Linux Basic

Useful Paths and Files

Useful Operations

Install Desktop

# install desktop for ubuntu-server (gnome/kde/xfce)
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop/kubuntu-desktop/xubuntu-desktop

Upgrade

edit file /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. change Prompt=lts to Prompt=normal, save and exit, then execute

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

During the upgrade, it will notify the source address. Press y to continue, then wait for it finish upgrade and reboot.

FAQ

Tools

# before we install tools, make sure our souce-list in up-to-date.
sudo apt-get update

git

sudo apt-get install git-all

vlc

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

htop

sudo apt-get install htop

Useful Tools