiny Switcher and other desktop switchers. The 4/1/1 arrangement works for everything that I’ve tried. I’ve posted on my not-so-great experience with Ubuntu 11.04 Natty and Unity here, here, and here. In the latter, I achieved a useful level of function when I augmented Unity with Avant Window Navigator (AWN).

AWN gave me back my hardware temperature monitors and an application menu system. The Compiz Cube may seem like eye candy, but I have weaved it tightly into my daily productivity. I thought, because Unity told me, that Unity depended on Compiz’ Desktop Wall. After discovering this, I immediately opened the Compiz Configuration Settings Manager (ccsm) and enabled the Desktop Cube.

Holy screen tsunami, Batman! First, use Update Manager to bring your Natty system totally up to date. Now, go into ccsm and deselect Unity and Desktop Wall. Securing an Ubuntu Server « andrewault.net. For more current information, see: Security is relative.

Securing an Ubuntu Server « andrewault.net

Will these steps make your server “secure”? Access Your Mobile Phone Through USB Cable. CableDialup. This page describes how to use a cell phone and a USB cable to connect your pc to the internet.

CableDialup

For this example I used: Ubuntu Breezy a Nokia 6021 cell phone a CA-42 cable an Italian Vodafone provider The instructions should be valid with minimal modifications also for a Bluetooth or infrared connection and for other providers. I used the packages wvdial and netenv, which can be installed by sudo apt-get install wvdial sudo apt-get install netenv.

Locale problem. Ubuntu Home Page. Linux (Ubuntu) Desktop. Linux le journal d'un novice. Windows vs Ubuntu – Usability « Roman Kennke's Blog. A couple of days ago I received a new laptop, and it came with Windows (Vista).

Windows vs Ubuntu – Usability « Roman Kennke's Blog

I thought I’d give it a try (haven’t touched Vista at all so far). This Windows thingy came preinstalled on this laptop, so I was thinking I could jump right into it. Wrong. Of course, I had to go through the usual post-installation procedure. Ok, no problem, just enter name, password and go. On the positive side, doing all the installation of Ubuntu was much less fuzz than go through the Windows post installation only.

Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264 - Ubuntu Forum.