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Wed, 09 Sep 2009

Why is /etc/X11/rgb.txt missing on Ubuntu?

… It's really annoying to have to manually copy rgb.txt to /etc/X11/ to get uxterm to show up with proper foreground and background colors instead of a blank, black window.

[17:28 | /computer | permalink | GT | Tags: ubuntu, linux, X11 ]

Sat, 13 Sep 2008

htop is much clearer than top

I ran across htop as I was installing software on my new Ubuntu install, and am finding it invaluable: much clearer than the standard Linux top.

[14:58 | /computer | permalink | GT | Tags: computer, linux, ubuntu ]

bash startup on Ubuntu 8.04.1 ridiculously slow!

I installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 on a Pentium II machine with 256MiB and was disturbed by how slowly it seemed. It turns out that it was just that bash was starting incredibly slowly. Removing the default Ubuntu ~/.bashrc fixed it. It turns out to be something in /etc/bash_completion which causes the slowdown, but I haven't figured out what yet.

[01:20 | /computer | permalink | GT | Tags: computer, tools, ubuntu ]

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