Make that last command into a Linux script

You have been trying combinations to see which command line options best fit your needs, and you’ve finally found it. Now let’s make that into a script. You could revert to the last command using your Up key, copy the string, create a new file, paste the string, save the file. Or you could simply

echo “!!” > awesome-script.sh

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Install Firefox 4.0 in Ubuntu 10.10 via apt

The easiest way to install the latest version of Firefox in your Ubuntu is by launching the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox

This will update your current version of Firefox to 4.0.

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Disable the overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu 11.04

With the new Ubuntu 11.04, the scrollbars in almost all applications and windows look radically different than those we grew accustomed with. Here’s how to revert them to the old looks:

sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbarsudo suecho "export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR

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