Synaptic package manager happens to be my favorite way of installing software, much better than Gnome software and Software center, I even blogged twice about how it can be used to batch install downloaded packages (one was the older one and the other was a rewrite). but lately it won’t Read more…
It’s been a couple of weeks since Ubuntu 16.04 was out! I decided to take my time and give the new distribution some time before making a review, I think two weeks are enough time, so let’s take a look at Ubuntu Gnome 16.04!! Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 new logo The Read more…
At first I installed Cinnamon using these commandsThis command is to add the repository to my system. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamonThis command is to update and install. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cinnamon. After the first reboot I had Cinnamon as an option on the login screen, which still Read more…
One day out of the blue Ubuntu said it needed a partial upgrade, I clicked OK and didn’t think twice about it, it did some work on many packages and for some reason Docky 3.0 (Experimental branch by Rictoz) was selected for “upgrade” and after the reboot it was gone!The Read more…
Today’s post is a re-write of “How to add downloaded packages to Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu 13.04” because I had to install packages Offline when I was fixing my brother’s computer. And something wasn’t right! In that particular case I installed Ubuntu 14.04 twice in the same week so Read more…
