Making Ubuntu/Debian Linux do it’s own DNS (Domain Name Service) Okay so what is dns? Dns is the piece of software that translates the
24
May
Making Ubuntu/Debian Linux do it’s own DNS (Domain Name Service)
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Joe, Linux Networking, loni, Skill Level: Advanced, Skill Level: Medium1 comment
22
May
Here is a a help site for those of you that want to learn more about Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Unity interface Yes, this is a UK (United Kingdom) website. I have issues with Natty, so for the present, I am using Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meercat – 64 bit) Link courtesy Tucson Computer Society. Hope [...]
21
May
I was a little bit-er about missing the Zombie Apocalypse. (remember bits, nibbles, and bytes can hurt you!) okay enough with the bad puns. Let’s try a limerick: A computer once goofed quite badly. It paired two programmers quite oddly. When he’d bill and coo, it was in Fortran-2. Whereas she dug Algol, quite sadly. [...]
17
May
If this is anything like Unity…. Ubuntu to switch from GDM to lightdm Wayno
13
May
Pinguy OS (An alternative version of Ubuntu)
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, UncategorizedStumbled across this (literally) today: This OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that just want an out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu or other Linux based Distro’s. Might have to give it [...]
10
May
Very nice diagram of the Linux File System Thanks Jeremy for the link. Wayno
9
May
Checking Ubuntu/Debian Linux for a rootkit virus
Posted by Wayno Published in loni, Skill Level: EasyLinux is impervious to Windows Virus. BUT, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some malicious people out there, who would like to steal our open source goodness. 1. On Ubuntu, search for rootkit yeilds: apt-cache search rootkit the following packages. chkrootkit – rootkit detector rkhunter – rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner unhide – Forensic tool [...]
7
May
Creating a USB Flash Drive Startup Disc for 10.04 lts
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: Medium, UncategorizedUnfortunately, you CAN NOT use Ubuntu 10.10 to create a usb flash drive startup disc for Ubuntu 10.04 lts! Known issue. Jordan_U: cjae: Yes, it’s a known bug as there were incompatible changes to syslinux between 10.04 and 10.10. The solution then is: 1. Download the 10.04 iso. 2. Burn the iso to a cd, [...]
2
May
Mounting an iso9660 iso file in Linux (ubuntu/debian)
Posted by Wayno Published in DVD, Joe, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: MediumIn a previous article, I showed how to install the FBReader programme. I download the April 2010 Dual Layer iso torrent from the Project Gutenberg Site. I opened the torrent in Bit Tornado (Ubuntu 10.10 comes with this), and downloaded the iso. Took about 6.5 hours on a 3 meg connection. The file is a [...]
2
May
Simulate a terminal in WordPress
Posted by DynamicDesignz Published in Skill Level: Easy, UncategorizedSimulate a terminal session within WordPress shows the use of this command You can “simulate” a terminal screen by using the command below: <pre id=”terminal” user=”wayno” computer=”homer”>shows the use of this command</pre> You would include whatever terminal input/output before the /pre tag.
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