Ubuntu

GUI

• Alt+F1 = keystroke that gets you system menu
• Alt+F2 = brings up Run Application dialog with automatic command autocomplete
• startx - command to start gui from command line

APT

• To see installed packages
  • sudo apt-get install aptitude; aptitude search '~i!~M'
• Also locate seems to work well too
• sudo apt-get remove <package name> - to remove a package

Troubleshooting

• If fails to shutdown pass -h flag: sudo shutdown -h now

configure ssh

• sudo apt-get install openssh-server
• sudo ufw enable
• sudo ufw allow ssh

Turn off windowing system on boot

1. sudo nano /etc/default/grub
2. Find out this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
3. Change it to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
4. Update Grub: sudo update-grub