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The Ubuntu guide says to do something like bel......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:01:43 -0400https://liberty.io/what-packages-do-i-need-to-add-the-functionality-of-nodezero.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-packages-do-i-need-to-add-the-functionality-of-nodezero.htmlNodeZero is a distribution optimized for Penetration testing and security auditing specialist tools NodeZero comes around 300 tools for penetration testing and set of basic services which are need......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:59:04 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-switch-user-in-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-switch-user-in-terminal.htmlI am currently: root@sensu-server-client:/# I wish to change to: sensu@sensu-server-client:/# How does one do this. 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If they were straight-up applications, I'd just add the directory to ~/.bashrc, but these are scr......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:19:36 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-broadcom-bcm43142-can-039-t-detect-5ghz-wifi-networks-eve.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-16-04-broadcom-bcm43142-can-039-t-detect-5ghz-wifi-networks-eve.htmlI installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Windows laptop a while ago and i noticed that the wifi connection worked worse than before: now 5ghz wifi networks don't show up on the network manager interface even......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:18:14 -0400https://liberty.io/brother-dcp-7065dn-ubuntu-14-04-64bit-can-print-to-network-printer-but.htmlhttps://liberty.io/brother-dcp-7065dn-ubuntu-14-04-64bit-can-print-to-network-printer-but.htmlI'm using brscan4 and can ping it using brsaneconfig4 and it finds it but i cannot scan from the computer using either simple scan or xsane image scanning. 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When I run the apt update command, I am getting following error <omitted unrelated......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:05:34 -0400https://liberty.io/image-editors-with-layering-capability.htmlhttps://liberty.io/image-editors-with-layering-capability.htmlI am a keen photographer and have tried many FOSS image editors, finally settling on DigiKam/Showfoto with Kipi plugins. I occasionally use Dark table also as I think it is a promising project. T......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:01:19 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-get-ubuntu-15-04-running-full-screen-on-vmware.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-get-ubuntu-15-04-running-full-screen-on-vmware.htmlHow can I change the screen resolution in a VMware Virtual Machine running Ubuntu to be able to view it in full-screen?...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:56:36 -0400https://liberty.io/display-the-filenames-with-4-or-more-characters-using-ls.htmlhttps://liberty.io/display-the-filenames-with-4-or-more-characters-using-ls.htmlHow to display the filenames with 4 or more characters using the ls command...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:56:12 -0400https://liberty.io/connect-crossover-high-res-monitor-to-intel-hd-graphics-4400.htmlhttps://liberty.io/connect-crossover-high-res-monitor-to-intel-hd-graphics-4400.htmlI tried to attach my external Crossover monitor to my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro with help from this page on notebookcheck.com. 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So I was disappointed to find that Ubuntu Gnome no longer includes this as an optio......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:22:46 -0400https://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-gcc-to-write-a-file-larger-than-2-0-gb.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-can-i-get-gcc-to-write-a-file-larger-than-2-0-gb.htmlI wanted to recompile 'xxd' (written in C), so I installed CodeBlocks as the IDE. All seemed to go well unil I discovered that I couldn't write past the 2.0 GB barrier... I've read that 'gcc' n......Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:21:23 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-select-a-column-of-text-in-sublime-text-3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-select-a-column-of-text-in-sublime-text-3.htmlIn Sublime Text 3 column selection shortcuts are Ctrl+ALT+Up and Ctrl+ALT+Down. Same shortcuts are defined In Lubuntu (/Openbox) as GoToDesktop Up or Down, respectively. 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If so could you help me with the code for the command prompt?...Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:30:31 -0400https://liberty.io/show-all-lines-of-a-log-file-in-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/show-all-lines-of-a-log-file-in-terminal.htmlWith wich command can I get all the lines of a file in my terminal? 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