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 * Feisty Preview Archive for Mozilla Thunderbird: Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
{{{
deb http://gnomefreak.youmortals.com/mozilla-testing feisty main
deb-src http://gnomefreak.youmortals.com/mozilla-testing feisty main}}}

 * How to find UUID of swap and whether any swap is being used:
{{{
fdisk -l
vol_id /dev/xxxx #(xxxx from above)
free -m #shows swap total in MB}}}

 * How to find UUID of boot root partition:
{{{
dumpe2fs -h /dev/xxxx|grep UUID # Shows current even if newly changed
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid # CAUTION will not reflect changes until after reboot (see below)}}}

 * How to change UUID of boot root partition:
{{{
tune2fs -U random /dev/xxxx }}}

Ubuntu Notes

  • Feisty Preview Archive for Mozilla Thunderbird: Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list: 

deb http://gnomefreak.youmortals.com/mozilla-testing feisty main
deb-src http://gnomefreak.youmortals.com/mozilla-testing feisty main
  • How to find UUID of swap and whether any swap is being used: 

fdisk -l
vol_id /dev/xxxx #(xxxx from above)
free -m #shows swap total in MB
  • How to find UUID of boot root partition: 

dumpe2fs -h /dev/xxxx|grep UUID # Shows current even if newly changed
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid # CAUTION will not reflect changes until after reboot (see below)
  • How to change UUID of boot root partition: 

tune2fs -U random /dev/xxxx

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