Disable the usage of history using HISTSIZE

Mar 15, 2010Dipin Krishnadisable, history, histsize

I you don’t want the shell to remember the commands you have typed, then disable history all together by setting the HISTSIZE to 0 as shown below. $ export HISTSIZE=0 Set some other value if you want the shell to remember a few commands may be 5 or 10 etc.. Enjoy using linux. ————————————————————————— The

How to Disable splash screen in ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Jan 14, 2010Dipin Krishnadisable, splash screen, ubuntu 9.10

The splash screen is shown when you boot up ubuntu.You can stop showing the splash screen and instead view details about your boot process. Follow the steps below to disable the splash screen.1. Edit grub. $ sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Locate the following line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash” Remove quiet and splashNow the line should look like this

Disable NTP sync during boot (USplash) in Ubuntu Linux

Sep 22, 2009Dipin Krishna1 Commentdisable, during boot, ntp

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency.NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple

Howto: disable beep sound in Terminal mode

Aug 20, 2009Dipin Krishna3 Commentsbeep, disable, terminal

Some of you may be annoyed with the beep sound in terminal.If you want to get rid of that just follow these steps: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal Terminal Edit Menu -> Current Profile… General Tab -> General -> Terminal bell (Un-Checked) ————————————————————————— The GNU/Linux Advanced Administration: In this ebook “The GNU/Linux Operating System”, the