Q&A for Ubuntu users and developers

Mar 25, 2016 · What does "Ubuntu" mean, and why did they choose that particular name?

Feb 7, 2013 · How do I kill all processes running by my own non-root account? I have some spinning smbd processes that I caused from my windows machine and so I telnetted into the …

Nov 27, 2013 · Could someone explain to me the difference between > and >> when using shell commands? Example: ps -aux > log ps -aux >> log It seems the result is the same either way.

I have two desktop PCs I use frequently, both running Ubuntu 12.04. One is connected to the internet via wireless, and the other has no wireless card. Is there any way I can share my …

Nov 1, 2024 · I almost build a program for AWE in Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS but a new version Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS \n \l suddenly encountered (I installed with no doubt) without libtinfo5.

How can I increase the size of the root partition of a system at runtime? I have a partition that is not allocated after the root partition (which is also ext4), how can I add that unallocated sp...

Dec 18, 2013 · Incidentally, I needed to do (unset BROWSER; xdg-settings set default-web-browser firefox-esr.desktop) (I normally use BROWSER=lynx) because the mere presence of …

Oct 16, 2015 · How can I check my current Ubuntu version through the command-line and GUI?

You need to edit the computer name in two files: /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts These will both need administrative access, so run gksu gedit /path/to/file Replace any instances of the …