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How to get package info (including version and dependancies) on just about anything in Ubuntu
Do you know how to find out what version of SSH is running on your Ubuntu box? How about what version of apt? Would you like to see what certain packages depend on to run? Or find the MD5 hash for already installed packages?
Continue reading...Ubuntu Rdesktop vulnerability - pretty easy fix
19. September 2008
Just noticed that there was a vulnerability found with rdesktop in Ubuntu (and probably other systems as well). For 99% of the people, running a software update or typing the following will fix it
Continue reading...How to get a cool, ray-traced animated screen saver for your Ubuntu Linux box
8. September 2008
I stumbled on a beautiful screen saver for my Ubuntu box today called Eternity which features several flavors of Ubuntu plus a default animation as well. The screen saver is called Eternity and the flavors are plain old vanilla Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and oddly enough, the Ubuntu Satanic release.
Continue reading...Things you should never EVER type in Linux. Ever!
28. August 2008
I feel that I need to put a warning at the top of this post because try as I might in the subject to be clear about what I mean, I know that someone will go and type/execute one of these things into their production server at work and then be horribly distraught and/or cause some sort of power grid catastrophe across the Pacific Northwest or something. So DO NOT, DON'T, NEVER EVER EVER EVER run these commands in a terminal session. If you do you will render your system anything from useless without a forced reboot to devoid of any useful purpose ever.
Continue reading...Ubuntu security notice - kernel vulnerabilities found in all supported releases
26. August 2008
There's an important security notice from the Ubuntu folks. A kernel vulnerability was found. It's pretty much only vulnerable to local attacks but it's always a good idea to update your boxes to the latest versions of the kernel (as noted in the below announcement) so that you reduce your vulnerability to threats.
Continue reading...How to get updated world weather maps as your desktop background in Ubuntu
20. August 2008
I also like to see what's going on with the world, particularly the weather but often find myself not in orbit so I'm unable to track worldwide weather patterns like I want to. Then a though occurred to me - what if I set up one of my Ubuntu boxes to have a map of the world with clouds overlayed, updated every hour? Neat! I now have a map of the world with cloud overlays updated hourly for my background.
Continue reading...How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style
18. August 2008
For a while now Valve through Steam have had a dedicated server for Linux from which you can launch your multiplayer fragfests. I've recently started messing about with it and I've gotten Counter Strike, Counter Strike Source and Half Life multiplayer to launch off of it. I'm still mucking about with server settings and finding statistics for it however I did not find a ton of documentation on this through Google so I decided to put up my notes here.
Continue reading...How to delete stuck folders and files from your trash in Ubuntu
5. August 2008
Every now and again, I’ll find myself with some files sitting around in my trash that I can’t delete. This can be particularily problematic when I’ve got several gigs worth of stale ISOs sitting there giving me an error like Error removing file: Permission denied I like computers but I’m not a big fan of when they [...]
Continue reading...Readyboost for Linux - a quick how to on getting more speed from a USB flash drive
24. July 2008
Readyboost for Vista is a feature added to the OS where you can encourage your limping Vista install to jog a bit faster by essentially using a smallish USB drive as disk cache. There's also some Vista Voodoo with Superfetch going on there. While Ubuntu (the distro that I use) and other distros don't really use Superfetch, you can still get an advantage using the disk cache functionality - particularily if you're running on a system that doesn't have a ton of RAM available.
Continue reading...How to rip, store, tag and enjoy MP3s on your Ubuntu install
16. July 2008
A short while back, I decided I needed to get a handle on my music collection. I've got random MP3s from years back, purchased MP3s, CDs and even an old 8 track or two. There are many ways to do go about this, but after throwing out the 8 tracks, here's what I did to get organized.
Continue reading...Get Google Gadgets up and running on your Ubuntu install
7. July 2008
Not to long ago Google released their gadgets for Linux. Those fine folks at GetDeb.net have compiled an easy to use .deb file for us Debian based Linux folk to use. It’s quite simple - here’s what you do. First, download this .deb file (or this one if you’re on a 64 bit Ubuntu install). Once you’ve [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Hardy Heron enters Beta 1 today
21. March 2008
The Heron is on the way. This release looks like it’s going to be big! Lots of new things, like Xorg 7.3 with an improved GUI for setting up resolution and refresh rates on more than one monitor. A new Kernel (2.6.24), new Gnome (2.22) with GVFS backend so you can do things like restore [...]
Continue reading...Amazon music downloader now available for Linux
3. March 2008
Holy mother of MP3’s - Amazon.com has thrown out not one, but four Linux version of it’s music download software. Here’s where you can get them for Ubuntu 7.10, Debian Etch 4, Fedora 8 or OpenSUSE 10.3. You of course have to agree to a terms of use statement before downloading. Finally I can download The [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Brainstorm - Submit and vote on ideas for Ubuntu
29. February 2008
Similar to the campaign Dell runs, you can pop on over to Ubuntu Brainstorm and both propose and vote on ideas for upcoming Ubuntu releases. Click the icon, share the link:
Continue reading...Use your Ubuntu partition to fix a corrupt registry on a Windows XP partition
27. February 2008
Here’s the scenario. You have a dual boot machine, Ubuntu on one side, Windows on the other. You’re tooling around, doing your thing and then one day you boot into Windows and get this: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. That’s a bummer because it generally means [...]
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