Mostly useful for distros using aptitude, though could probably be adapted - I just didn't write it for others.
As always, feedback makes the articles even better. I think I make too many assumptions about what people know, though my home page indicates that I do expect some familiarity with Linux before the site is all that useful to most folks.
The last feedback (from @stan) made my article much more clear about what enabling root actually accomplished. So, feedback is always wanted.
One marginal change. The bots were so bad that they were spamming my newsletter sign up with fake email addresses - which will tick off the email hosts and get my mails blacklisted. So, I'm working on an alternative solution. Alas, it may require using Google's reCAPTCHA, which I've been trying to avoid. So, no notifications at the time being - even though it may look like there is.
Let's Install 'gedit' With All The Fixin's In Ubuntu • Linux Tips
This article is going to tell you how to install gedit along with a bunch of plugins. gedit is one of the more popular text editors.
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As always, feedback makes the articles even better. I think I make too many assumptions about what people know, though my home page indicates that I do expect some familiarity with Linux before the site is all that useful to most folks.
The last feedback (from @stan) made my article much more clear about what enabling root actually accomplished. So, feedback is always wanted.
One marginal change. The bots were so bad that they were spamming my newsletter sign up with fake email addresses - which will tick off the email hosts and get my mails blacklisted. So, I'm working on an alternative solution. Alas, it may require using Google's reCAPTCHA, which I've been trying to avoid. So, no notifications at the time being - even though it may look like there is.