Ubuntu Linux comes with a good package management system, apt. Once you familiar with it, it is really easy to use.

There’re several front-end interface to this package management system, including aptitude, the command line interface, synaptic, the GUI application for X Window System and apt-get, the command line package handling utility.

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This is the second part of the setting programs starting automatically. Part 1 start programs at system initialization is here.

Method 2: Add your Program to Profiles and bashrc

1. Profiles

Right before user is logged into the system, there’re certain settings configured. The system wide configuration is done through the [...]

There’re lots of ways to start up a program or script when a Linux system boots up. Not all of them work for all types of applications. This article covers several methods you can configure your program to start up automatically at system boot up. It’s based on Ubuntu Linux, but I think they should [...]

USB devices are anywhere nowadays, even many embedded devices replace the traditional serial devices with usb devices. However, I experienced that USB devices hang from time to time. In most cases, a manual unplug and replug will solve the issue. Actually, usb reset can simulate the unplug and replug operation.

First, get the device path [...]