Here we go again, building upon that rock solid Ubuntu Server installation. If you haven’t already done so, you should read the first article in this series (”Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04“). Once you’ve read that (and followed the steps), you are ready to go for installing one of the easiest to use and most reliable [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 8th, 2009
- Comments: 4
Install Mantis Bug Tracking tool on your Ubuntu Server
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 1st, 2009
- Comments: 5
Gain more battery life from your Linux-based laptop with powertop
If your laptop is running Linux you might not be happy with the battery life you are getting. There are numerous reasons for the possible extra drain on your battery. Some of the biggest issues are: Hard drive spin-downs, interrupts, and power management. Figuring out how to make these adjustments to your kernel (or subsystems) [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 29th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows 7
You may have read my series on VirtualBox virtual machine manager. If not, here it is:
Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes.
Installing Windows XP as a virtual machine in VirtualBox.
Install Guest Additions for a better VirtualBox experience.
A new way of thinking thanks to virtual machines.
Although the Guest Additions tool has been covered already, if you’ve [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 18th, 2009
- Comments: 7
How a virtual console can keep you from losing work
Just about fifteen minutes ago I was working on an article for Linux.com when I thought I was going to lose a ton of work. I was writing my last paragraph on a 1,600+ word article (entering the article in their web-based system). I was going back to OpenOffice to copy and paste all of [...]
Java Error 25099 Unzipping Core Files Failed
The installation of Java can terminate on some computer systems with the error message “Error 25099 Unzipping Core Files Failed”. This can happen with the Java online or offline installer. The reason for this error message is not totally clear but there are a few things that users can do to fix it to be [...]
