How To Install Synaptic Package Manager on Ubuntu 24.04

Install Synaptic

Open Terminal and type the following command line followed by Enter.

$ sudo apt-get install synaptic apt-xapian-index software-properties-gtk

It will install three packages "synaptic" the application, "apt-xapian-index" search functionality, and "software-properties-gtk" the repository settings.

Full article:

• https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/05/how-to-install-synaptic-package-manager-on-ubuntu-2404.html

Tool of choice - aptitude (CLI)

For a long time I was using aptitude with great success. I can't even remember how many broken Debian and Ubuntu installations I was able to fix with aptitude. Problem resolution, dependency search, package selection, undo function (very important!), etc.

The aptitude program runs from command-line, so when a problem arises and system cannot boot into graphical mode, this is really THE BEST. And I mean that.

Tool of choice - synaptic (GUI)

Second in line is of course synaptic which runs in graphical mode. It is partially similar to aptitude, but offers greater flexibility than basic Ubuntu software management and update utilities. For me this is the SECOND BEST so far.

Yet I have never used packages recommended in the article:

• apt-xapian-index and
• software-properties-gtk.

This is something to look into, and a reason for this very post.

And whenever something goes really bad, there is always (you guessed it) aptitude.

How To Upgrade To Debian 12 Bookworm From Debian 11 Bullseye

Recenly I wanted to upgrade one of my virtual machines from Debian 11.1 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm). But how to do that when it is not Ubuntu, which I use quite often?

Well, I have found a very informative tutorial, step by step - with almost guaranteed success ratio ;-)

See more:
https://ostechnix.com/upgrade-to-debian-12-from-debian-11/

Try changing HPET settings to improve your PC's performance

You need to run the following commands on the command line in Windows to enable or disable the exclusive use of the HPET timer.

• Tap on the Windows-key, enter cmd, right-click cmd.exe in the results listing and select to run the command prompt with administrative privileges.
• To enable HPET as the only timer run the command:
  bcdedit /set useplatformclock true
• To disable HPET in Windows run the command:
  bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock

https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/18/try-changing-hpet-settings-to-improve-your-pcs-performance/

AnandTech article about impact of High Performance Event Timer (HPET)
A Timely Discovery: Examining Our AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Results

Microsoft's plans for post-Windows OS revealed

The new name is Midori, and it's going to be a new OS without Windows legacy:

http://www.sdtimes.com/MICROSOFT_S_PLANS_FOR_POST_WINDOWS_OS_REVEALED/About_CLOUDCOMPUTING_and_MOBILEDEVELOPMENT_and_NET_and_SOASAAS_and_SOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT_and_WINDOWS_and_MICROSOFT/32627

I just wonder if any other visionary would create such a new operating system, similarly to what Linus Torvalds once did? And at the same time I doubt it, alas.

Web Services, RPC, REST

Authored by Steve Vinoski:

* Web Services Interaction Models, Part 1: Current Practice
* Web Services Interaction Models, Part 2: Putting the "Web" into Web Services

* Demystifying RESTful Data Coupling
* Defending Something Other Than RPC

* RPC is "A Really Bad Idea" and [erlang-questions] rpc is bad?
* Internet Computing columns
* RPC Under Fire

Undestanding Linux Kernel

http://kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/index.html

Polish National Interoperability Framework promotes Open Standards

http://polishlinux.org/gnu/polish-national-interoperability-framework-promotes-open-standards/

standardy.org | Koalicja na Rzecz Otwartych Standardów
(Coalition for Open Standards)
http://www.standardy.org/

Installing Debian on a Sun Blade 100 system

http://www.de-brauwer.be/docs/debian_on_sun.html

Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems

http://www.allcommands.com/
http://www.allcommands.com/solaris%20commands%20list.html (broken link - much less useful right now)

Update
New website address: http://www.tomshardware.com/ucg/

From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html

A roadmap for developers making the transition to Linux

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap.html

ReactOS

ReactOS - free implemention of Windows :-)

http://www.reactos.com/

Update
New website address: http://www.reactos.org/

Solaris 9 System Startup and Shutdown

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=101659