M1K Personal Blog

Aug 09

31

List users on Linux machines

August 31st, 2009
Posted in: Linux by Michele

Administering machines based on Linux, you often have the need to get a list of all users registered on the system using the command shell. The following command can be used on Linux machines to get a list of users:

cat /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f1

Apr 09

24

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

April 24th, 2009
Posted in: Linux by Michele

Yesterday evening the new Ubuntu, version 9.04 code name “Jaunty Jackalope”, has been released. As usual, Ubuntu has been released in two version: a Desktop version and a Server version. Kubuntu 9.04, the Ubuntu distribution which includes the KDE environment instead of the Gnome environment, is also available. Unfortunately, I have no time to test this new Ubuntu version…but reading the general description it seems very interesting.

It is possible to reach the official Ubuntu website from this link while the Kubuntu offical website can be reached from this link.

Apr 08

24

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron: Released!

April 24th, 2008
Posted in: Linux, Announcements by Michele

I wish to inform you that some hours ago, the new Ubuntu Hardy Heron has been officially released with a slight delay. Currently, it seems very difficult to download the ISO image from the official websites.

Anyway, it is possible to reach the official Ubuntu website from this link.

Apr 08

17

Linux Kernel 2.6.25 released!

April 17th, 2008
Posted in: Linux, Announcements by Michele

I wish to inform you that the new Linux Kernel (vanilla) has been released, reaching the 2.6.25 major release. The new Linux Kernel can be downloaded from kernel.org website.

The changelog related to this new Kernel version can be seen following this link.

Mar 08

22

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta

March 22nd, 2008
Posted in: Linux, Announcements by Michele

Yesterday, the new Ubuntu 8.04 (Beta version), code name Hardy Heron, has been released. This first Ubuntu Hardy Heron Beta version, has been released after 6 Alpha version.

It is possible to download the new ISO image of Ubuntu 8.04 (Beta versione) from this link.

Mar 08

6

KDE 4.0.2 Released

March 6th, 2008
Posted in: Linux, Announcements by Michele

Yesterday, KDE 4.0.2 has been officially released. The major improvements in this release include: a better stability of the whole system; new features in Plasma and a better localisation. In addiction, several stability issues have been fixed in Kopete and Okular.

Full changelog…

Feb 08

14

Kubuntu: How to Install KDE 4

February 14th, 2008
Posted in: Linux by Michele

Some time ago, the Kubuntu team, has released a new packed version of the KDE 4 desktop environment. The new KDE version brings a lot of new features, in particular, from a ‘visual’ point of view. If you have a Kubuntu 7.10 distribution already installed on yours system, you can try to install the new KDE without the needs to compile the source code.

Read my full guide…

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