tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85703786091767148242012-02-17T01:06:16.011ZUbuntunoreply@blogger.comBlogger6301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-33214603275283582832010-04-06T14:17:00.001+01:002010-04-06T14:17:39.645+01:00

Download videos from various Flash-based video hosting sites, without having to use the Flash player. Handy for saving videos for watching offline, and means you don’t have to keep upgrading Flash for sites that insist on a newer version of the player.Full Story

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Histwi is linux desktop program for Twitter account management.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-13863525113308796302010-03-29T19:42:00.002+01:002010-03-29T19:43:10.482+01:00

There are many guides found on the net describing Kerrighed and how to set it up using Ubuntu and others.However, to the best of my knowledge there isn’t a step by step guide specifically designed for Kerrighed using Debian Lenny. So here it is. You can set up your own Beowulf Cluster using Debian Lenny and Kerrighed in about 50 steps. Many of the steps described here are taken straight from

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Histwi is linux desktop program for Twitter account management.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-70627388187450589352010-03-15T15:21:00.000Z2010-03-15T15:22:04.465Z

x2go is an open source terminal server project offering a comprehensive “server based computing” solution.Combining the advantages of existing systems it features ease of use, performance and scalability. x2go provides you with access to your desktop as an individual as well as a corporate user - from within your own network and via the internet. x2go is not limited to any particular hardware, it

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-25742077889338915352010-03-12T15:00:00.001Z2010-03-12T15:00:42.742Z

FreeNX 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 Story

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The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.Full Story

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FBReader is an e-book reader. It currently works on the Sharp Zaurus, Siemens Simpad with Opensimpad ROM, Nokia Internet Tablet (Maemo platform), Archos PMA430, Motorola E680i/A780/A1200 smartphones, PepperPad 3, Asus Eee PC,IRex iLiad, UMPC, and desktop computers running Linux, Windows XP/Vista, or FreeBSD. It supports several e-book formats: epub, plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-30830296449749316852010-02-19T11:35:00.001Z2010-02-19T11:35:37.081Z

TestDrive is a project that makes it very easy to download and run the latest daily Ubuntu development snapshot in a virtual machine. Actually, it can be configured to download and run any URL-access ISO in a virtual machine. But the primary goal is to provide a very simple method for allowing non-technical Ubuntu users to test and provide feedback on the current Ubuntu release under

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-20056151704991724232010-01-20T11:35:00.001Z2010-01-20T11:35:31.251Z

Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-79252422651976542482010-01-03T21:45:00.001Z2010-01-03T21:46:25.535Z

Ubuntu Geek Forum Section Live Now please register to post your ubuntu related questionshttp://www.ubuntugeek.com/forum

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In 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 someone

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-77588275201682500512009-12-06T08:48:00.000Z2009-12-06T08:49:09.343Z

If you are using Windows and ubuntu as dual boot and if you want to access your windows partition you need to follow this procedure.This tutorial will explain how to access your windows partition in simple way.ntfs-config program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-11053313870413334212009-12-01T16:15:00.000Z2009-12-01T16:16:13.065Z

Chrome has recently been open sourced by Google as a developer preview. Its very young, clearly has some issues and needs serious work, however it is usable and lots of people have managed to get it running in a virtual machine or via a USB key.Chrome OS is clearly based on Ubuntu(if you press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal, you can see the Ubuntu Karmic development branch message) meaning

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-31306488477159038402009-10-12T11:28:00.000+01:002009-10-12T11:29:25.913+01:00

The 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-15071092436971322882009-06-24T07:31:00.000+01:002009-06-24T07:32:22.317+01:00

TuxOnIce 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 start

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-20275466459039080812009-06-16T21:49:00.000+01:002009-06-16T21:50:04.160+01:00

Screen 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-11027366177789592462009-06-16T21:48:00.001+01:002009-06-16T21:48:56.053+01:00

Approx 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-74907658918487430602009-05-12T19:32:00.001+01:002009-05-12T19:32:28.277+01:00

In 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 someone

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-73599686768859763932009-04-24T07:54:00.001+01:002009-04-24T07:54:46.818+01:00

The 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-56478507327063510032009-04-20T08:30:00.001+01:002009-04-20T08:30:43.355+01:00

apt-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

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-84475568741582956952009-04-16T08:10:00.001+01:002009-04-16T08:10:44.368+01:00

genisoimage 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-72584829767989029092009-04-13T12:49:00.001+01:002009-04-13T12:49:30.876+01:00

This is simple and easy tutorial How to Install Microsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu Intrepid.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-36798894790251490662009-04-13T08:18:00.000+01:002009-04-13T08:19:04.521+01:00

