Why are 64-bit distros often called ‘amd64’?
I am downloading an ISO image of Lubuntu; they have two versions: 32 and 64.
Unix & Linux
Understanding linux desktop
I use debian wheezy xfce and want to set up my desktop. But I read some settings are redundant. Hence I want to understand how everything works, but I am massively lost. Can someone please sort, complete and entitle the following list and explain me what uses what?
Change the number of the partition from sda1 to sda2
I have a disk with two partitions: sda1 and sda2. I would like change the number of sda1 to sda2 and sda2 to sda1.
Create symlink – overwrite if one exists
I want to take down data in /path/to/data/folder/month/date/hour/minute/file and symlink it to /path/to/recent/file and do this automatically every time a file is created.
How can I enable UTF-8 support in the Linux console?
Right now, it looks like this:
How can I tell if I’m in a tmux session from a bash script?
I like to keep my bash_profile in a git repository and clone it to whatever machines I have shell access to. Since I’m in tmux most of the time I have a [email protected] string in the status line, rather than its traditional spot in the shell prompt.
How to find the IP address of a KVM Virtual Machine, that I can SSH into it?
I have follow this guide (Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10) to setup my KVM (Virtual Machines Software) on my Ubuntu 11.10 Server. However, I didn’t setup my VM’s IP address when creating the VM, instead of using:
Why SSH takes a long time to Connect
On some servers some times it takes a long time to ask for password
Prevent Logoff from Killing tmux Session
I have noticed that a logoff (log out) from my X user session will kill any tmux session I have initiated, even sessions I had run with sudo tmux and similar commands. I am sure that this formerly did not happen, but some recent change has effected this behavior.