Linux Tutorials on the topic “Ubuntu”
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization •
Comments: 6 VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Ubuntu 9.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
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How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Ubuntu 9.10)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, mysql, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 How To Set Up WebDAV With MySQL Authentication On Apache2 (Ubuntu 9.10) This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with MySQL authentication (using mod_auth_mysql) on Apache2 on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.
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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 10.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 14 The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 10.04 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 10.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Kubuntu 10.04 is derived from Ubuntu 10.04 and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 9 (Isadora)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 9 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 10.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 10.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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How To Upgrade Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 How To Upgrade Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) The new Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Kubuntu 9.10 desktop installation to Kubuntu 10.04.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 39 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 4 How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (Desktop & Server) Yesterday the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 10.04.
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Processing 10000 Pictures Using Many Computers With Oropo (Debian/Ubuntu)
Author: ms209495 • Tags: debian, other, ubuntu • Comments: 1Processing 10000 Pictures Using Many Computers With Oropo (Debian/Ubuntu) Have you ever had a lot of data to process ? In such a moment after a while of processing we realize that it will take ages to complete. It would be faster if we could use two or three or even more computers. Let's use some computers - you think it is a lot of configuration ? You are wrong. With Oropo it's easy. Let's discuss a problem of processing large number of pictures. First approach for solving this problem is to process pictures sequentially on one computer. Second approach is to process pictures parallelly on many computers.
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Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10 This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.
