Jun

2

Faster Internet With an Old Laptop - Ubuntu and Squid

June 2, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Linux Projects - Hands On

I’ve posted more than once about tips we can complete to improve our web surfing. This morning I was cleaning out some old hardware (to take to the recycling centre) when I happened upon one of the last old laptops I had.
It’s an older IBM Thinkpad T22, Type 2647 with 256MB of RAM and a [...]

May

15

How to Use the Second Network Port on Your Computer

May 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

The PC I use has two network (ethernet) ports in the back. For years I’ve always had one cable plugged into it, leaving the second (RJ45) port unused. Recently however there’s been a second ISP provider added.
It got me thinking about the old days - When I was on dial-up and we used to “join” [...]

Mar

24

Building a Web Developer / Designer PC Using Ubuntu Linux - Revisited

March 24, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

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 [...]

Mar

16

Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux

March 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

For those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes - Again” post. At that point I decided to install Ubuntu (effectively removing Windows based PC’s from the network).
In some ways I [...]

Mar

9

Getting Started with Firewall Builder

March 9, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On

                                                              This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Firewall BuilderThis guide presents an introduction to Firewall Builder. Firewall Builder (also known as fwbuilder), is a GUI firewall configuration and management tool that supports iptables (netfilter), ipfilter, pf, ipfw, Cisco PIX (FWSM, ASA) and Cisco routers extended access lists. Both professional network administrators and [...]

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