As of December 17th 2018 tumblr will ban all pornography from its website. This is a move that will not only alter how the site is used, but will also show how major online companies set out to restrict which content appears on their websites. Unlike most major websites, tumblr has until now always had a tolerant attitude whenever it comes to legal adult material. The site since it was originally founded back in 2007 has over time gained a reputation as a “somewhat” safe haven for adult themed material and the likes. As a result of this, adult material began to almost flood the site. Over the years tumblr has attempted to provide a “safe mode” for younger users & users that do not wish to see adult related content. Safe mode has always been easy to turn off and has never really prevented younger users from seeing adult content. This whole move from tumblr comes after its app was removed from the app store....
Renaming a file or directory while using in the terminal is pretty easy and simple. Simply use the “mv” command adding the original file or directory followed by a space then the new name.
ddgr is an awesome command line utility to search DuckDuckGo from the terminal. Unlike the web interface, you can specify the number of search results you would like to see per page. It really is a lot more convenient than scrolling through 30 something search results per page. The interface has been carefully designed to use minimum space without sacrificing readability. Well this is at least true with the default interface. One of the main advantages of us using ddgr over one of the many other command line based search utilities is that DuckDuckGo works over the Tor network. If you seem interested and would like to check out ddgr then either click on the link at the top....
Here's a simple piece of CSS code that will help you add a background image to any web page and make it take up the full page width & height. Simply add the code below to your “.css” file and then change the path to the image.
CSS
html {
background: url(siteimages/whatever.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
Ever wanted to create one of those neat look search boxes that used to be found on apples website ?? Well here's the HTML & CSS code to create just the thing. Note that with search boxes you can change the action=“http://www.duckduckgo.com/search" to any search engine you like. I've chosen to use Duckduckgo because that's my search engine of choice.
[ NOTE THE “FORM” & “INPUT” HTML WAS NOT SHOWING CORRECTLY SO I HAD TO ENTER A SPACE AT THE START AFTER “<“. PLEASE REMOVE THIS SPACE BEFORE USING THIS CODE ]
My first choice is Debian because I'm looking at going back to a minimal os install. Debian is a distro that I've used many times before, so I'm comfortable using it (unlike slackware). I would ideally install either xfce or openbox with just enough packages to have a fully functional every day usable os. Down with bloat I say.. Anyway my second choice is Bunsen Labs. This distro is my second choice because it's based on Debian, it's minimal, it has openbox installed as it's window manager of choice & it takes a lot of hassle out of setting up Debian from scratch. Bunsen Labs is a super awesome, lightweight distro that came to replace Crunchbang after it ended. My third and final choice is Elementary os. Elementary may not be minimal, but it does have an amazing look and feel to it, along with an awesome community & development team. Elementary looks almost like Macos, only better in my opinion.
I don't know if I will through a minimal Ubuntu into the mix, because I have slowly started to drift from Ubuntu for a while now. I don't really know why because Xubuntu is still an awesome & amazing distro to use. I currently still use it as my daily driver, but all my other devices run Debian or some form of Android.
Ubuntu 18.04 says goodbye to gksu as it is no longer installed by default. Actually it can't be installed at all because it no longer has an installation candidate. Searching in synaptic returns zero results for gksu and opening a terminal and using apt gives the following output.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package gksu is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'gksu' has no installation candidate
Do a search on duck and you will find that gksu has not only been deprecated, but has already been removed from Debian. Ubuntu is just following. Developers have suggested that people should start looking towards using PolicyKit. For those of us still running and using older versions of Ubuntu, we can continue using gksu until we upgrade.
Sometimes you may need to add a user to a specific group. To do so enter the following command into a new terminal window and press enter.
usermod -aG sudo furycd001
Remember to change “furycd001” to whatever your actual username is, and also to change the group name from “sudo” to whatever group you need. You can leave the group name as sudo if you need to give the user sudo privileges. Also remember to type the group name correctly. If you fail to change the user name or type the group name wrong then you will be presented with the two error messages below.
usermod: user 'furycd002' does not exist
usermod: group 'sudi' does not exist
You can upgrade to a new Ubuntu release before it has officially been released. The release will obviously still be being tested and will most likely have a few bugs and or glitches, but there is a number of reasons you may want to upgrade early. Here is a few of those reasons.
Testing....
Contributing to reporting bugs, glitches & errors....
Helping fix bugs, glitches & errors....
Accessing a newer version of an application....
Meh just fell like upgrading....
Wanting to get your software ready for the new version....
If you wish to upgrade early you can do so either via GUI or command line. All you have to do is launch the update manager with the “-d” perimeter at the end. See below for the commands that you can enter into your terminal. The first one is for upgrading via GUI & the second one is for upgrading via the terminal. Remember to enter your user password whenever prompt.
sudo update-manager -d
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Upgrading early should be pretty straight forward, but just like any upgrade, always remember to backup your needed data before you begin the upgrade process.
When Ubuntu releases a new version you don't necessarily need to create a new usb & do a fresh install. Although that can sometimes be great, you can just simply upgrade to a new version from your existing one. To do so, simply follow the steps listed below.
Open the “Software & Updates” app....
Head to the “Updates” tab....
Look for the section at the bottom titled “Notify me of a new Ubuntu version” & make your selection....
Click ‘Close’ & wait to be notified....
Once notified follow the on screen instructions & proceed to upgrade your system....
Alternatively you can upgrade from the terminal.
First make sure that everything is up to date & that you have update-manager-core installed. You can do so by running the following command....
Next you can issue the following command to search for a new Ubuntu version....
sudo do-release-upgrade
Any required files will be download & you will be prompt to install them. If you wish to upgrade press y & then hit enter on your keyboard. It may take some time to download everything....
Once everything has finished download & installing, you can reboot your computer to start using your new release of ubuntu....
