Installation of latest Ubuntu 16.04 from USB stick replacing Windows

Looking to try out Linux? If you are new to Linux, you may start with Ubuntu. It is one of the most popular Linux distributions out there wi...

Ubuntu: "unable to resolve host" when running sudo or other commands

Installed Ubuntu and ran "sudo" command, and I'm getting "unable to resolve host". The message "unable to resol...

How To Install Ubuntu On Windows Using Oracle Virtual Box (run Ubuntu on Windows) ?

Oracle Virtual Box is a powerful virtualization software that can be used on Windows to install and run another operating systems such as Li...

[Ubuntu] Multiple launchers for each individual Eclipse installation

I have multiple Eclipse versions installed in my Ubuntu 12.04, so I wanted to have separate launcher icons in Launchpad. However I noticed i...

Find which process holds a port number in Linux

Here is a simple tip to find out the process that has bounded a given port number. java.net.BindException: Address already in use - this is...

[Ubuntu] DeVeDe generated DVD menus not working

DeVeDe is a popular software for DVD creation, and I am using 3.21.0 version of that on Ubuntu 12.04 to generate DVDs from different files o...

[Ubuntu] Troubleshoot USB Pen drives with powerful tools

My USB pen drive was not detected in Ubuntu 12.04 suddenly, so I tried it with Windows, but the result was same. That isolated the issue to ...