Mar
16
Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux
March 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Building a Web Developer / Designer PCFor 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 [...]
Mar
9
Getting Started with Firewall Builder
March 9, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | 4 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
This entry is part 1 of 6 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 [...]
Feb
22
Update Gimp in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 – The Fast Way
February 22, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How to...
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu Linux (8.04 – Hardy Heron) and wanted to update my version of Gimp to the latest. Unfortunately ’sudo aptitude install gimp’ in a terminal simply does not do the trick. Why? Because the latest version is not in the repositories. Hopefully this short post will help some of you avoid a [...]
Jul
17
Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Installation of OpenSSH.
July 17, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On
In the last installment, I covered what was done to install LAMP on the server. But remember that we did not install SSH. Why is SSH important? It allows us to remotely connect to the server using tools such as PuTTY, so that we can execute commands, install software, etc.
The command is simple:
sudo [...]
Jun
27
Full Circle Magazine – Issue #14 is Out
June 27, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Experiences, News
I received an email this morning from Full Circle Magazine (they are a “…FREE Independent Magazine (and podcast) for the Ubuntu Linux Community…”) saying that the latest publication is out; and was happy to see that one of my posts, Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux!, was featured in the latest [...]

