Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Download Internet Files from the terminal in Ubuntu

wget url e.g. wget http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/manuals/getting-started-with-ubuntu/10.04/en_US/screen/Getting%20Started%20with%20Ubuntu%2010.04.pdf

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Clear Totem (and other programs) History in Ubuntu

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Restarting USB Storage Modules in Ubuntu

“sudo modprobe -r usb_storage““sudo modprobe usb_storage“It’s only because I had a problem in mounting any USB storage, it happened with me onceand I had to restart my machine, and I hate having to do so 🙂Source

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Download Videos From YouTube using Ubuntu

A very nice command-line tool that allows you to download videos from Youtube: “sudo apt-get install youtube-dl” After the installation process, run: “youtube-dl video_url“

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Setup an SSH/SFTP Server on Ubuntu

“sudo apt-get install openssh-server“ That’s it, you can now connect to your machine via SSH/SFTP from any other machine on the same network, it’s easy, fast and secure.

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