Lacking Natural Simplicity (Posts about ubuntu)https://tkurtbond.github.io/categories/ubuntu.atom2024-01-23T18:49:42ZT. Kurt BondNikolaWhy is /etc/X11/rgb.txt missing on Ubuntu?https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2009/09/09/why-is-etcx11rgbtxt-missing-on-ubuntu/2009-09-09T17:28:49-05:002009-09-09T17:28:49-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>… It's really annoying to have to manually copy rgb.txt to /etc/X11/
to get uxterm to show up with proper foreground and background colors
instead of a blank, black window.</p>htop is much clearer than tophttps://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2008/09/13/htop-is-much-clearer-than-top/2008-09-13T14:58:14-05:002008-09-13T14:58:14-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>I ran across <a class="reference external" href="http://htop.sourceforge.net/">htop</a> as I was installing software on my new <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> install,
and am finding it invaluable: much clearer than the standard Linux top.</p>bash startup on Ubuntu 8.04.1 ridiculously slow!https://tkurtbond.github.io/posts/2008/09/13/bash-startup-on-ubuntu-8041-ridiculously-slow/2008-09-13T01:20:23-05:002008-09-13T01:20:23-05:00T. Kurt Bond<p>I installed <a class="reference external" href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> 8.04.1 on a Pentium II machine with 256MiB and was
disturbed by how slowly it seemed. It turns out that it was just that
<code class="docutils literal">bash</code> was starting incredibly slowly. Removing the default Ubuntu
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">~/.bashrc</span></code> fixed it. It turns out to be something in
/etc/bash_completion which causes the slowdown, but I haven't figured
out what yet.</p>