How To Install Aptana Studio In Ubuntu Intrepid
For those who have read my review of Aptana and wish to install it in Ubuntu 8.10, here is how you can do so. While the installation is not as straightforward as it should be, the overall process is...
View ArticleKVM Virtualization With Enomalism 2 On An Ubuntu 8.10 Server
Enomalism ECP (Elastic Computing Platform) provides a web-based control panel that lets you design, deploy, and manage virtual machines on one or more host systems (in the case of multiple systems, we...
View Article4 Ways to Create CD/DVD ISO Images in Ubuntu
In this guide I will show how to create CD/DVD ISO images in Ubuntu using four easy methods More here K3b is the KDE default CD/DVD burner and also one of the most popular (if not the most popular)...
View ArticleThe Perfect Server – Ubuntu 8.10
This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 8.10 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. More here ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to...
View ArticleVirtualBox 2: How To Pass Through USB Devices To Guests On An Ubuntu 8.10 Host
This short guide shows how you can pass through USB devices (such as a USB flash drive) to VirtualBox guests on an Ubuntu 8.10 VirtualBox 2 host. More here
View ArticleHow to setup abit AirPace PCI-e WiFi card without ndiswrapper in Ubuntu Intrepid
This tutorial will explain how to setup abit AirPace PCI-e WiFi card without ndiswrapper in Ubuntu Intrepid More here First thing to do is disable the suggested drivers; go to the Restricted Drivers...
View ArticleUbuntu 8.10 Apache mod_ajp to Tomcat6
So I had this project where we needed to have the Tomcat handle the JSP pages from a website. I had to install a few mod to apache and then setup the ProxyPass to handle the requests. More here
View ArticleWhy Dell Should Upgrade Past Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
We are looking at the performance of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 9.04 from the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. Since Ubuntu 8.04.2, Intel’s Atom performance has improved tremendously and...
View ArticleCreating A Bootable Ubuntu USB Thumbdrive From Windows With uSbuntu Live Creator
uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable USB stick with Ubuntu 8.10 on it. This software also offers a new option for virtualization to run Ubuntu...
View ArticleUpgrading your desktop from Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex to 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
With Ubuntu 9.04 being released yesterday, I am going to show you how to get prepared to upgrade your 8.10 install. More here Before you upgrade: Backup your data – Please, please, please backup all of...
View ArticleFlamerobin 0.9.2 for ubuntu jaunty/intrepid/hardy is released
Here are the install notes for ubuntu intrepid, jaunty or hardy See them here
View ArticleUbuntu Linux: How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 from Ubuntu 8.10
We have already discussed how to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, in this post let us discuss how we can upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope from Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex. More...
View ArticleRunning Ubuntu 9.04 With Older Hardware
We had not looked closely at running the Jaunty Jackalope with older hardware. In this article though we have done just that and carried out a number of Ubuntu 9.04 tests using an older VIA-based PC....
View ArticleUbuntu 8.10 bootup time compared with 9.04
One of the claimed features that made me upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 was the boot-up speed increases. Before the upgrade using Ubuntu 8.10 it took my computer 55 seconds to boot up to the login screen. More...
View ArticleAutomatic setup script for ubuntu
Recently I wrote a set of scripts which let you setup a usable environment after a fresh Ubuntu installation. This script will work with Gusty, Hardy, Intrepid as well as Jaunty. More here Set vm...
View ArticleDell Sticks to Ubuntu 8.04 for Stability, Costs
When Dell announced a shift in its Linux strategy last week, accompanied by a new netbook, many wondered why Dell insisted on pre-loading Ubuntu 8.04, instead of newer versions of the popular Linux...
View ArticleUbuntu Server in Place Network Upgrade From 8.10 to 9.04
It is easy to do an in-place upgrade of Ubuntu Server from 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex‘ to 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope‘. You can do this remotely over ssh or whatever you use to control your server. More here Best...
View ArticleGargoyle on Ubuntu
Gargoyle is one of those products that I wish was in the official Ubuntu repositories, but isn’t. Well, it’s not in the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repositories anyway. More here Gargoyle is a player for...
View ArticleLinux Media Server Using Ubuntu 8.10
This project attempts to show you how to make your own home media server from readily available PC components & open source software. The software components we’ll be using in this feature are…...
View ArticleDiet Ubuntu — Revised
Ubuntu can be seen as quite bloated on a default desktop installation, this guide aims to provide tips and solutions for cutting down on the cruft and also will provide you with some applications...
View ArticleUbuntu Report Card (2009)
The purpose of this article is not to whine or rant, but to bring some perspective to the evolution (or lack thereof) that Ubuntu has experienced between versions 8.04 and 9.04. I write this article in...
View ArticleFirebird 2.1.3 packages for #Ubuntu are ready
Firebird packages for ubuntu , karmic ,intrepid , jaunty and hardy are ready and uploaded into my ppa More here and a description of the changes here
View ArticleGNUmed on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
It seems quite a few people still use Ubuntu 8.10 aka Intrepid Ibex. When those users try to run GNUmed electronic medical record they are presented with a crash dialog right away. More here
View ArticleEasy mobile online access with Ubuntu Linux
nova media today unveiled a mobile Internet connection manager for Ubuntu 9.04 and 8.10, called ‘launch2net’. This sleek little program includes all necessary drivers to work with many 3G USB modems...
View ArticleInstall/Upgrade latest Ubuntu-Tweak in Ubuntu9.10/9.04/8.10/8.04
Ubuntu-Tweak is a great ubuntu utility that has a strong functionality such as add and remove apps,edit sources/third-party sources,free up disk space by removing unneeded packages,configure auto-start...
View ArticleHow to Install Thunderbird 3 Shredder in Ubuntu 9.10/9.04/8.10
Newest Mozilla email client Thunderbird 3 was released a few days ago,and now only the tar file available for download.However,I’m not like compiling this from the source code. More here
View Article10 Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10
Canonical announced a few hours ago the immediate availability of a new Linux kernel security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 8.10...
View ArticleNew Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10
The update patches 5 important security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various hackers. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to update your system as soon as...
View ArticleUbuntu 8.10 reaches end-of-life on April 30, 2010
Ubuntu announced its 8.10 release almost 18 months ago, on October 30, 2008. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support...
View ArticleDesktop Search In Ubuntu Intrepid (And Debian) In KDE 4.2
Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 features an inbuilt desktop search. Unfortunately I never managed to get it to work right and I tried a lot of things. So I finally went on irc.freenode.org into the #strigi...
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