As you have most likely seen on Ghacks, there are numerous ways to keep your Linux distributions up to date. There are new systems available such as the Ubuntu Software Center (see my article “The new Ubuntu Software Center“) that make installing software a piece of cake. But even with applications such as the USC [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 17th, 2009
- Comments: 4
Keep your Linux system up to date with KPackageKit
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 12th, 2009
- Comments: 16
Create your own mobile Ubuntu repository with APTonCD
How many times have you installed Linux, tweaked it to perfection with various applications, only to have something happen and you have to re-install. Or you get that machine up and running with all the goods and then want to re-create the system on another machine. In either of these situations, the last thing you [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Dec 22nd, 2008
- Comments: 12
Installing Linux applications with Aptitude
For those of you who like a little more power behind your tools you will certainly appreciate the Aptitude front-end for the apt package management system. Aptitude is based on the ncurses computer terminal library so you know it’s a pseudo-hybrid between console and gui. Aptitude has a powerful search system as well as an [...]
