In my attempts to performance tune the blog I’ve been looking at alternate web servers, primarily lighttpd. One of the initial issues that I had with an attempted migration was that of enabling php. With Apache php had been simple, but lighttpd needed a bit more.
To install a php fastcgi enabled web server [...]
In this tutorial we will see how to enable remote desktop access in ubuntu desktop and accessing remotely.vino is VNC server for GNOME.VNC is a protocol that allows remote display of a user’s desktop. This package provides a VNC server that integrates with GNOME, allowing you to export your running desktop to another computer for [...]
Bootsplash can be a simple visualisation of the scrolling boot messages in the console, but it can also present graphics or some combinations of both.For some reason there is a bug in the new version (8.10 Intrepid Ibex) that will not let you change this.
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Linux has excellent software-based RAID built into the kernel. Unfortunately information on configuring and maintaining it is sparse. Back in 2003, O’Reilly published Managing RAID on Linux and that book is still mostly up to date, but finding clear instructions on the web for setting up RAID has become a chore.
Here is how to install
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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 options
1) Install desktop Environment
2) Install Webmin
1) Install desktop Environment
First you nee to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse [...]
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.
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Here are a few tricks for APT, the Advanced Packaging Tool used on Debian and Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu.
View all the packages installed on a system
The easiest way to do it is:
dpkg –get-selections
It does not require to be root, and will display all the packages installed via APT. For example, the first lines may look
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu
8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable
graphics card - I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz
Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a
desktop cube on your desktop.
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old [...]
This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu
8.10) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters:
Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and
TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier
POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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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 [...]
If you want to use service command in ubuntu intrepid install sysvinit-utils package.This package contains the important System-V-like utilities.Specifically, this package includes: killall5, last, lastb, mesg, pidof, service, sulogin.
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This Tutorial provides instructions and notes on upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), released on the 30th of October 2008.
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Five of the top 10 most downloaded distributions on Distrowatch use the Debian package system. It has developed a rich infrastructure of utilities — not just the core commands apt-get and dpkg, but also such less well-known commands as apt-cache, apt-spy, and apt-listbugs. In addition, an array of other scripts, some mashups of existing utilities, [...]
New Linux users may be content with automatic updates and the package information shown by desktop tools, but more experienced users are generally more cautious and demanding. Experienced users, for instance, may want to assess the risk of an upgrade by studying its dependencies before they begin, or to overcome a package conflict by using [...]