I recently did an illustrated guide to installing Ubuntu Server 9.04 (”Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04“). I did that for two reasons: 1) It was requested and 2) It will serve as a base for future articles that will cover many different topics. Having that foundation will be key to getting other services up and running.
In [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 4th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Set up your new Ubuntu Server as a Samba Server
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: May 3rd, 2009
- Comments: 4
Connecting Linux to a Bubba 2
If you don’t know, the Bubba 2 is a piece of hardware, driven by the Linux operating system, created by ecXito. The Bubba 2 can stream media, serve files, share printers, and more. How? The Bubba 2 uses Samba to share out services and files. Because it uses Samba, connecting to the Bubba 2 is [...]
P2P: The Owner Free File System
Peer to peer networks are often associated with the dark side of the Internet as they became widely known for containing large amounts of copyrighted files accessible to anyone with the right client software. File sharing on standard p2p networks like Bittorrent is not anonymous as IPs are visible once a connection has been established. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Feb 6th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Get To Know Linux: Understanding smb.conf
Next to the xorg.conf file (read my Get To Know Linux: Understanding xorg.conf for more) the smb.conf file might be the most misunderstood of all files. Part of the reason for this is because the default file is, well, rather large and confusing. When you compare what you need vs what you have (in the [...]
Joe Biden: Piracy’s New Enemy
Now that the US elections are over and the results are out, it’s worthwhile looking at how the winners fare with technology. Everyone knows that Barack Obama actively used the Internet while campaigning but what are his views on other things technology related? Most notably, how do the new guys plan to tackle issues like [...]
Torrentvalley is No More
Ever so often, the people in charge try to get tough with those who break the law. Sometimes, the ‘bad guys’ get away but more often than not, they get caught. And that’s exactly what happened to Torrentvalley.com yesterday.
Torrentvalley is different from other BitTorrent services in that it’s not a file tracker like Pirate Bay. [...]
FrostWire, free and fast Gnutella
LimeWire is a popular P2P client which uses the Gnutella network. Unfortunately, it limits the amount of ultrapeers to whom connections can be made, in effect reducing the amount of search results and the number of people from whom downloads can be made. LimeWire only removes these limitations if its Pro version is bought at [...]
