How to SSH on Ubuntu &#...
Lots has been written about SSH on Linux machines, but all too often it is written in technical jargon that confuses what is actually a very simple a...
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Updated your computer to the latest version of Ubuntu, just to find it freezing or running so slowly that it is almost unusable? Well, read on and we...
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One of the people who switched to Ubuntu Linux recently, phoned me asking what kind of antivirus they should have installed. Quite frankly, I've neve...
View Full Story80 CommentsTop 100 of the Best (Us...
The following is a list of about 100 of the best OpenSource Applications, that actually help make Linux more usable for people. It is my hope that th...
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Decorate Ubuntu for ...
'Tis the season to be jolly, apparently, so what could be better than gathering the family around and decorating your Linux system with a bit of Christmas ch...
How To
How to Install a Web...
I recently saw a comment on this blog, from Neville, where he was having trouble getting FTP to operate as expected on his web server. Needless to say, thi...
Applications
More Useful Open Sou...
In 2008, I wrote the popular post "Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications" /top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-app...
How To
Installing ffmpeg-ph...
"Chokri" commented on the post "Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – LAMP installation with cgi-bin", asking: "...
Q & A
Enabling Automatic L...
Harvey from the U.S. asks: "...Just upgraded to 10.04, so am having to log in each time the computer suspends/screen locks. I am the only one with physi...
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How to Uninstall .de...
Jake from Germany asks: "...I downloaded the new .deb package from Opera... and I want to uninstall it because it will not load any web pages, making me cra...
Q & A
Upgrade Ubuntu Firef...
Erica from Canada asks: "... I'm using Ubuntu 9.04... the "Check for Updates" in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox... I'm stuck at ...
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Ubuntu MD5 Hash R...
Nicki from Toronto asks: "...I've made too many coasters, where is the link to check the MD5 of the Ubuntu iso downloads... Someone told me I should check t...
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Google Earth and Chr...
Ruud emailed asking, "How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I've tried using apt-get, but the packages are not found. I am using Ubuntu 8.04" For Ubuntu...
