Firebird Database Setup on Ubuntu Linux

Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

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Howto Set Windows as Default OS when Dual Booting Ubuntu

When you install Windows and ubuntu as dual boot you’ll notice that Ubuntu is set as the default operating system in the Grub loader if you want to change your default booting OS to windows you need to follow this procedure

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Fix for Beryl Worspaces Problem in Feisty Fawn

The workspace options dissapeared when right clicking on a window using the beryl manager.

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Howto Change Default editor in Debian Etch

By Default Debian Etch Provides the nano editor you need to follow this procedure.In this example i want to use vi editor as my default editor

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Howto Convert a .nrg (Nero) file to a .iso file in Debian

If you want to convert .nrg file to .iso file you can use nrg2iso tool to create this. nrg2iso is a program that extracts ISO9660 data from Nero “.nrg” CD-ROM image files.

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Ubuntu Enlightenment(DR17 or E17) Window Manager Screenshots Tour

Enlightenment has something to do with the light. It is a window manager that comes with special effects.Development Release 17 of the Enlightenment window manager represents an evolution into the next generation of desktop environments

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Dell - Technical details of Ubuntu offerings

Before we announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 on select Dell client systems, I'd like to give an overview of what customers can expect from our initial Ubuntu offering."

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300+ Easily Installed Free Fonts for Ubuntu

Ubuntu offers a lot of fonts, in addition to the defaults installed, and the Microsoft msttcorefonts package, in its repositories. All these fonts mentioned here are provided as packages, which can easily installed using command line tools like apt-get or using Synaptic.

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Is Ubuntu the Linux OS for Law Firms?

To Vista or not to Vista; is that really the question? With Microsoft's long-awaited operating-system upgrade, well ... upon us ... it might be time to consider alternatives. Apple's fine Unix-based OS X is certainly an option, but if you're balking at investing in the new hardware you'll need to support Microsoft's new graphically seductive, resource-gobbling OS, do you really want to replace all your Windows machines with Macs?

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Torrenting the Debian Archive

the first and fundamental thing any distro needs to have, and thus the first and fundamental thing to think about disintermediating, is some way of distributing software. That might be burning CDs and sending them out to resellers or OEMs, or having your stuff available for download.

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Pocket PC Syncing with Evolution in Ubuntu

If you want to sync your pocketpC in Ubuntu we need to use SynCE and Multisync

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Dual Monitors with NVidia in Ubuntu

It’s quite a pain to get dual monitors working your first time using Linux, however I hope this guide will make the process relatively quick and painless.

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Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs) in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text- based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.

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How to Increase ext3 and ReiserFS filesystems Performance

This tutorial explains How to Increase ext3 and ReiserFS filesystems Performance

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Install Popular Applications in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Using Automatix2

Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.

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How to Create PDF Documents in Ubuntu

If you are using OpenOffice it is very easy to create documents there is an option in the File menu ‘Export as PDF’.For other applications, you will need to do the following procedure

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Fix for SSH slow to ask for password in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

When you try to login using ssh some users might find asking for ssh password is slow here is the solution how to fix this problem.

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Automatix2 Setup in Debian Etch

Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.

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Ubuntu Plans Mobile Linux Version

developers plan to extend its open-source software development to handheld Internet-enabled devices.

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Dell Limits Ubuntu Linux Sales

If you ’re planning to load up on Dell’s new Ubuntu Linux systems for a corporate department or small business, Dell may have a surprise for you. As the old saying goes, read the fine print. From The VAR Guy, TechIQ's daily blogger.

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NFS Server and Client Configuration in Ubuntu

NFS was developed at a time when we weren’t able to share our drives like we are able to today - in the Windows environment. It offers the ability to share the hard disk space of a big server with many smaller clients. Again, this is a client/server environment. While this seems like a standard service to offer, it was not always like this. In the past, clients and servers were unable to share their disk space.

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DNS server Setup using bind in Ubuntu

DNS Stands for Domain Name Service.On the Internet, the Domain Name Service (DNS) stores and associates many types of information with domain names; most importantly, it translates domain names (computer hostnames) to IP addresses. It also lists mail exchange servers accepting e-mail for each domain. In providing a worldwide keyword-based redirection service, DNS is an essential component of contemporary Internet use.

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Xubuntu 7.04(Feisty Fawn) Screenshots Tour

Xubuntu is a complete GNU/Linux based operating system with an Ubuntu base. It is lighter on system requirements and tends to be more efficient than Ubuntu with GNOME or KDE, since it uses the Xfce Desktop environment, which makes it ideal for old or low-end machines, thin-client networks, or for those who would like to get more performance out of their hardware.

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File Server Configuration in Debian Using Samba

Samba is a suite of Unix applications that speak the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol. Many operating systems,including Windows and OS/2, use SMB to perform client-server networking. By supporting this protocol, Samba allows Unix servers to get in on the action, communicating with the same networking protocol as Microsoft Windows products.

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Debian Weekly News - April 24th, 2007

This edition of DWN covers Saving Money with Debian GNU/Linux, Debian participates in Google's Summer of Code, New GNU/kFreeBSD CD Image and much more.

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Debian Etch And Xen From The Debian Repository

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an already working Debian Etch system. You can find all the software used here in the Etch repository, so no external files or compilation are needed.

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Ubuntu on Dell: Where's the Profit?

Dell generated excitement among Linux lovers this week when it revealed it has chosen Ubuntu as the distro it will offer preinstalled on select laptop and desktop computers. Will the move be profitable for Dell in the long run? The venture will likely include razor-thin profit margins, and despite the high number of consumers asking for Linux, nobody knows how many will actually buy.

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100 Useful Ubuntu Links - Everything you could ever need

Resources and How Tos, Applications and Scripts, Tricks and Tips, and information on manipulating the Desktop and Appearance. An essential bookmark for every Ubuntu beginner - and even an experienced pro is bound to find something of interest or use in this list.

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