Mar
27
Automatic FTP Backup System – A Very Simple Solution
March 27, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 9 Comments
Posted in Applications, How To
Earlier last week I was reading some posts in a web hosting forum “Site Backup – Virtual Private Servers (VPS)”, within the post a forum member was trying to facilitate an automated backup system for his important files. In this case they were web based files. There were some excellent solutions presented, such as Rsync, [...]
Mar
26
Create Flash Content in Linux – A Missing Link for Developers?
March 26, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Applications, Editorials
Last month we posted “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications”, which listed some really good open source applications. One of the things missing was a good OpenSource, Flash content creation tool. It seems there’s a new application in town! On March 25, 2008 the “Salasaga” site announced a snapshot release of their developing [...]
Mar
24
BluRay and HDDVD in Ubuntu Linux
March 24, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Applications, Editorials, How To
Hello everyone! I’m back from the Easter break and found this little gem in my email. It outlines how to play BlueRay and HD DVD in Ubuntu Linux. In a nutshell it covers the need for mplayer and ffmpeg as well as DumpHD and the required hardware. I’ve not tried this yet (I don’t have [...]
Mar
22
Do You Get the Firefox is Running Error?
March 22, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Applications, How To
One more quick post for the Easter holiday (here in Canada). I’ve started getting that annoying “Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.” error message again, and was looking for a quick fix (as I’d been logging [...]
Mar
12
Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux!
March 12, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 26 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
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, [...]
