Create NTFS Partition with gparted in Ubuntu

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

The “ntfs” option is dimmed by default, to enable it you should install the necessary package: “sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs”

That’s it, just re-open gparted and you’re ready to go 🙂

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Get CPU Temperature From Command Line in Ubuntu

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

more /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
more /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM1/temperature

As I have two processors “THM0” and “THM1”

Source

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Permanently Blacklist a Kernel Module in Ubuntu

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik
  1. Edit “/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf”
  2. Add the module you want to remove, e.g. to blacklist the “kvm_intel” module, add this line “blacklist kvm_intel”
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Disable a Laptop’s Touchpad in Ubuntu Karmic (and later as I well I guess)

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik
  1. Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
  2. Search for Touchpad
  3. System -> Preferences -> Touchpad
  4. Untick “Enable Touchpad”
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How to uncompress zip file on AIX

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Osama Magdy

To uncompress a zip file on AIX, use “unzip“ command:
unzip file_name.zip

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