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 [...]

Tags: Karmic Koala, ubuntu, Ubuntu One, Updating Ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Spyware

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 [...]

Tags: bug tracking, Mantis, ubuntu, ubuntu server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software, troubleshooting

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 [...]

Tags: file-sharing, samba, samba server, smb.conf, ubuntu
Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

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 [...]

Tags: auto login, automatic login, login, login security, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

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 [...]

Tags: boot disc, booting, install, install ubuntu, Linux, Open Source, operating system, Operating Systems, ubuntu
Categories: Linux

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 [...]

Tags: Linux, linux distribution, linux mint, operating system, ubuntu
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

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 [...]

Tags: Fedora, LTS, ubuntu, upgrading linux
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems