In the next article we will take a look at the utility Ubuntusys. Advanced Ubuntu users are able to accomplish very cool things with their system by changing the settings and internals within the operating system. This is usually not too difficult, if you are clear about what you are doing. For newcomers to this operating system, making these modifications is usually a bit more difficult to master. If you are in this second group, Ubunsys can be of great help to you.
This is one advanced system tool that allows users to change system settings Ubuntu, according to the needs of each one. With it, users will be able to easily modify the sudoers file, activate and deactivate the firewall, make passwords visible when typing in the terminal, manage system updates and even clean old kernel files, among many other things.
Ubunsys empowers you to easily access and modify some dangerous features from your Ubuntu system. This is an advanced utility system application designed for Ubuntu. With her any user will be able to manage their system with just mouse clicks. It can be of help with the package list and is able to do changes in system configuration quite effectively. It will also allow us to work on updates and execute actions at the click of the mouse, among many other things.
Ubunsys Options
The interface of this application is divided into tabs, for the convenience of users. The first tab, called “Packages”Will allow us install apps just by selecting and installing. Some useful applications can be found in the list that will be provided to us.
The second tab called "Settings”Will allow us to access dangerous options, it is convenient to know what you are doing. Among them say that we can find that we can enable sudo without a password or manage our repositories. The application will also allow us enable / disable asterisks when we type our password in the terminal. Among the options on this tab we can also enable or disable hibernation or the firewall. We will also find the possibility of installing templates, enabling the login sound, the firewall or configuring the dual boot system.
As you can see in the previous screenshot, this tab has sub-tabs. In them the user can find more options.
The third tab called "System”Will allow us a multitude of actions. From updating the system, updating repositories and other possible updates. At the same time the application will give us the possibility of perform system cleaning.
In this tab we will also find the possibility of carrying out an intelligent update of the system. It will also allow us to clean the old kernels, update the program to the latest stable version of the operating system, installation of the main kernel (this option is not recommended as it may cause possible incompatibilities), among other options.
In the last tab, called "Repair”, The application will allow us to carry out some actions aimed at repair inconsistencies in our operating system. The user will be able to check the integrity of the system, repair the network or the missing GPG keys among other options.
Install Ubunsys on Ubuntu 17.04 / 16.04 and Linux Mint
When using this program, remember to be very careful. This application exposes advanced security functions and also contains errors since at the moment it is in alpha state.
If even after that warning, you are still interested in installing and testing this application, you can install it in several ways. So much from a file .deb as from its corresponding PPA.
If instead of the .deb file, someone prefers to use the console and the application PPA to install Ubunsys on Ubuntu / Linux Mint, they will only have to open the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and copy the following commands into it.
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:adgellida/ubunsys && sudo apt update && sudo apt install ubunsys
Uninstall Ubunsys
We can get rid of this program in a simple way. We open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and first we eliminate the application by writing the following command.
sudo apt remove ubunsys
And we continue to remove the repository from our source.list. To do this, in the same terminal we now write the following.
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:adgellida/ubunsys