March edition of the UbuntuEd newsletter is here.

I believe that as an Ubuntu user, you are familiar with the apt and apt-get commands. Both commands are used for managing packages in Ubuntu.

This UbuntuEd newsletter focuses on teaching you the nits and bits of apt package management you probably didn't know already.

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🪧 Learning apt commands

Let's start with the basics:

• Using apt command to install Deb files in Ubuntu command line
• Removing a package with apt command
• Understand how to search for packages in Ubuntu

Dig a bit deeper:

• See how you can check the APT packages that consume the most space
• List installed apt packages
• Update only a specific package

And then go all the way with these detailed guides:

Difference Between apt and apt-get Explained

Brief: This article explains the difference between apt and apt-get commands of Linux. It also lists some of the most commonly used apt commands that replace the older apt-get commands. One of the noticeable new features of Ubuntu 16.04 was the ‘introduction’ of apt command. The reality is that

It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash

Using apt Commands in Linux [Complete Guide]

Brief: This article shows you how to use apt commands in Linux with examples so that you can manage packages effectively. If you are using Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any other Debian or Ubuntu based distributions, you must have come across some apt commands by now. First noticed in

It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash

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🗞 Ubuntu News

• Ubuntu May Soon Offer a Better Window Tiling Experience
• Ubuntu Touch OTA-25 Arrives on March 24th as the Last One Based on Ubuntu 16.04
• Ubuntu 23.04 Preparing To Land Its Linux 6.2 Based Kernel

9 Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) Features

Ubuntu 23.04 is around the corner. Learn all about the features that you can expect with its release.

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💡Command Line Tips

• Search for multiple files with multiple extensions

find . -type f -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.txt" 

• Preserve the original file properties like timestamp, while copying:

cp -p source_file target_file

🧰 Useful Tools

Read and Organize Markdown Files in Linux Terminal With Glow

Glow is a CLI tool that lets you render Markdown files in the Linux terminal. You can also organize Markdown files with it.

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