This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox
2 on a Debian Lenny desktop. VirtualBox is available as a package from
the official Debian Lenny repository, but it’s very old (version
1.6.6), therefore I explain how to install the current version (2.1.4
at the time of this writing). With VirtualBox you can create and run
guest operating [...]
Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.Shutter used to be called GScrot.
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This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 5.2 server for the
installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig
3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the
following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix
mail server, MySQL, MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV,
and many more.
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This document describes how to set up Openbravo ERP
(enterprise management system) on Debian Lenny. Openbravo is an open
source ERP solution designed specifically for the SME (small to midsize
firm). Developed in a web based environment, it includes many robust
functionalities which are considered part of the extended ERP:
procurement and warehouse management, project and service management,
production management, and [...]
This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and
running virtual machines on a Fedora 10 server. I will show how to
create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use
a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU [...]
Since version 4.8, OpenSSH supports chrooting,
so no patches are needed anymore. This tutorial describes how to give
users chrooted SSH access. With this setup, you can give your users
shell access without having to fear that they can see your whole
system. Your users will be jailed in a specific directory which they
will not be able to break [...]
This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2009.1
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 hardware, and
the [...]
foremost
is a forensics application to recover files based on their headers,
footers, and internal data structures. Foremost can work on image
files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or
directly on a drive. This short article shows how you can use foremost
to recover deleted files.
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This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server
1.0.x (1.0.8 at the time of this writing) on an Ubuntu 8.10 desktop
system. This is for those who prefer VMware Server 1.0.x over VMware
Server 2.
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and
running virtual machines on a Debian Lenny server. I will show how to
create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use
a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU [...]
Recently I posted “Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux” and received a few messages asking what other tools I use. To save me time with answering email messages that essentially contain the same information, and to help the maximum number of readers, I thought it would be a [...]
For the past couple of years I have been waiting and waiting for the possibility for a Google Browser, there has been rumors over the years and finally Google came out with Chrome. Unfortunately Google Chrome was only released for windows, only until now there is a semi working gui that is actually usable!! [...]
Flickr overlays a transparent image on some ‘protected’ photos named spaceball.gif. If you find a photo you like and wish to use for your private non-commercial purposes, what’s the harm? Getting around this is quite simple.
The easiest way is the Stylish plugin. Install the plugin, and then right click on the [...]
A while back I was introduced to what has become my #1 favorite programming/scripting language: Python. It’s difficult for a language developer to come up with something that’s both powerful and easy to write, something that flows naturally and allows you to focus on what’s important in your code. Python does this beautifully. [...]
For those who have read my review of Aptana and wish to install it in Ubuntu 8.10, here is how you can do so. While the installation is not as straightforward as it should be, the overall process is not that difficult either.
The instruction below is meant for 32-bit machine. If you are using a [...]