Dec
4
Adding a Terminal Hot Key Shortcut – Reader Questions
December 4, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in How To
Janice emailed asking: “…and lots of your posts show us how to do things in a terminal. Each time I have to go to Applications / Accessories / Terminal, isn’t there a faster way, like some key combination or something?…” In Ubuntu (for that matter pretty much all Linux distros), you can set up “hot [...]
Nov
30
Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s
November 30, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How To
Here’s the scenario: Box #1: Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS Box #2: Windows XP SP3 Box #3: Remote storage (NAS) DLink DNS-321 Linux and Windows both need read and write access to the remote files stored on the DNS-321 backup unit. This way there is only one set of files and directories to manage, that both computers [...]
Jul
15
Using The Host Object in Firewall Builder
July 15, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | Leave a Comment
Posted in How To
This article continues the series of articles on Firewall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). Firewall Builder was introduced on this site earlier with articles Getting Started With Firewall Builder, Using Built-in Policy Importer in [...]
Jul
9
PGP – Setting Up Your Launchpad Key
July 9, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How To
Granted, Launchpad might not be something newer Ubuntu users or less experienced users consider joining? However, I recently checked out the site and created my account. When I’m ready to create a couple packages, I can upload them to launchpad, where I or anyone in the community can access and use them, from anywhere. Additionally, [...]
Jul
2
Using Firewall Object in Firewall Builder
July 2, 2009 | By: Vadim Kurland | 1 Comment
Posted in How To
This article continues the series of articles on Fireall Builder, a graphical firewall configuration and management tool that supports many Open Source firewall platforms as well as Cisco IOS access lists and Cisco ASA (PIX). Firewall Builder was introduced on this site earlier with articles Getting Started With Firewall Builder and Using Built-in Policy Importer [...]
