Mar
1
Speed Up and Improve Web Surfing With an Ubuntu Squid Server.
March 1, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
A year ago, I was able to obtain a used (end-of-lease) skid of 20 IBM ThinkPad T22 notebooks. I was able to sell almost all of them on eBay (after cleaning them up, buying RAM and power adaptor cords), except for two (because the hardware does not work properly). Those two have been laying around [...]
Feb
26
Linux Driver for Quickcam USB cameras – Logitech Quickcam Fusion
February 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 9 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation
I just inherited a Logitech Quickcam Fusion, but where the heck are the drivers? I took a look at the Logitech site… and asked the same question. (Sidenote: Logitech, you need to get your act together. Where are your Linux drivers?). Needless to say Ekiga could not use the cam. After much hair pulling, nashing [...]
Feb
26
Using Ubuntu to Crack WEP
February 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 70 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
I was sent a great URL yesterday, that (in essence) was a hands-on guide to cracking WEP. Personally I question the ethics of such activities, however I’d also like to learn how this is done, so that I might further enhance the wifi security here. I’d like to adapt this to Feisty or Gutsy, so [...]
Feb
26
Duplicate Your DVD’s Using Ubuntu
February 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Applications, How to...
Looking for a simpler way to make a backup copy of your valuable DVD’s? Try “K9″: sudo apt-get install k9copy K9Copy is a small utility which allows the copy of DVD on Linux. The DVD video stream is compressed by the program Vamps. Site: http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ If you are using KDE, it will appear in the [...]
Feb
25
Using Ubuntu as an Electronic Document Management System
February 25, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
Over the weekend a client phoned me as she was interested in the Knowledge Tree Document Management System. She runs a small business that provides document creation services for clients in the US and Canada, and needed an effective solution to manage her (electronic) documents. She also emailed this URL: http://www.knowledgetree.com/ About a year ago [...]

