An Easy way to mount remote filesystem on ubuntu

Ubuntu has a build-in utility lets you to access network filesystem on your desktop .In this tutorial I’ll using SSH protocol because it is much more security than FTP.
Navigate to Places–>Connect to Server… to open up it.

Change Service type to SSH in following screen.In Server field type the fully qualified domain name or the [...]

Keep the Display from turning blank on ubuntu

When you’re seeing films or reading ebook on your ubuntu,the display will turning off with no action in a period of time.There is a way to configure this setting.
Open up power management by clicking on System–>Preferences–>power Management.
At following screen,move the slider to the right.

If you have a screensaver active,navigate to System–>Preferences–>Screensaver and uncheck the two [...]

Automatically remember running applications when logging out

When you logout your ubuntu and want to go on with the windows,applications you have opened next time you login.Or you’re operating on your system with power failure in all of a sudden. Ubuntu can keep track of all you have opened up,and restart when you login next time.
To enable it ,just navigate to System–>Preferences–>Startup [...]

How to mount a partition(ntfs,fat32,.iso,and so on) in ubuntu

Ubuntu has a command called mount which lets you access to partitions in other filesystem,or from internet.In the tutorial I’ll make a brief introduction in using the command.
For instance,mount a ntfs filesystem partition in write and read mode:

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /media/diske -t ntfs -o rw

In the command, “/dev/sda5″ is the location of the partition you [...]

Hide Removable Drive icons on your ubuntu desktop

When you mount drives from other system,USB,or mount a remote folder.There will be icons on your desktop by default.You may not prefer your desktop with those icons and want a clean desktop.Here’s an easy way to get them disable.

Press Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor to open the app,or run gconf-editor in terminal.

In following screen,navigate to app–>nautilus–>desktop [...]