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Agedu – A Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space

Posted Thu, 2013-05-09 15:13 by gg234

agedu scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago.
In other words, agedu is a tool you might use to help you free up disk space. It lets you see which directories are taking up the most space, as du does; but unlike du, it also distinguishes between large collections of data which are still in use and ones which have not been accessed in months or years – for instance, large archives downloaded, unpacked, used once, and never cleaned up. Where du helps you find what's using your disk space, agedu helps you find what's wasting your disk space.

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Ubuntux.org for sale

Posted Mon, 2013-04-01 09:42 by Friedrich

Dear visitors,

I am offering ubuntux.org for sale. If you are interested please write me a private message including a price proposal.

Thank you and kind regards
Friedrich

Arronax – Nautilus Plugin to Create and Modify Application Launchers

Posted Thu, 2013-03-28 13:04 by gg234

Arronax is a program to create and modify starters (technically: .desktop files) for applications and locations (URLs).Arronax can be used as a standalone application or as a plugin for Nautilus, the default file manager of the Gnome and Unity desktop environments.

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Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta1 Screenshots

Posted Tue, 2013-03-26 19:54 by gg234

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Raring Ringtail Beta 1 Release of Ubuntu 13.04 give you a preview of the next version of Ubuntu.Final Released was planned on 25th April 2013.This screenshots preview provides the installation and new changes to ubuntu 13.04

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lexmark x7675 printer driver for Ubuntu 12.10

Posted Sat, 2013-03-23 20:20 by jhbauman

Is there any way to install a Lexmark x7675 printer on Ubuntu 12.10?

tmux – terminal multiplexer

Posted Thu, 2013-03-21 18:49 by gg234

tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.

When tmux is started it creates a new session with a single window and displays it on screen. A status line at the bottom of the screen shows information on the current session and is used to enter interactive commands.

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How to install Icinga (Nagios Fork) in Ubuntu 12.10 server

Posted Thu, 2013-03-14 17:52 by gg234

Icinga is an enterprise grade open source monitoring system which keeps watch over networks and any conceivable network resource, notifies the user of errors and recoveries and generates performance data for reporting. Scalable and extensible, Icinga can monitor complex, large environments across dispersed locations.

Icinga is a fork of Nagios and is backward compatible. So, Nagios configurations, plugins and addons can all be used with Icinga. Though Icinga retains all the existing features of its predecessor, it builds on them to add many long awaited patches and features requested by the user community.

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Someone is trying to view or control my desktop

Posted Wed, 2013-03-13 00:59 by jhbauman

I keep getting a message that says client-73-34-186.speedy-net.bg is trying to view or control my desktop. Can anyone tell me what is going on and what can I do about it?
JHBAUMAN

task-spooler – Personal job scheduler

Posted Thu, 2013-02-14 18:02 by gg234

task spooler is a Unix batch system where the tasks spooled run one after the other. The amount of jobs to run at once can be set at any time. Each user in each system has his own job queue. The tasks are run in the correct context (that of enqueue) from any shell/process, and its output/results can be easily watched. It is very useful when you know that your commands depend on a lot of RAM, a lot of disk use, give a lot of output, or for whatever reason it's better not to run them all at the same time, while you want to keep your resources busy for maximum benfit. Its interface allows using it easily in scripts.

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cant update or get software

Posted Thu, 2013-02-07 20:57 by kennydalton

this is what pops up when i try to update or go to software center
any ideas?

Could not initialize the package information

An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.

Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.'

Ubuntu feels like it is falling apart!

Posted Wed, 2013-01-30 17:30 by sfarber53

Since the introduction of Unity I've had nothing but trouble. Unity is awful but replacing it with Gnome is not easy or a sure bet; apport keeps crashing but only occasionally causes a lockup; GRUB is a mess; Samba doesn't work most of the time. What the heck is going on?

I've been using Ubuntu since ~ V.4.x and have always loved it, but now it doesn't seem to want to live up to its own high standards. Something is very wrong and I'd appreciate it if someone would explain what is going on.

I'm using 12.04 on this laptop but Gnome is a mess. I've switched to LinuxMint for my new desktop because Ubuntu is too unstable. How a derivative distro can be more stable than its parent is a mystery to me, but it is. Of course Mint isn't very good with wireless so I can't switch my laptop.

OK. Enough ranting. Just please tell me what is going on?

sslh – ssl/ssh multiplexer

Posted Mon, 2013-01-07 17:48 by gg234

sslh accepts connections on specified ports, and forwards them further based on tests performed on the first data packet sent by the remote client.Probes for HTTP, SSL, SSH, OpenVPN, tinc, XMPP are implemented, and any other protocol that can be tested using a regular expression, can be recognised. A typical use case is to allow serving several services on port 443 (e.g. to connect to ssh from inside a corporate firewall, which almost never block port 443) while still serving HTTPS on that port.

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Upgrade Issues

Posted Fri, 2012-12-07 01:29 by msdixiered55

I was trying to upgrade to the new version of Ubuntu 12.10 but for some reason the current version I have is unstable and I'm not to complete the upgrade. Is there any way I can stablize the LTs version so I can complete the upgrade?

How to install DHCP server in ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Server

Posted Mon, 2012-12-03 17:50 by gg234

A DHCP Server assigns IP addresses to client computers. This is very often used in enterprise networks to reduce configuration efforts. All IP addresses of all computers are stored in a database that resides on a server machine.This tutorial will explain how to install and configure DHCP server in ubuntu 12.10 server.

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How to set your own image at Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 logon screen

Posted Mon, 2012-11-26 16:54 by allu john sudhakar

First select one photo of your image to put in logon screen, it should be dimension 800*600 pixels size 70.2 (appromimatley) and save in JPEG imag mode and give your photo name as backgrounddefault and put it in pictures place

What is Ubuntu Tweak :- Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't provide. At present, it's only designed for the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and always follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
LICENSE
Ubuntu Tweak is a free software, which means you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License published by the Free Software Foundation.
Features of Ubuntu Tweak

View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
GNOME Session Control
Auto Start Program Control
Quick install popular applications