Comments on: Speed Up Your Internet Connection in Ubuntu Linux – Part 1

By: Tijs

Tijs — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:53:00 +0000

I dont think this does work in all cases, for example: my pages load slower and sometimes do not show up.

I changed it back and everything was okay again :P

By: ubuntupunk

ubuntupunk — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:29:59 +0000

Anyway to push more data through a 384Kb line? I am looking for some way of initiating data compression through my pipe, possibly to a server which can act as a compressor for poorly serviced developing countries

By: C

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:05:24 +0000

This seems to work great, but I’m getting an error in boot.log

fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/bad_list, it will be ignored in a future release.

/dev/sda1: clean, 133190/45096960 files, 3706199/180360960 blocks

Is there a problem with that?

Thanks

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:18:49 +0000

@Nazim

Get a faster wireless data package speed? I think you’ll find that you are physically limited by your connection.

By: Nizam

Nizam — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:56:28 +0000

how can i increase internet spead ubuntu9.10 using nokiaN91

By: Quite Late

Quite Late — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:25:01 +0000

This is one of the comments on the webpage I linked too in my last post.

“sudo -s” becomes root when executed, reads the password, then starts a shell.

“sudo su” becomes root when executed, reads the password, then starts su, which looks whether it needs to read the password, discovers that it is already root, says “huh?” to itself, and starts a shell.
-Kai on May 9th, 2008 3:28 pm

I myself am by no stretch of the imagination proficient in Linux. But it seems that the major difference between the two is how they handle the shell. “Sudo -s” seems to create a new shell and “sudo su” seems to give the terminal super user rights.
Though, I’m not particulary sure on why one is better than the other.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:46:20 +0000

To help clarify for readers, Christer Edwards blog (http://ubuntu-tutorials.com) posted this link about sudo: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
It’s a good link as it shows a couple extra little things we can do to easily manage sudo.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:36:50 +0000

@Quite late – Thanks for the input. It’s appreciated. :)

One thing to clarify though sudo -s is the equivalent of sudo su using either command will provide root permissions. So… I’m not really sure what the difference would be? – Because this still gives me root’s environment.

However, if I sudo -i then I’ll again get root permissions AND change the (now rooted access) to the user’s (my root) environment (home directory, etc.) I think sudo -i is best used when security is an issue? Is that right?

Please could you clarify? :) I’m not by any stretch of the imagination a Linux expert, but I’d really like to know what the difference is?
It just seems to me that with sudo su (sudo -s) and sudo -i, I still get root’s environment.
Am I missing something here? :)

Thanks!

By: Quite Late

Quite Late — Mon, 26 May 2008 22:58:50 +0000

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/09/a-root-shell-on-ubuntu-the-right-way/

The link above states that you should not use “sudo su” to create a root shell, but instead use “sudo -i” or “sudo -s”

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