Comments on: 15 Great Ubuntu Tips For Linux Power Users http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: me http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-436478 me Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-436478 nonsense. do not "be root" do "sudo" its safer. also do not use ppas that often. and what about these stupid tips like "home partition" and "share firefox profile data"!!! i dont need to share with a windows, i dont have one. i also had my home partition from the first day i used linux. nonsense. do not “be root” do “sudo” its safer. also do not use ppas that often. and what about these stupid tips like “home partition” and “share firefox profile data”!!! i dont need to share with a windows, i dont have one. i also had my home partition from the first day i used linux.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-417207 Anonymous Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-417207 No, I'm a Linux power user. And I find your so-called "power user" tips laughable. If they're not meant for power users or aren't actualy power user tips, don't call them that, it makes you look like an Ubuntard. Just because you've used these tips for years doesn't make them any more advanced. And these are no different then I could find on any other non-guru Ubuntu blogs. Please explain to me how keyboard shortcuts for the console, binding keyboard shortcuts, enabling root, or using WINE to run Windows apps is "power user" stuff when the average Linux user knows it? You're no power user, or you'd have pointed out actual power user things. No, I’m a Linux power user. And I find your so-called “power user” tips laughable.

If they’re not meant for power users or aren’t actualy power user tips, don’t call them that, it makes you look like an Ubuntard.

Just because you’ve used these tips for years doesn’t make them any more advanced.

And these are no different then I could find on any other non-guru Ubuntu blogs. Please explain to me how keyboard shortcuts for the console, binding keyboard shortcuts, enabling root, or using WINE to run Windows apps is “power user” stuff when the average Linux user knows it?

You’re no power user, or you’d have pointed out actual power user things.

]]> By: lex http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-417200 lex Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:32:31 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-417200 Here's the correct first link for #6: <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-install-microsoft-core-fonts-in-ubuntu-linux/" rel="nofollow"><b>can easily install new fonts including those from Microsoft</b></a> Here’s the correct first link for #6:
can easily install new fonts including those from Microsoft

]]> By: Greg http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-417173 Greg Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:15 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-417173 What kind of an intelligent comment is that? It does nothing to enhance anybody's knowlege. I suspect you are less of a guru than you profess to be and suspect you are a malcontent teenager trying to get some attention any way possible. I am definitely a power user and have been using unix based systems since 1982. I have known some of these tips for years have forgotten others and have, due to this article reacquainted myself to many. Others are not as lucky as myself to have had the long, extensive exposure to Unix/Linux that I have and they will benefit, as I have from this article. We need more like it. If you can't contribute in an intelligent manner, don't bother resorting to insults - they add nothing to the dialog. What kind of an intelligent comment is that? It does nothing to enhance anybody’s knowlege. I suspect you are less of a guru than you profess to be and suspect you are a malcontent teenager trying to get some attention any way possible.

I am definitely a power user and have been using unix based systems since 1982. I have known some of these tips for years have forgotten others and have, due to this article reacquainted myself to many.

Others are not as lucky as myself to have had the long, extensive exposure to Unix/Linux that I have and they will benefit, as I have from this article. We need more like it.

If you can’t contribute in an intelligent manner, don’t bother resorting to insults – they add nothing to the dialog.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-417171 Anonymous Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:58 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-417171 These are power user tips? You ubuntards don't know the first thing about how to be Linux power users. This article proves it. Oooh, look, keyboard shortcuts. They're SO ADVANCED. These are power user tips? You ubuntards don’t know the first thing about how to be Linux power users. This article proves it.

Oooh, look, keyboard shortcuts. They’re SO ADVANCED.

]]> By: sam http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-405031 sam Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-405031 great tips. ubuntu rocks great tips. ubuntu rocks

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-404169 Mackenzie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:04:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-404169 Sikku: That doesn't mean it was random before. It means you set one. That's what the passwd command does. Sikku:
That doesn’t mean it was random before. It means you set one. That’s what the passwd command does.

]]> By: anon http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-402322 anon Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:49:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-402322 Mackenzie, not only are you awesome but you are also cute! And yes, I read the married post. I don't want marriage, but a date would be fantastic! Mackenzie, not only are you awesome but you are also cute!

And yes, I read the married post. I don’t want marriage, but a date would be fantastic!

]]> By: Greg http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-401751 Greg Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:24:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-401751 I've been using Unix for twenty five years now. I've been using Linux since 1995. I install and maintain Enterprise level servers for a living all across North America. My personal desktop of choice is Ubuntu. It is not what I install for servers but for the desktop it is what I use and yes, I am a power user. I work for a software development company who's main product runs on Linux and I am their prime Linux guru. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Ubuntu for the workstation and desktop - I highly recommend it. I’ve been using Unix for twenty five years now. I’ve been using Linux since 1995. I install and maintain Enterprise level servers for a living all across North America. My personal desktop of choice is Ubuntu.

It is not what I install for servers but for the desktop it is what I use and yes, I am a power user.

I work for a software development company who’s main product runs on Linux and I am their prime Linux guru.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Ubuntu for the workstation and desktop – I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Greg http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-great-tips-for-ubuntu-power-users/#comment-401746 Greg Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:03:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22547#comment-401746 what do you do in the situation where the drive has experience some problems and at boot time you receive the following prompt *fsck failed please repair maually & reboot. Please note that the root filesystem *is currently mounted read only. To remount it read-write: * #mount -n -o remount rw / *Control-D will exit from this Shell and REBOOT the system Give root password for maintenance (or type Ctrl-D to Continue): In this instance, sudo bash or su - or sudo command won't work. You need the actual root password. One of the first things I do on any new Ubuntu workstation is create a known password for the root account by using the passwd command for this purpose. procedure sudo bash su - passwd then I assign the new password This is sometimes necessary to repair the drive. A live cd would do the trick but if you ware 2000 miles away and trying to talk a non technical person through using a live cd, it is easier to fly out than walk them through burning a live cd, hitting [f2] at the right time etc etc etc what do you do in the situation where the drive has experience some problems and at boot time you receive the following prompt

*fsck failed please repair maually & reboot. Please note that the root filesystem *is currently mounted read only. To remount it read-write:
* #mount -n -o remount rw /

*Control-D will exit from this Shell and REBOOT the system

Give root password for maintenance (or type Ctrl-D to Continue):

In this instance, sudo bash or su – or sudo command won’t work. You need the actual root password.

One of the first things I do on any new Ubuntu workstation is create a known password for the root account by using the passwd command for this purpose.

procedure
sudo bash
su -
passwd
then I assign the new password

This is sometimes necessary to repair the drive.

A live cd would do the trick but if you ware 2000 miles away and trying to talk a non technical person through using a live cd, it is easier to fly out than walk them through burning a live cd, hitting [f2] at the right time etc etc etc

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