Ubuntu

To install the NetworkManager application you can use the apt-get tool and install it as follows: After the installation you should be able to see […]

Ubuntu supports configuring of DHCP interfaces via using a GUI, or by modifying the interfaces file directly. Make sure to automatically initialize the interface on […]

Ubuntu has a lot of nice features that are useful for desktop computing, and in particular, research. The reason being that Ubuntu has one of […]

The default Ubuntu interfaces file looks like the following: It is quite small as one can see. Use ifconfig to get more networking information.

The “host” tool can be used to query DNS entries and find the hostname of a server using the IP address. It comes default with […]

The chkconfig tool is often used commonly in a RedHat style operating system. Mainly for managing system services. Chkconfig does not come with Ubuntu by […]

You can verify if your system has ntp using “dpkg –list | grep ntp”. If it is not installed on the system it can easily […]

To list the packages in ubuntu you can use the “dpkg” command. This is the debian package manager. Ubuntu uses it since it is debian […]

There are a few ways to print your current environment variables in ubuntu. One can either use the “env” or “printenv” command. Below is an […]

Ubuntu has a considerable number of tools available in it’s package libraries. One of which is the ganglia gmond monitoring tool on your computer. To […]