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How to install Curl in Ubuntu

Sometimes it happens that a script generates the following error: bash: curl: command not found. This error means that there is no such command in the system. What is the solution to this problem? You can install the curl utility. It is designed for downloading files.

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See mount points in Linux

A well-known difference between Linux and Windows is that it allows users to transparently control the mounting of disk partitions. In turn, this gives the right to control the flexibility to customize the directory structure, to use multiple file systems, where each will fulfill its own purpose.

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Installing Gnome 40 in Ubuntu

Not so long ago GNOME received an update. Firstly, the GTK4 library was switched to GTK4, and secondly, the principle of working with applications was changed. Therefore, a new numbering was decided: 3.38 is immediately followed by the 40th version.

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Root in Ubuntu

The Ubuntu distribution policy is such that any user actions and decisions requiring administrative privileges are performed only with the sudo command. No one recommends using root for a beginner, because a novice user is not well oriented in the system and may forget that he is logged in as root and delete an important file.

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Installing VLC in Ubuntu

The VLC or Video LAN Client program is considered a cross-platform open source media player capable of playing a variety of audio and video files, including mpeg, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, wmv, mp3, dvd, vcd, ogg/vorbis, mov, divx, quicktime, as well as streaming media from online sources such as Youtube and other similar sites. In this tutorial, let's look at installing VLC in other Ubuntu-based distributions.

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Installing LibreOffice in Ubuntu

LibreOffice is considered one of the best office suites for the Ubuntu operating system. The program was created back in 2010, then it was an offshoot of OpenOffice, but already today more than 400 developers are working on LibreOffice. There is a version for Linux, as well as for Windows. The office product is delivered to many other distributions, including Ubuntu.

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Installing Mate in Ubuntu 20.04

After the official Gnome development branch moved to version 3, its desktop environment was created as a fork of Gnome 2. The new version introduced major changes in appearance, but most importantly, major changes appeared in the functionality of the shell. However, not all users accepted all the changes.

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Cross-compiling Gotk3 applications for Windows to Linux

What is the Gotk3 library? It is primarily a set of bindings of GTK3, a graphical application creation tool popular in Linux for the GoLang programming language.

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Resetting a password in Linux

Every user has at least once forgotten passwords to websites, social networks that they haven't used for a long time. The same situation can happen with a Linux distribution. It is not difficult to forget it, especially if there are many different distributions with different passwords. Next we will talk about what to do if the Linux password has been forgotten, how to reset it correctly and not to erase your data. Resetting a Linux password is not a very difficult task. But it should be clarified that you cannot find out the password, you can only reset it.

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Installing KDE UBUNTU 20.04

KDE is considered one of the most popular desktop environments. The environment is especially actively installed by novice Ubuntu users, who tend to. They usually switch from other operating systems, in particular Windows. The advantage of using KDE is that the interface looks like the most popular user operating system. In the fifth version of the environment significantly revised the design, changed the approach to the construction of system components.