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Category Archives: Ubuntu
Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
Install OpenVPN Access Server
https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/install-openvpn-access-server-on-linux
Ubuntu – renew DHCP lease from a terminal
sudo dhclient -r; sudo dhclient
Check log file for interactive SSH logins
# failed attempt
grep sshd.\*Failed /var/log/auth.log | less
# successful attempts
grep sshd.\*Accepted /var/log/auth.log | less
Running a Reverse Proxy in Apache
http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies
How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu 16.04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04
Installing VMware Tools in an Ubuntu virtual machine
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022525
or better:
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2073803
sudo apt install open-vm-tools sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
Ubuntu updates via command line
Update:
sudo apt-get update # Fetches the list of available updates
sudo apt-get upgrade # Strictly upgrades the current packages
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # Installs updates (new ones)
Clean up the system from old packages:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoremove
Check the Ubuntu version:
lsb_release -a
How To Watch Netflix on Ubuntu The Easy Way
I was trying to find a way to watch Netflix in Ubuntu 14.04 In the past you had to install Wine and Silverlight. Since Google Chrome 37 it should work natively. Still I was getting Error Code: M7063-1913
It turns out some libraries were messed up. Apparently the problem is fixed in 14.10 Alpha but I wanted to keep running the oficiall stable version.
I step by step instructions on how to get Netflix to work in Google chrome in Ubuntu 14.04 are available here: