Setting Custom DNS In Linux
For all those unfortunate enough to have a very bad DNS from their service provider, the ability to set your own DNS is a must. Here I will be giving a short tutorial on how to set a DNS using network manager under gnome. What you need to do is :- Go to networkmanager -> [...]
How to insert Special Characters in Linux
Ever wanted to type some simple and very widely used characters other than the $ sign? A £ maybe? Or a ¢? Maybe you just wanted a © or ® symbol for your blog. This can be really painful under Linux as you will have to enter character map, or maybe copy the letter from [...]
How to disable updates in Ubuntu
One of the best thing about Ubuntu is that the availability of constant updates. The download includes updates for the operating system and its application as well. The interval between updates is so shorter it makes you to get updates almost every day or sometimes more than once in a day. Though this is good [...]
Separating Sudoers History
Is there a way to seperate the history for all the admin user accounts who ultimately make use of the command ‘su’? Instead of having all the history dumped into a single history file, why not have multiple history files, each corresponding to the particular user in question? Using a simple bash script you can [...]
How to Hide Files in a Picture
Did you ever get into (a lot of) trouble because someone found some information on your computer they should not have? Want to hide sensitive information from spying eyes? Here’s the best way to deceive all such nosy people away. An image file like JPG is read from the beginning of the file and terminated [...]
How to change GRUB Splash Screen
You might have been tired of the same old text mode GRUB splash screen in your Linux box, right? (Especially those of you who use Ubuntu just for the looks of it ) And maybe, you want to switch over from that blue and black hell to something better. Maybe a more realistic hell with [...]
How to Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From USB Drive
Some users expressed the need to boot multiple distributions from single USB drive upon reading the post about LIVE Ubuntu USB. To all of you, here is a way to boot into multiple ISO images from a single USB drive. One thing to remember here is, this method cannot create persistent distributions on the pendrive. [...]
Create LIVE Ubuntu USB
We learned about LIVE CDs in our last post here on noob2geek. When you really think about it, very few people use CDs these days with the price of DVD media so low. To add to that, changes in LIVE CD are not persistent. That is, when you shut the system, all the changes you [...]
What is a LIVE CD?
So you have decided to see what is Linux for yourself and now you are afraid that you might mess up your entire system if you go wrong. Fear not my friends, a LIVE distribution CD is all you need. A LIVE distribution is a specially designed Linux distribution which boots from the CD itself. [...]
How to install KDE on Ubuntu.
Ubuntu lets you install KDE as an additional desktop environment eliminating the need of installing Kubuntu seperately. It is very easy to install and switch to KDE environment. This tutorial lets you know how. There are two ways to install KDE on your ubuntu. The first is the GUI method and the other is CLI [...]
