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apt-get install wine
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sudo apt-get install sysinfo
apt-get install winetricks
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sudo apt-get install hardinfo
 
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Required libs, to be install in a 2nd time
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Then you have to run:
  
 
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apt-get install q4wine
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sysinfo
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hardinfo
 
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Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/304566/how-to-get-graphics-card-memory-info-windows-and-linux-shows-different-value

Latest revision as of 19:52, 17 August 2015


Guake

Installation

apt-get install guake


Add Guake to boot sequence:

System settings > Startup application > add "Guake" | path: /usr/bin/guake


Dos2unix converter and vice-versa

By default Linux cannot run script that are encoded in windows format. Those tools allow you to switch formats.

apt-get install dos2unix tofrodos


To use it just:

dos2unix myFile
tofrodos myFileOptional features


File manager “midnight commander”

apt-get install mc


Text internet browser

apt-get install lynx


USB startup disk (unetbootin)

apt-get install unetbootin


Know your hardware

To know your hardware you should install:

sudo apt-get install sysinfo
sudo apt-get install hardinfo


Then you have to run:

sysinfo

hardinfo


Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/304566/how-to-get-graphics-card-memory-info-windows-and-linux-shows-different-value