In this quick and to the point post I will show you the commands you can use to start, stop and restart the Apache service using your Terminal. This is the quickest way to do it and is needed if you are trying to do things like change configurations, add modules for example while installing
“Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. Conky is licensed under the GPL and runs on Linux and BSD.” In this post I will teach you how to install Conky on Ubuntu using the apt-get command, you will not have to add any repositories or anything
In this post I will show you how to install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server on Ubuntu 12.10 using apt-get to simplify the whole process. While you can also use tasksel to completely automate the process I have read about problems that it sometimes causes and it seems so much easier to just
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a RAMDISK on Ubuntu/Linux. A RAMDISK is basically using your RAM to store files and is much quicker that storing them on your hard drive. You should only use a certain percentage of your available RAM because this could take away from your performance. Creating
In this quick and simple post I will show you how to install Linux Mint‘s MATE desktop on Ubuntu 11.10 – Ubuntu 12.10. Linux Mint’s MATE desktop is something really worth trying if you are thinking about changing to a different desktop and don’t want something fancy like Unity. This will not remove Unity and
Skype is a free to use Voice/Video/Text communications program that allows you to call your distant relatives, video chat with friends and much more, it is available on multiple operating systems including Windows, Mac and Linux based OS’s. In this post I will show you how to install Skype on Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) by
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to install XFCE or the Xubuntu desktop on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal using the apt-get command. XFCE is a very lightweight desktop environment that will allow even your older and slower computers to run Ubuntu. I have attached a screenshot below for those who have
