Comprehensive Guide to apt-get

Last time I wrote up a comprehensive guide to yum for Fedora, openSuse, etc.. It was well received so I decided to focus on Debian based systems this time.

Debian is known to be extremely stable and reliable, and for its excellent package manager, apt. That’s why user-friendly Ubuntu decided to advantage of Debian package features, along with a number of other distributions. Just to show how easy it is to install something, try this:

sudo apt-get install vlc

All dependencies will be automatically fetched and installed along with the application. How easy is that?

A busy apt-get command at work. Woot.

Here is a list of some commands that might be useful to you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s that time of the year again. I’ve already had a turducken Thanksgiving dinner last night with some friends and it was delicious. Looking forward to some more turkey and gravy. Uhhm. I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving!

A comprehensive guide to Yum

You have an RPM-based (Fedora, CentOs, etc.) version of Linux running on your computer. You need to know how to install and upgrade packages. And every once in a while, you wonder how can one do a system update.

So let’s get started. All that GUI stuff is great, but let’s down to the nitty gritty. Start up your dusty terminal!

Install Fedora theme in Ubuntu

Nodoka has been the default GNOME theme for Fedora ever since version 8. It is a combination of beautiful visual elements and simplicity. It just looks so darn good. Here’s how to install Nodoka on a Ubuntu machine.

Nodoka in Ubuntu. Tada!

How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP

You want to know how to properly remove Linux? How about heading on over to microsoft.com and find out. Oh, it’s true. The Microsoft Help and Support page has an article on how to “Remove Linux and Install Windows XP.” Nice.

Here’s the link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314458