FreeNX 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-52266384973680325232009-04-08T07:47:00.001+01:002009-04-08T07:47:32.953+01:00

Vimdiff 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-44173679130633896892009-04-07T07:18:00.001+01:002009-04-07T07:18:57.470+01:00

PulseAudio (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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-11248829477716359472009-03-27T07:49:00.001Z2009-03-27T07:49:25.120Z

The 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-89221147319547899472009-03-24T07:51:00.001Z2009-03-24T07:51:45.195Z

The 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

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-57560981485348964832009-03-16T07:31:00.000Z2009-03-16T07:32:21.047Z

If 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,

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-9542011073064102912009-03-10T22:24:00.001Z2009-03-10T22:24:35.529Z

VirtualBox 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-15818593465306197852009-03-05T08:10:00.001Z2009-03-05T08:10:51.386Z

eCryptfs 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

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-952119909692465732009-03-03T06:47:00.002Z2009-03-03T06:48:21.266Z

Have 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-48905877693522925322009-03-03T06:47:00.001Z2009-03-03T06:47:49.082Z

This 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 a

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-44739940311390355972008-11-30T19:13:00.001Z2008-11-30T19:13:39.039Z

VirtualBox 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-25407397788024618622008-11-30T19:12:00.000Z2008-11-30T19:13:00.239Z

To 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-81635542978409956542008-11-26T21:50:00.001Z2008-11-26T21:53:31.105Z

MySQLTuner 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-24989778700736086452008-11-26T21:49:00.000Z2008-11-26T21:50:45.073Z

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

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-14510464497974603462008-11-05T22:12:00.000Z2008-11-05T22:14:00.311Z

I 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-28218703503187087852008-11-05T22:10:00.000Z2008-11-05T22:12:00.179Z

Samba 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 Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-7585496164081373142008-11-05T22:07:00.000Z2008-11-05T22:10:05.017Z

We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options1) Install desktop Environment2) Install WebminFull Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-21473669902252643522008-11-05T22:05:00.000Z2008-11-05T22:07:46.601Z

In 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.Instead, you get increased security, reduced time-to-install, and reduced risk of misconfiguration, all of which results in a lower cost of ownership.The

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-52897041701036827922008-10-31T07:46:00.000Z2008-10-31T07:47:02.126Z

This tutorial will explain how to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibix) released on the 30th of October 2008.By default Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will not offer a upgrade to 8.10. This is because the 8.04 LTS version is a long term support release and 8.10 is a regular release. Upgrades from 8.04 LTS to 8.10 are fully supported, of course, and easy to enable.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-14879547108347984512008-10-19T19:56:00.000+01:002008-10-19T19:59:12.954+01:00

Picasa is free photo software from Google. This version is Linux compatible. Picasa won’t delete your pictures or put them online without your permission. This is a preview of the upcoming release of Picasa 3 for Ubuntu. Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-35218751937917297832008-10-19T19:54:00.000+01:002008-10-19T19:56:26.377+01:00

Money Manager Ex© is a free, open-source, cross-platform, easy-to-use personal finance software. It primarily helps organize one’s finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird’s eye view of your financial worth.Money Manager includes all the basic features that 90% of users would want to see in a personal finance application. The design

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-23106489322974588332008-10-19T19:53:00.000+01:002008-10-19T19:54:20.203+01:00

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.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-53226940733774364612008-10-17T16:23:00.000+01:002008-10-17T16:24:04.376+01:00

15th Oct 2008 adobe released Flash Player version 10.If you want to know what is new in adobe flash player 10 check this.In this tutorial we will see how to install dobe Flash Player 10 in Ubuntu 8.04. Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-34587777243652582962008-10-17T16:22:00.000+01:002008-10-17T16:23:32.277+01:00

Miro is a free application for channels of internet video (also known as ‘video podcasts and video rss). Miro is designed to be easy to use and to give you an elegant fullscreen viewing experience. There are thousands of free internet video channels that you can watch. You’ll be able to download all the videos that each channel offers and when new ones are released, Miro will grab them

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-24541494813004701802008-10-17T16:21:00.000+01:002008-10-17T16:22:50.781+01:00

Many people are put off using Ubuntu because of installation issues. Not that installation is difficult, of course, but for the true non-technical user, it’s equivalent to scaling Mount Everest. This guide is for them. It’s a step-by-step guide to installing Ubuntu for complete and utter beginners. If you have a relative, or friend, who would like to try Ubuntu, but who is frankly scared of the

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-62667599790001018982008-05-13T19:53:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:54:16.457+01:00

