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how to find the process id of any process in ubuntu linux?

The command used to find the process id of any process is ps -ef | grep (followed by process name) like if you want to kill apache server running on system command would be ps -ef | grep apache or ps -ef | grep apache2 this will list the processes with process name apache. Once the process id is found use the kill command to terminate the process.

ubuntu touch for mobile! I will try on my old device!

 I used nexus one and currently using Galaxy nexus. The problem with Nexus one is that its outdated and no one cares about the shitty bugs in the old version of android. All they care is the new JELLY BEAN. :( I have an experience flashing the memory of Sansa music player and installed 'Rockbox' in that. It worked really well and am feeling confident to update the nexus one with latest Ubuntu mobile. Well the mobile still has working hardware its just the software / android OS that shitty. I know how I feel when some thing installed via me works, its the true essence of happiness.  :P Well its pretty easy and straight forward, Here is the link to WIKI page on how to install UBUNTU touch replacing the android phone. Well one do needs an Ubuntu on desktop to do this stuff. NOTE: Current version is a beta version and stable version would be releasing later this year. Subscribe on top=right of the page and stay updated. leave comments and queries. LINK: https://...

How to install .tar file in UBUNTU 13.04?

You cannot "install" a .tar.gz file or .tar.bz2 file. These .tar.gz files are g zip-compressed tarfiles , compressed archives like .zip files. .bz2 files. One can extract .tar.gz files using: tar -xzf file.tar.gz Similarly one can extract .tar.bz2 files with tar -xjf file.tar.bz2 If you like to see the files being extracted during unpacking, add v: tar -xzvf file.tar.gz If you want to execute some file after extracting some .tar.gz files, use the following command find the executable file using ls -lrt command and look for values of  rwx, where r - read , w -write and x - execute, there are 3 sets of rwx where one is for the owner of the file, generally the root, second set belongs to the group the user belongs to and lastly the one for the user itself.