If you’ve ever tried to share folders on a Linux machine over a network, you’ve most likely attempted to get NFS working. And on many occasions you might have found yourself nearly pulling out your hair in frustration. Well, you’ll be glad to know that getting NFS working on modern Ubuntu systems is actually quite [...]

Tags: /etc/fstab, file-sharing, NFS, samba
Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, software

Linux on a laptop is notorious for sucking batteries down far faster than their Windows counterparts. My personal Linux laptops, without help, are lucky to get half the battery life than when running on windows. Why is that? There are plenty of reasons for this. From applications installed to power saving options.  For anyone who [...]

Tags: GNOME, laptop battery, linux battery life
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced

Once more unto the KDE topic my friends, once more. This time, however, we take a look at a very useful feature that allows you to easily share out folders with a few clicks. These folders will be shared with the help of Samba and not a single line of a configuration file will have [...]

Tags: folder permissions, folder sharing, KDE, samba
Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, software

Have you ever had a need to migrate current running Linux users from installation to another? That would be a simple task if the user count was low. But  what happens when the user count is in the hundreds? What do you do then? If you’re not using LDAP, you know you will have to [...]

Tags: copy user data, linux server, migrating users, recovering users
Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Advanced

This morning I woke up to find one of the sites I administer down. The error on the page was very clear in that it could not connect to the database due to a corrupt table. I had two choices, recover from a backup or attempt to repair the corrupted tables. I opted to try [...]

Tags: database, mysql, table corruption
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, troubleshooting

iTalc is one of those programs that, when you see it up and running, is a thing of brilliance. But what is it? iTALC is a didactical tool that allows a teacher to view and/or control a students’ PC on the internal network in multiple ways. It supports Linux and Windows and can be used [...]

Tags: desktop control, education, educational software, instruction, learning software, teaching
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Security, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

I have covered MySQL in a number of ways so far. You can read how to administer your MySQL database with MySQL Workbench (see my article “Complete database administration package MySQL Workbench“), MySQL Administrator (see my article “Creating a database with MySQL Administrator“), MySQL Navigator (see my article “Manage you MySQL databases with an easy [...]

Tags: database administration, database server, dba, mysql, mysql server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, Tutorials Advanced, software

It’s taken me long enough, but finally a solution for syncing both an iPhone and an iTouch with Linux is possible. What is best about this method, is that it does NOT require a jailbroken iPhone. That’s right, you’ll be able to sync your iPhone, via USB, and add all sorts of good music to [...]

Tags: fuse, gtkpod, iPhone, iPod, iTouch
Categories: Gadgets, Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, iPod