Compiz-Check is a script to test if Compiz is able to run on your system/setup and if not, it will tell you the reason why.The script is suitable for GNOME, KDE and Xfce users and is not limited to a specific Linux distribution – in fact, the script lists those infos for you.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-33475202314832196962008-05-13T19:50:00.001+01:002008-05-13T19:52:45.161+01:00

If you want to select Ubuntu mirror which works fastest for you follow these steps this is very important to any ubuntu user to download and install ubuntu packages fastest way.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-70385995522077568352008-05-13T19:48:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:49:44.576+01:00

colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with coloured syntax highlighting at the command line to improve readability. The output is similar to how a diff-generated patch might appear in Vim or Emacs with the appropriate syntax highlighting options enabled. The colour schemes can be read from a central configuration file or from a local user ~/.colordiffrc

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-86693227102418286942008-05-13T19:46:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:48:02.413+01:00

Conduit is a synchronization solution for GNOME which allows the user to take their emails, files, bookmarks, and any other type of personal information and synchronize that data with another computer, an online service, or even another electronic device.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-56828640344028767692008-05-13T19:42:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:44:46.462+01:00

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-40135543553610939682008-05-13T19:41:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:42:54.579+01:00

I have an old noname cheapo webcam, that I dusted out of my junk (why? More on that in a post coming soon). I hoped that it would work in my Ubuntu setup out of the box like most of my other hardware. I connected it to my laptop’s usb port. dmesg gave the following output:Full Story

Ubuntunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570378609176714824.post-9660789377378916862008-05-13T19:37:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:39:57.911+01:00

I’m sure you have copied/moved files on your computer from one place to another. And I’m sure often you have to do more than just “single-shot” copying that is copy a few files to one place, move a few to another, and copy yet some more to one more location. Well, I had to do this quite a few times (e.g. I ran out of disk space recently on a partition and had to empty out my “Movies” and “Songs”

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Installing the application is easy with Ubuntu, however there are a few things to be aware of before making the install process a reality.Full Story

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Tor is a software project that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.Full Story

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ssh (SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.Full Story

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Many system administrators may be in the habit of re-booting their systems to make partition changes visible to the kernel. With Linux, this is not usually necessary. The partprobe command, from the parted package, informs the kernel about changes to partitions.Full Story

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On Cisco routers, a whole bunch of services come enabled by default.your first order of operation would be to ensure that the all unused services are disabled.Full Story

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You can set the identity of the router with the hostname command. This is only locally significant,which means that it has no bearing on how the router performs name lookups or how the router works on the internetwork.Full Story

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There are five passwords used to secure your Cisco routers: console, auxiliary, telnet (VTY),enable password, and enable secret. Just as you learned earlier in the chapter, the first two passwords are used to set your enable password that’s used to secure privileged mode. This will prompt a user for a password when the enable command is used. The other three are used to configure a password when

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Problem: using SWISH++ it is possible to search and sort PDF-files automaticallySolution: tools like pdftotext, find, scripts on Bash or Perl are required to perform quick and fast search within PDF and indexing PDF documents.Full Story

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Sometimes you want to restart your Apache server after changing some configuration in your virutual hosts,sites etc, but you have few hundred clients currently downloading files from your server and you don’t want to disconnect them.Full Story

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If you want to read these system messages, you can always do sudo mutt -f /var/mail/root if you are familiar with mutt. However, an easier and more efficient way to check this mail would be to have it forwarded to your user’s local inbox, and then read it with your favorite email reader.Full Story

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DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem, etc., necessary for running many old DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any DOS application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS

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One question I get all the time is “What package is that file in?” There’s a really easy way to find out yourself. It’s called apt-file and it can search for a file in any package (installed or not). It’s really easy to use:Full Story

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Freecom just brought a brand new product to the Dutch market called the “Musicpal“. On the box it says it’s supported for Windows and Mac, although its software is based on Linux Kernel. Stubborn and Windows/Mac hater as I am, I decided to buy this nice product convinced of managing to make it work somehow in Ubuntu (Linux geek as I am!). Two days later I managed to make it work! Still not

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Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or “aggregators.” RSSOwl is such an application. RSSOwl lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. It’s easy to configure, available in many many

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Akregator is a KDE application for reading online news feeds. Install Akregator using the following command.Full Story

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Ubuntu automatically starts playing audio or video discs when you insert them into CD/DVD drive.If you want to turnoff this use the following tip.Full Story

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If you forgot you password for your ubuntu system you can recover using the following stepsFull Story

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Lacking of good GUI tool, it is often a headache for newbies to setup the FTP service to transfer files among windows/linux/mac machines. Here we introduce a new powerful GUI server/client tool for you to easily solve this problem. You can use it on Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, the same approach.Full Story

