If you’ve been following the Ubuntu release cycle you know that the .10 release is forth coming. Slated to hit the bandwidth October 29th, 2009, 9.10 promises to have quite a number of new features that should please even the most discerning of Linux users.
But what can you expect and how should it run? In [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 4th, 2009
- Comments: 23
Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 8th, 2009
- Comments: 4
Install Mantis Bug Tracking tool on your Ubuntu Server
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 4th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Set up your new Ubuntu Server as a Samba Server
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: Aug 25th, 2009
- Comments: 12
Enable auto login in Ubuntu
If you are the only user on your Ubuntu system (or if you have a default user on a Ubuntu system that should always be the user logged in) then you might want to consider setting up auto login. What auto login does is, upon boot (or restarting X Windows), the system will automatically login [...]
Download and install Ubuntu faster with a Minimal CD
I recently found the need to install Ubuntu on a machine with a poor CD drive (and no USB ports) that could not read large amounts of data, but could manage to read smaller amounts of data. As such, the machine could not read the 700MB but could read smaller amounts, like 10MB.
I found a [...]
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is an operating system that is used on PCs for production of elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. It is quite easy to use compared to other operating systems.
When Linux Mint was originally launched, it was a version of Ubuntu that offered integrated media codecs. Founded and developed by [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 1st, 2009
- Comments: 2
Should you upgrade your Linux distribution?
So you’re working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you’re jonesing over the new release of your distribution. You have always kept up with the most recent releases, but time is critical and your machine is working well. How do you know if you should upgrade? Is it worth it? What would stop you [...]

