Ubuntu

How to Backup/Clear/Restore a SpamAssassin Bayes Database

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SpamAssassin Bayes Database

Sometimes you might have to work with the Spamassin Bayes Token database. This is the database that is used by the SpamAssassin Self Learning (Bayesian) Classifier to store the ham and spam tokens. This tutorial will show you how to make a backup of that database. E.g. when you want to move it to a ... Read more

How to Find PC’s Hostname Using Linux Terminal

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Show Linux hostname with hostnamectl command

Just as Internet Protocol address or IP address gives an identification to your device, similarly, hostname is another parameter through which you can recognize your device. It is a string of human understandable characters. Unlike IP address, hostname of a PC is easy to memorize and recall. For this purpose, one should always know his ... Read more

How to enable auto updates in Ubuntu

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It is important to keep your Linux server up to date with security updates, Linux Distributions like Ubuntu and Debian release updates daily, so it can become a tedious job to keep the system up to date. Thankfully there is an option to install security updates automatically, here are the steps to enable automatic security updates in Ubuntu 14.04 and later versions.

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Install Steam on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

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With Steam support for Linux, there will most likely be a whole lot more games coming out for Ubuntu and its consorts. While the database of games with Linux support still grows, many titles are already available. To install Steam on Ubuntu or Linux Mint, open a Terminal and enter the following commands: sudo apt-key ... Read more

Switch between multiple desktops on Windows with Sysinternals

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Surely you have witnessed this feature on a Linux system before: with a simple key combination the user is able to switch between multiple instances of the same desktop to reduce the clutter that you get when you open everything on just one desktop. That way, you can have your mail client open on one ... Read more

Install Minecraft on Ubuntu 12.10 and Mint 14

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Minecraft provides you with really good support on Linux. To be able to play, you need to download the .jar file from the official website first (you need that from the Minecraft for Linux / Other section: http://minecraft.net/download. After you have it, you need to check if the java runtime environment is installed: open Synaptic ... Read more

Remember screen brightness settings in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

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Screen brightness is an attribute that is reset automatically upon rebooting your machine on Ubuntu and all its fellow distributions. Lucky you if you find the settings okay, but on notebooks and similar machines, you might want to lower the brightness, you it doesn't suck your batteries dry. To do that, open the following file ... Read more