Feb
21
How to Regularly Backup Ubuntu Using rsync
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation
Right after I wrote How to regularly backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync for my T42 ThinkPad, I ended up installing Ubuntu on it. In the end I was mostly interested in backing it up for the purpose of safely wiping Windows. So much for regularly. Then something unexpected happened: I started to use [...]
Feb
21
How to regularly backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation
Back in September I revived my Mini-ITX box to serve as a backup server. I set up BackupPC, ran it once, it seemed to work, and then ignored it for weeks. When I checked back, it hadn’t run successfully since. Ugh, I want backups to just work! A few nights ago I decided to try [...]
Feb
21
How to Play Most Restricted Media Formats in Ubuntu
February 21, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Installation
Ubuntu strives to make all software that meets the licensing terms in the Ubuntu License Policy available. However patent and copyright restrictions complicate free operating systems distributing software to support proprietary formats. Ubuntu’s commitment to only include completely free software by default means that proprietary media formats are not configured ‘out of the box’. Ubuntu [...]
Feb
20
Ubuntu LAMP Server With Torrentflux In VMware
February 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
This tutorial is meant for Linux newbies who want to try and build a Ubuntu Server box as a web server and torrent client. It is a step by step instruction on how to do this in VMWare on Windows XP to get the feel of it. I wrote this after, being a Linux newbie [...]
Feb
20
How to Display Linux VPS Memory Usage
February 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Experiences, How to...
In my experience, the hardest thing to work around when using a VPS for hosting is limited memory. It’s definitely a challenge to try and tune a database, web server, and application server for load under the constraints of a VPS plan (typically 512 MB or less of RAM). The best solution I came-up with [...]

