Jun

29

Installing Compass on Ubuntu

June 29, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to...

One thing I particularly enjoy are tools that make my work simpler. I was reading a post on Smashing Magazine about “35 CSS-Lifesavers For Efficient Web Design” that mentioned Compass. It’s a a real stylesheet framework. As such it’s of great benefit to web developers and designers who have some coding skills.
What particularly attracted me [...]

Jun

25

Using Built-In Revision Control in Firewall Builder

June 25, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to...

This article continues the series of articles on Firewall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). Firewall Builder was introduced [...]

Jun

20

20 Useful, Common Linux (Ubuntu) Commands for New Users

June 20, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How to...

I recently was asked by a new Ubuntu user (also involved in web, graphic design, etc.), what some of the more common day to day commands I use are.
Many of these commands can increase productivity, etc. by making things (for me at least), easier to do. My system desktop has a transparent terminal integrated into [...]

Jun

20

Converting VMware Images to VirtualBox – A Simple Method

June 20, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in News

When I need to run a Windows based application on my trusty Ubuntu Hardy box, I don’t use Wine. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I don’t want to have to manage the Wine environment and prefer to have Windows and it’s associated applications tucked away in it’s own virtual system. This way if [...]

Jun

18

Making Your Ubuntu System Read Out Loud

June 18, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Experiences

I had an interesting morning playing with my Ubuntu (Hardy – 8.04) system. I just created a nice new desktop, with super effects and graphics and wondered if there’s not a way to create a more customized “ear candy” environment (since I’ve already covered the eye candy aspect). I discovered that Ubuntu (and most likely [...]

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