tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:29:25 +0000http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Admin)Blogger616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-3130648847715903840Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:28:00 +00002009-10-12T11:29:25.913+01:00The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. This is the Ubuntu 9.10 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new features. Note: This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009. Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/10/upgrade-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-1507109243697132288Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:31:00 +00002009-06-24T07:32:22.317+01:00TuxOnIce is most easily described as the Linux equivalent of Windows’ hibernate functionality,but better. It saves the contents of memory to disk and powers down. When the computer is started up again, it reloads the contents and the user can continue from where they left off. No documents need to be reloaded or applications reopened and the process is much faster than a normal shutdown and starthttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-install-tuxonice-in-ubuntu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-2027546645903908081Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:49:00 +00002009-06-16T21:50:04.160+01:00Screen is a program that allows you to have multiple logins on one terminal. It is useful in situations where you are telnetted into a machine or connected via a dumb terminal and want more than just one login.screen-profiles includes a set of profiles for the GNU screen window manager. These profiles are quite useful on server machines which are not running a graphical desktop.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/06/screen-manages-multiple-sessions-on-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-1102736617778959246Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:48:00 +00002009-06-16T21:48:56.053+01:00Approx is an HTTP-based Debian archive server. It fetches packages from remote repositories on demand, and caches them for local use.Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or upgrade Debian software for a number of machines on a local network. Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/06/upgrade-multiple-debian-systems-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-7490765891848743060Tue, 12 May 2009 18:32:00 +00002009-05-12T19:32:28.277+01:00In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux,Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.The LAMP option means you don’t have to install and integrate each of the four separate LAMP components, a process which can take hours and requires someonehttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/05/step-by-step-ubuntu-904-jaunty-lamp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-7359968676885976393Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:54:00 +00002009-04-24T07:54:46.818+01:00The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop and Server editions and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.This tutorial will explain how to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibix) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) released on the 23rd March 2009.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-810-intrepid-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-5647850732706351003Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:30:00 +00002009-04-20T08:30:43.355+01:00apt-p2p is a p2p proxy for apt dowloads, it will act as a proxy between apt requests and a repository server, downloading any request files from peers (if possible), else will fallback to direct HTTP download. In general, apt-p2p save bandwidth, use limited cpu and memory resources and reduce congestion on the ubuntu mirrors.apt-p2p will get the request files from peers, therefore, it will avoid http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-use-apt-p2p-for-faster-upgrades.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-8447556874158295695Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:10:00 +00002009-04-16T08:10:44.368+01:00genisoimage is a pre-mastering program for creating ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images, which can then be written to CD or DVD media using the wodim program. genisoimage includes support for making bootable “El Torito” CDs, as well as CDs with support for the Macintosh HFS filesystem.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/genisoimage-creates-iso-9660-cd-rom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-7258482976798902909Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:49:00 +00002009-04-13T12:49:30.876+01:00This is simple and easy tutorial How to Install Microsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu Intrepid.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-3679889479025149066Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:18:00 +00002009-04-13T08:19:04.521+01:00FreeNX is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another machine over the Internet. You can use this to login graphically to your desktop from a remote location. One example of its use would be to have a FreeNX server set up on your home computer, and graphically logging in to the home computer from your work computer, using a FreeNX client.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-setup-freenx-server-and-client.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-5226638497368032523Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:47:00 +00002009-04-08T07:47:32.953+01:00Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three) files. Each file gets its own window. The differences between the files are highlighted.This is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version to another version of the same file.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/vimdiff-edit-two-or-three-versions-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-4417367913063389689Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:18:00 +00002009-04-07T07:18:57.470+01:00PulseAudio (formerly PolypAudio) is a cross-platform, networked sound server project. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD).By default Ubuntu 8.10 comes with Pulse Audio and most users start complaining about pulse audio so if you don’t want to use Pulse Audio you can remove.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-remove-pulse-audio-ubuntu-810.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-1124882947771635947Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:49:00 +00002009-03-27T07:49:25.120ZThe Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. This is the Ubuntu 9.04 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/ubuntu-904-jaunty-beta-released-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-8922114731954789947Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:51:00 +00002009-03-24T07:51:45.195ZThe Advanced Packaging Tool, which has since been ported by Conectiva for use with rpm and has been adopted by some other distributions.The apt-get command is a powerful command-line tool used to work with Ubuntu’s Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) performing such functions as installation of new software packages, upgrade of existing software packages, updating of the package list index, and even http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/ubuntu-package-management-from-command.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-5756098148534896483Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:31:00 +00002009-03-16T07:32:21.047ZIf you have just upgraded to or installed Hardy or Intrepid or Jaunty and you have some sound somewhere, but not everywhere for everything, this is a fast way to get all the missing stuff you need and give you some tools to figure out what is going on. If you hear the startup sound but nothing else, or if some applications work and others don’t, this is for you. If you have no sound at all, http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/sound-solutions-for-ubuntu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-954201107306410291Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:24:00 +00002009-03-10T22:24:35.529ZVirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/howto-convert-vmware-image-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-1581859346530619785Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:10:00 +00002009-03-05T08:10:51.386ZPrivate Encrypted Folder On UbuntueCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.It provides advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decryptable with the proper key, and there is no need to keep track of any additional information aside http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-create-private-encrypted-folder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-95211990969246573Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:47:00 +00002009-03-03T06:48:21.266Zadhoc ubuntuHave you ever needed to wirelessly network a Windows PC’s directly to a Ubuntu machine? In other words, you lack a router, switch, or other networking mechanism, each PC has a wireless device and you need to trade a file or play a network game? Read on.Ubuntu’s NetworkManager 0.7.0 contains the necessary features for creating an Ubuntu adhoc network host.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-create-adhoc-host-with-ubuntu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-4890587769352292532Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:47:00 +00002009-03-03T06:47:49.082Zflip debianflipThis program converts line endings of text files between MS-DOS and **IX formats. It detects binary files in a nearly foolproof way and leaves them alone unless you override this. It will also leave files alone that are already in the right format and preserves file timestamps. User interrupts are handled gracefully and no garbage or corrupted files left behind. ‘flip’ does not convert files to ahttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/03/flip-convert-text-file-line-endings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-4473994031139035597Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:13:00 +00002008-11-30T19:13:39.039Zvirtualbox ubuntuVirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-install-virtualbox-202-in-ubuntu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-2540739778802461862Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-11-30T19:13:00.239Zvirtualbox networking ubuntuTo start, NAT is by far the easiest way to get your guests connected to the interweb, but you may want to use the guests as servers. For this you need Host Networking.To configure Host Networking you need to configure network bridging, you basically go through four steps on the host machineFull Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-set-up-host-interface-networking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-8163554297840995654Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-11-26T21:53:31.105ZMySQLTuner debianMySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. Within seconds, it will display statistics about your MySQL installation and the areas where it can be improved.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/check-your-mysql-server-performance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-2498977870073608645Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:49:00 +00002008-11-26T21:50:45.073Zmultimedia ubuntumplayer ubuntuMPlayer 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 http://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-1451046449797460346Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:12:00 +00002008-11-05T22:14:00.311Znvdia drivers ubuntu intrepidI have collected some common problems and solutions for Nvidia restricted drivers after Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Upgrade.I really thank for those users and ubuntu forum members who posted the solutions.I hope this will be useful for some users to fix their problems.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/common-problems-and-solutions-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-2821870350318708785Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:10:00 +00002008-11-05T22:12:00.179Zwindows ad ubuntuSamba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.” Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.Full Storyhttp://debian-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-integrate-windows-active.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Admin)0