Posts Tagged ‘Ubuntu’

Drivers for Nvidia Geforce G105M

At this moment of time while I am writing this howto there is no driver for this card (Nvidia Geforce G105M) that I just got with my new laptop who I installed Ubuntu on. In this case I solve this problem with download the newest drivers for Linux at Nvidias homepage and edited xorg.conf. Obs, [...]


HowTo install OneSwarm on Ubuntu, Linux

This will lern you how to install OneSwarm on Ubuntu, Linux.
First check that you have Java installed:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre
Then you start the download, either you go to: http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/download.html
Else for 32-bit OS, making folder Program, download, install and run it:
mkdir Program
wget http://oneswarm.cs.washington.edu/builds/OneSwarm_0_5_linux_x86.tar.gz
tar zxvf OneSwarm_0_5_linux_x86.tar.gz
cd OneSwarm
./OneSwarm
If 64-bit do the same just download the 64-bit file:
mkdir [...]


Spotify on Ubuntu

Since I am a Spotify user I just had to have it on my Ubuntu desktop. After few seconds of google i find it very easy to install Spotify on Ubuntu. You can follow thier official how to on their home page:
http://www.spotify.com/en/help/faq/wine/


Common Ubuntu Commands

Here comes a list with some commands I often use on Ubuntu. I will update this list when I get more time, so do not expect a new post with new commands, it will appear here!
Window with root access
gksudo nautilus
Copy hole disk to another
sudo dd if=/dev/disk-you-will-copy of=/dev/disk-you-will-copy-too
Format disk
sudo mkfs.Filesystem /dev/you-disk
Install program
sudo apt-get install Program
Remove program
sudo [...]