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Like my article on Conky, this is one of my favorite techniques to use on any Linux distribution. This technique - utilizing devilspie - will create a transparent terminal session on your desktop that will remain for the duration of your login (unless you exit the terminal session for some reason) This particular how-to addresses Ubuntu specifically, but I’ve done this successfully in 3 or 4

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Webilder delivers stunning wallpapers to your Linux desktop, directly from Flickr and Webshots. You choose what keywords (tags) to watch for, and photos are automatically downloaded to your computer. Webilder can also change the wallpaper every few minutes.Full Story

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If you want to work with FTP server behind NAT use the following procedure.Full Story

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Intel® C++ Compiler Professional Edition offers the best support for creating multi-threaded applications. Only the Professional Edition offers the breadth of advanced optimization, multi-threading, and processor support that includes automatic processor dispatch, vectorization, auto-parallelization, OpenMP*, data prefetching, and loop unrolling, along with highly optimized C++ templates for

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ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. Naturally, ProFTPD powers some of the largest sites on the Internet. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, modules, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple ‘virtual’ FTP servers, anonymous FTP,

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Many people complain that Sony Vaio laptops are loud because of the fan. Fan is running almost all the time, which can be very annoying. This program works under Linux and requires SonyPI driver to work. This driver is preinstalled at least in Ubuntu distribution.Full Story

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Howto Boot debian in text mode instead of graphical mode (GUI)Full Story

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This tutorial will explain How to install syslog server in ubuntu using apache.Full Story

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AcetoneISO is CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux.Using this tool it is very easy to Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG ImagesFull Story

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Many People have been having problems with Intel Graphics in widescreen so here is the solution howto fix this.Full Story

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While choosing web hosting service provider for your future or already existing web site you will be confronted with the main dilemma – type of the web server platform that you will use for hosting your web site.Full Story

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SSH is a great way to remotely administer a server. However, it still has a number of issues when you open it up to the world. The server and client communications are secure but that doesn’t mean the hosts involved are. Opening an SSH service to the world allows for brute force attacks and means that the carbon interface is still the weakest link.Full Story

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If you have a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse here is the procedure to follow howto setup in ubuntuFull Story

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Do you want completely anonymous internet access? For Free? Tor is the open source leader to anonymous connections on the internet, you can anonymize your internet presence from AIM/ICQ/MSN/ Jabber/IRC/WWW/FTP and you can even issue a torify command at the command prompt to anonymize your wget/ssh/lynx/ftp/perl or whatever. Basically tor is for the people by the people, it is only alive because

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This article explains how to set up Tor in Feisty based on my own experience (with Gnome interface). Tor is a program that allows one to surf through a local proxy with a routed IP address (so the webpage you surf does not have a record of your own IP address). I got it work in Firefox2, so this tutorial will mainly be for Firefox users (if you use Firefox 1.5 or under, you need to install

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Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 1997 as a successor to the Microsoft WinHelp format. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98, and is still supported and distributed through Windows XP platforms.Full Story

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For this article, I’ll assume that you already have Ubuntu installed. It’s one of the easiest distro’s out there to install, ranking right up there with Fedora and Suse. After installation is complete, and you log in for the first time, you’ll most likely be prompted to install updates. Install these updates and reboot before continuing. Typically, you don’t need to reboot after an update, but

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The artwiz fonts are a set of small futuristic fonts for x11, created by Artwiz,TigerT,and Daniel Erat.These fonts are most popular with openbox/fluxbox users.Full Story

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Currently Feisty Fawn users (7.04) using the generic kernel (which is 2.6.20-16-generic). This tutorial will explain howto upgrade you to kernel version 2.6.22-9-generic(as of 07AUG07).Full Story

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Opera is a cross-platform web browser and Internet suite which handles common internet-related tasks including visiting web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting online and displaying Widgets. Opera’s lightweight mobile web browser Opera Mini and most current versions of its desktop application are offered free of charge.Full Story

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monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.Full Story

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If you are using VAIO VGN-FS660/W with Feisty fwan and the Memory Stick light on the front panel would always stay on. If you don’t use it, here’s an easy way to turn off.Full Story

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If you want to Sort your files and folders by size use the following tipFull Story

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su is run a shell with substitute user and group IDs. su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly.Full Story

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If you have a folder with a lot of files in a directory and with a specific string that you want to change you can do it in seconds using grep and perl command lineFull Story

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Let us say that you want to rename all of your “.php5″ files to “.php” files. You can use for loop.Full Story

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“Envy” is an application for Ubuntu Linux and Debian written in Python and PyGTK.Full Story

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