If you’re interested in Linux then most likely you have taken a look at Ubuntu. And if you have taken a look at Ubuntu then you know there are a lot of derivatives out there that specialize in one cross section of society or another. But which one is right for you? That is where [...]

Tags: edubuntu, eeebuntu, gobuntu, kubuntu, Linux, ubuntu, ubuntu derivatives, ubuntu server, ubuntu studio
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, software

There are quite a few possibilities to take the Linux distribution Ubuntu for a test drive. It can be run from Live CDs, run in a virtual machine or installed on a free partition on the computer system even from within Windows (using Wubi). Portable Ubuntu adds another possibility to these choices by offering to [...]

Tags: Linux, linux distribution, operating system, portable ubuntu, sourceforge, ubuntu, wubi
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

So you’ve just installed Ubuntu and you’re ready to tackle all those great administrative tasks you’ve heard about with Linux. You’ve even been briefly tempted to try the old rm -rf / command just to see if it’s really true that it will wipe away your entire computer as you watch it happen. Only problem [...]

Tags: administration, Linux, privileges, root, sudo, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Security, Tutorials Basic, software

If you have a need for a server OS that is robust, reliable, and as flexible as any other server available, then Ubuntu 8.10 should be in serious consideration. There is only one drawback to this server – no GUI. Oh sure you could install a GUI (you’d be doing it from the command line [...]

Tags: dns, Linux, network administration, static ip address, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

The other day my step-daughter’s Eee PC had some issues. It is a Linux-based Eee so it had the Xandros netbook distribution running. There were updates to be applied so I went ahead and allowed the updates to process. shortly after the updates failed the cursor started acting twitchy. My step-daughter, without asking, decides to [...]

Tags: eeebuntu, Linux, netbook, ubuntu, unetbootin
Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Mobile Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Basic, software

I had relatives from out of the country a little while ago and before they left, one of them decided to leave his laptop behind for me. It’s an old model from the Toshiba Satellite 2410 series but I’m not complaining since I got it free.
The current configuration of the laptop is a little slow [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, ask the readers

If you are an Apache user for the hosting of either internal or external web sites then you know how flexible this web server can be. But did you know you can host more than one site on that server? You can thanks to Virtual sites. You can host virtual sites based on either IP [...]

Tags: apache, Fedora, Linux, ubuntu, virtual hosts
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Advanced, Web Development