Archive for April, 2007

DEBIAN ETCH AND OTHER DEBIAN STUFF!!!

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Desktop, Fedora Core, Installation | No Comments »

Several years ago, when I was just starting to use Linux, I remember getting a SUSE machine working and I was quite proud. My second big install was Red ... Read more..

bsc - graphical file manager with two panels

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

bsc (BeeSoft Commander) is a graphical file manager (similar to the midnight commander) that displays two directories at once for easier copying and moving of files. Full Story Read more..

Install Beryl with latest nvidia drivers in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Nvidia have released their 9xxx series drivers.Tis allows compiz/beryl to now run directly on an x server (xorg7.1) without separate aiglx or xgl. Full Story Read more..

UBUNTU FEISTY…THE UPGRADE!

Saturday, April 21st, 2007 Posted in Books | No Comments »

I could spend hours talking about UBUNTU. I might mention that they would be hours well spent, having used Ubuntu since it was first released. The latest version ... Read more..

Debian/Ubuntu Package management Using dpkg

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Dpkg is the Debian package manager dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages. The primary and more user-friendly front-end for dpkg is dselect.dpkg itself ... Read more..

How to Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Ubuntu

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java applications are compiled to bytecode, which at runtime is either interpreted or compiled to native ... Read more..

Automatix2 Overview Guide in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn With lots of Screenshots

Sunday, April 15th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

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

1280X1024 in EDGY…

Saturday, April 14th, 2007 Posted in Desktop, Installation, Terminal Tweaks | No Comments »

Ever have one of those weeks? You know the kind where nothing you are trying to do is working! That has been my past week. The project ... Read more..

Desktop Search Engine with Doodle in Debian

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Doodle is a tool to quickly search the documents on a computer. Doodle builds an index using meta-data contained in the documents and allows fast searches on the resulting database. ... Read more..

List of Bandwidth Monitoring Tools For Linux

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Bandwidth in computer networking refers to the data rate supported by a network connection or interface. One most commonly expresses bandwidth in terms of bits per second (bps).This is hude ... Read more..

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Release Dates and Mark Shuttleworth About Gutsy

Thursday, April 12th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

In addition to Ubuntu 6-months stable releases and the next version of ubuntu is 7.10 with Code Name “Gutsy Gibbon”. Full Story Read more..

Howto Setup Streaming Media Server in Ubuntu GNU/Linux

Thursday, April 5th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

If you have a large music collection then streaming it across a LAN, or the internet, is a logical thing to do with it.This is simple guide how to setup ... Read more..

How to install OTRS (Open source Ticket Request System) in Debian

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

OTRS is an Open source Ticket Request System (also well known as trouble ticket system) with many features to manage customer telephone calls and e-mails. The system is built to ... Read more..

Galternatives - Graphical setup tool for Alternatives Configuration in Ubuntu

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

There are several programs fulfilling the same or similar functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. For example, many systems have several text editors or ... Read more..