Jun
2
What Ubuntu version are you running?
June 2, 2009 | By: Vadim Peretokin | 1 Comment
Posted in Editorials
The GiftWrap team would like to conduct a poll of the different versions of Ubuntu every one is on.
If you have a moment, please take time to answer this one simple question: Which Ubuntu version are you using?
(The poll is external because such that all results in one place. Thanks!)
Jun
2
Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid
June 2, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 12 Comments
Posted in Hands On
I've posted more than once about tips we can complete to improve our web surfing. This morning I was cleaning out some old hardware (to take to the recycling centre) when I happened upon one of the last old laptops I had.
It's an older IBM Thinkpad T22, Type 2647 with 256MB of RAM and a 20GB hard drive. A couple years ago, I had 2o of these units, bought from a recycling depot. I sold them all on eBay, and only have a couple left now.
Whilst packing up the stuff to cart off, it occurred to me that I could put this old laptop to work by installing a proxy / caching server on it, and have my we browsers, pull much of the regularly requested web content off a locally cached network server. This means installing Squid. Not sure what Squid is: Squid (software), from their site:
"...Squid is a proxy server and web cache daemon. It has a wide variety of uses, from speeding up a web server by caching repeated requests, to caching web, DNS and other computer network lookups for a group of people sharing network resources, to aiding security by filtering traffic. Although primarily used for HTTP and FTP, Squid includes limited support for several other protocols including TLS, SSL, Internet Gopher and HTTPS. The development version of Squid (3.1) includes IPv6 and ICAP support..."
Needless, as I currently enjoy using Ubuntu, that's what I used as the OS for this project. Installing a Squid server on the network, provided me with a few important benefits:
- Less bandwidth usage.
- Faster web surfing.
- Network cached copies of pages I regularly visit (if the original server is down).
Firstly, make sure you've Read more
May
29
Ubuntu Linux Help is Now on Twitter
May 29, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Editorials
Just a quick not to all of you...
UbuntuLinuxHelp is on Twitter! I've created a twitter account for the blog at twitter.com/UbuntuLinuxHelp
If you'd like me to follow you, please send a twitter message and I'd be happy. If you follow me back, I'd be even happier.
Also, I've made som updates to this blog:
- On the left sidebar at the bottom, I display the most recent "linux" related tweets on twitter.
- In the right sidebar, I've added "Weekly Top Commentors", if you comment on this blog, then you'll get more link love.
- Finally, I've added a "Linux on Youtube" page, it shows the most recently uploaded videos fro "Linux" and "Ubuntu".
Hope to see you on twitter!
Thanks all...
May
28
Asus Slaps Linux in the Face? – Not!
May 28, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Editorials
I read an article on Techgeist that had a blurb about Asus backing Microsoft with the Eee PC. From their site:
"Linux just got a major slap in the face today from Asus. One of the highlights of Linux going mainstream was the wildly popular Asus Eee PC preinstalled with a customized Linux distro geared towards web applications. While I personally never got what the big deal was, I was still happy for all the Linux people out there waiting for this day, but it looks like the cause for celebration won't be lasting much longer..." The complete original article can be read at: Asus Slaps Linux In The Face.
The gist of Techgeist's post is that Asus and Microsoft have Read more
May
27
Why is Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Not LTS?
May 27, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Editorials
It's not LTS, because it's not time yet...
A short post: "Why is Jaunty not an LTS release, shouldn't I just stay with Hardy?" That's a question I received from one of my clients. For those not familiar, "LTS" means "Long Term Support". Indeed 8.04 (Hardy) has a longer support life than 9.04 (Jaunty), in fact, support for 9.04 will expire before 8.04.
Note:
Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) release was April, 2008
- Support for desktops ends: April, 2011
- Support for servers ends: April, 2013
Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) release was April 2009
- Support ends: October 2010
One thing to be aware of is that Canonical (the people who release Ubuntu), provide an Read more
