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Adding existing user to a group in Ubuntu

Example below adds user timus to the group www-authors $: sudo usermod -a -G www-authors timus To add user timus to sudoers group, do: $: sudo usermod -a -G sudo timus Note: That for the sudo to take effect you have to logout and log back in. In Debian Buster (10.3), need to reboot for it to take effect Tested on: - Lubuntu (13.04) - Ubuntu (12.04 - 13.04) - Debian Buster (10.3) References: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/7477/how-can-i-add-a-new-user-as-sudoer-using-the-command-line

Lubuntu 18.04 minimal installation does not include high contrast theme

I really like the trend in Ubuntu and derivatives for offering minimal installation in 18.04. Lubuntu offered that option but it still includes a lot of applications that I don't really need, for example it included gnumeric, Abiword, etc. I am hoping that future versions will be more streamlined. Anyway, I also sometimes use high contrast theme but this is not installed by the default. To fix this do: sudo apt install gnome-accessibility-themes

Ubuntu 17.04 minimal Lubuntu install

Lubuntu is already pretty lightweight but still comes with a lot of applications i don't need. I need a machine that is pretty clean, with just the bare bones with GUI capabilities. Start with netinstall iso , do text based install with minimal options, then do: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo tasksel install lubuntu-core $ sudo reboot Add browser, I like Chromium, install it like: $ sudo apt install chromium-browser Light Docker Settings is not working on using light install, so let us fix it, do: $ sudo apt install python-gi I like "Customize Look and Feel" (lxappearance) for adjusting LXDE, to install, do: $ sudo apt install lxappearance Additional packages to install, do: $ sudo apt install xfonts-terminus

Fixing staf: error while loading shared libraries: libSTAF.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 Assuming you have installed STAF in Lubuntu (13.04 in my case), running staf local ping ping you may observe the following error: staf: error while loading shared libraries: libSTAF.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory To fix this, modify/add LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ~/.bashrc like: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/staf/lib"

Set Lubuntu to autologon

To set Lubuntu (tested using 13.04 minimal install) to auto-logon, change /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf , see below for samle cofiguration. [SeatDefaults] autologin-user=timus autologin-timeout=0 user-session=Lubuntu greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter References: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1472113