Mar
12
Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux!
March 12, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 26 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
One of the things I dislike is reinstalling any operating system over, and over, and over again. After a while it becomes boring and inconvenient when you’ve a hot idea you want to try out. One of the things I enjoy doing (and I’ve posted several ideas or projects), is to try out new ways, [...]
Mar
11
Digital Forensics in Linux – Reclaiming Data Off a Failed Hard Drive.
March 11, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On
I recently spoke with a lady who operates a Forensic Accounting consultancy. During the course of our conversation, she indicated that from time-to-time she receives requests for computer data related assistance. Namely, obtaining deleted information off hard drives or data off failed drives. Her business operates on Windows based platforms and she was wondering how [...]
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
Using Ubuntu to Crack WEP
February 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 60 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, [...]
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 she [...]

