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community - What does "Ubuntu" mean? - Ask Ubuntu
Mar 25, 2016 · The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers. To quote Benjamin Mako Hill: Ubuntu's original name was, and I'm serious, "no-name-yet.com" Finally, Mark settled on the name Ubuntu which he though represented the spirit of sharing and cooperation that he found appealing in Free Software.
How do I check system specifications? - Ask Ubuntu
Feb 2, 2022 · A user on the Ubuntu Forums has created a system-info script for the official Ubuntu Forums.This script uses various system commands (such as lscpu, hwinfo, lspci, lsblk etc.) to generate a detailed report of all relevant information.
Default username/password in preinstalled Ubuntu systems
Feb 21, 2016 · In Ubuntu 24.04 server, the default username and password is ubuntu, but it is only accessible (at least by default) through the command line, and it has to be changed as soon as the user is logged in. However, no password-based ssh access by default!
networking - How do I find my network IP address, netmask
Oct 8, 2012 · Now you're wanting to set up an ubuntu firewall and need to set up your public interface: Calculate network IP address: 255.255.255.224 -> last octet = E0 99. 1.
I forgot my Ubuntu user password
Apr 4, 2016 · root@ubuntu:~# If your filesystem's state is in read-only (It should be), you will need to type the following command out. This will remount your file system with write privileges. mount -rw -o remount / Now the fun part! Let's change your password with the passwd command. Lets assume that the user's name is hannah. We would need to type these ...
Change folder permissions and ownership - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 2, 2010 · Use chown to change ownership and chmod to change rights.. As Paweł Karpiński said, use the -R option to apply the rights for all files inside of a directory too.
How do I navigate between directories in terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
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How to add a directory to the PATH? - Ask Ubuntu
Jul 22, 2009 · Both will work if your shell is a login shell. But I just tried the .bash_profile approach on one of my Ubuntu machines and even after restarting my gnome session it didn't source my .bash_profile. So I would say that putting this in .bashrc is probably the way to go with Ubuntu. –
How to remove directory with all of its contents? - Ask Ubuntu
Feb 21, 2018 · To use trash-put you will need to install the trash-cli package available on the Ubuntu Universe repository. Once installed to remove a file or a directory type on the terminal: trash-put name_of_file