Ubuntu Linux has a rich set of commands for manipulating and accessing files. The du utility gives information on disk usage, and the sort utility can sort the results. We’ll chain the commands together to get the output that we want.

Here’s the registry hack to get this working. double-check you back up your registry just in case. Name the new key Command as well, and then double-tap the default value of that key.

KDE has an extremely powerful scripted user interface through the use of the dcop utility. He came back 30 minutes later with a solution, which I’m posting for you here. kwrite ~/gsrch.sh Enter in the following text.

A frequent task when designing applications that work with TCP/IP and the internet is to lookup an IP address from a hostname. It’s much easier for users to deal with the hostname than having to jot down in an IP address. First you’ll add the System.Net namespace to your using section: using System.Net; Example of code to get address from hostname: IPAddress[] addresslist = Dns.GetHostAddresses(howtogeek); foreach (IPAddress theaddress in addresslist)...

There’s a quick and easy fix for this problem. First, check that that you run a virus scanner to get rid of the virus. Then initiate the regsvr32 command above, which should fix the problem.

Installing AfterStep is a simple process. You will want to double-check that you haveselected the alternate install repositories. Select AfterStep from the menu, and continue to jump in. You will see this screen initially, which shows that AfterStep is setting up your system. AfterStep is a very “busy” environment. Here’s a screenshot of the full desktop: More information about AfterStep can be found on thehomepage.

Installing Enlightenment is a simple process. You will want to ensure that you haveselected the alternate install repositories. Select Enlightenment from the menu, and continue to get in.

Kubuntu Linux runs the the desktop as a regular user account, and so all programs launched are launched in the context of a normal user account. To run a command-line program with superuser(root) priviledges, you normally will preceed the command with “sudo”, as shown in this example: sudo gedit filename.txt Kubuntu provides a graphical alternative to the sudo command that you have probably seen if you venture to run any administrative tool: you could easily and quickly run any program as root by preceeding the command with the “gksu” command....

Ubuntu Linux runs the the desktop as a regular user account, and so all programs launched are launched in the context of a normal user account. To run a command-line program with superuser(root) priviledges, you normally will preceed the command with “sudo”, as shown in this example: sudo gedit filename.txt Ubuntu provides a graphical alternative to the sudo command that you have probably seen if you attempt to run any administrative tool: you’ve got the option to easily and quickly run any program as root by preceeding the command with the “gksu” command....

Installing Blackbox is a simple process. Select Blackbox from the menu, and continue to access. The Blackbox desktop is extremely simple, and looks a lot like Fluxbox. Right clicking on the background will give you the menu: Really simple stuff. For more information about Blackbox including configuration tips, check out thehome page.

If you are using a version prior to 5.5.3, you will want tofollow this guide. If the file web client doesn’t open, just double-press the cdrom icon. You will see a file named VMwareTools-5.5.3-xxxxx.tar.gz. Right click it and choose Extract To. Pick a location to extract the files to. sudo /etc/init.d/networking stopsudo rmmod vmxnetsudo ./vmware-tools.pl The installation of vmware tools should proceed smoothly at this point. You’ll probably want to reboot just to verify everything is going to start back up smoothly....

KDE (Kbuntu) has a rich set of administration panels to configure system and desktop options. The KDE parameters dialogs can be easily launched by entering in the path into Konqueror.

Kubuntu linux is a variant of Ubuntu that uses the KDE desktop environment instead of Gnome. The KDE desktopcan be installed on Ubuntu easily, however. The quickest way to run a command on Ubuntu or Kubuntu is to use the Alt+F2 shortcut key. Using the Options button gives you a number of other interesting options. On Ubuntu this doesn’t seem to work right, but in Kubuntu or KDE this is really useful....