XFCE is a light weight desktop for Linux. XFCE + vnc allow you to setup remote desktop on a VPS or dedicated server located on a data center or cloud. You can connect to remote desktop using VNC client and work like it is local computer. To instal XFCE run
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apt install -y xfce4 xfce4-goodies |
Next install vncserver
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apt install -y vnc4server |
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HandBreak is an OpenSource Video transcoder available from https://handbrake.fr. It can convert video to various format. Latest version of Handbreak available in Ubuntu PPA. To install, enable Handbreak PPA
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add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases |
Install handbreak with
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apt install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli |
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Linux KVM is virtualisation software that allow you to create virtual machine under linux. To install on Ubuntu, run
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apt install -y qemu-kvm |
Install libvirtd, this allow you to easily create KVM virtual machines and allow remote connection from virt-manager GUI application.
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apt install -y libvirt-bin |
Enable and start libvirt
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systemctl enable libvirtd systemctl start libvirtd |
At this stage, you should be able to connect to […]
To set default editor in Ubuntu/Debian, run
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update-alternatives --config editor |
See update-alternatives […]
To install drivers on Ubuntu using command line, run
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boby@sok-01:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001F82sv00001458sd00003FCBbc03sc00i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation driver : nvidia-driver-430 - distro non-free recommended driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin boby@sok-01:~$ |
This list all drivers available for your hardware. You can install a driver with apt. In this cuase, i have 2 drivers available
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driver : nvidia-driver-430 - distro non-free recommended driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin |
First driver is recommended by Ubuntu. To install, run
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apt install nvidia-driver-430 |
Install Driver using Software & Updates Start software and updates application. […]
ShadowSocks client is part of shadowsocks package. This include both client and server. If you are looking to install server, see Install ShadowSocks server on Debian 10 To install ShadowSocks, run
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apt install -y shadowsocks |
ShadowSocks client is called sslocal, get installed in /usr/bin/sslocal. On Ubuntu, no start up script provided with this package, so you need to […]
To setup MineCraft server on Ubuntu, first you need to install Java.
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apt install openjdk-8-jre -y |
Create a user to run minecraft
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useradd -m --shell /bin/bash minecraft |
You can set a password if you want direct SSH login to this user or login as root, then “su – minecraft”.
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passwd minecraft |
Login as user minecraft with SSH or “su”. Download minecraft server .jar […]
On Ubuntu 19.04, networking service is provided by package ifupdown
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apt install -y ifupdown |
By default this package is not installed. So if you add network interface configuration in /etc/network/interfaces, it won’t work. Ubuntu 18.04 + use netplan instead of ifupdown/networking service to configure network interfaces. Linux KVM Bridge network on Ubuntu Configure OVH Bridge Network from command […]
Latest Ubuntu/Debian use systemd-resolved for DNS resolution. On a fresh Ubuntu 19.04 install DNS failed to resolve.
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root@ubuntu19:/# ping serverok.in ping: serverok.in: Temporary failure in name resolution root@ubuntu19:/# |
To fix this, create file
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mkdir /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/ vi /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/dns_servers.conf |
Add content
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[Resolve] DNS=8.8.8.8 1.1.1.1 |
Restart systemd-resolved
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systemctl restart systemd-resolved |
You can find systemd-resolvd status with command
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resolvectl status systemd-resolve --status |
To resolve a domain, use
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resolvectl query serverok.in |
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When you login to an Ubuntu server using SSH, you get welcome message like On most Linux systems, this is generated by /etc/motd. On Ubuntu, MOTD (message of the day) generated dynamically with some scripts. I don’t want to see all the marketing message from Ubuntu everyday. To disable MOTD on Ubuntu, just delete the […]