Webserver. How to turn a spare Linux machine into a media server. Linux is brilliant at serving files.
It's this ability that keeps the enterprise world turning to Linux for its heavy lifting jobs and that keeps the world Googling 24/7. But it's just as good at serving files from a computer tucked away under the stairs or stuck in the loft, and a server in your house is now becoming an essential accessory. Mobile phones, games consoles and even televisions are rapidly developing the ability to read, display and play files held on a media centre PC, and Linux is the perfect free software solution.
All you need is a relatively low-powered PC, a decent amount of storage and somewhere safe to hide it. 1. We've chosen to use Ubuntu Server Edition for two reasons. Put the disc into the machine you want to use as the server and select your language followed by 'Install Ubuntu Server'. Don't let this put you off; there aren't any questions that can't easily be answered, and the installation is effectively no different from a standard desktop installation. Useful Tutorials on Linux and UNIX for Beginners and Experts Alike.
UberStudent: An Academic-Oriented Linux Distribution. A few weeks ago, the good folks at LifeHacker ran a post on a new Linux distro called UberStudent.
Readers can learn more about UberStudent and the philosophy behind it at their site (the tour is worth a look). Given that UberStudent is specifically designed for academic work (calling itself “Linux for Learners”) and is, in their words, “Built from Freedom and Strength to Promote Computer Fluency,” I couldn’t resist taking it for a spin. It does sound very ProfHackerish, after all. So I downloaded the live CD and went to work installing it on my MacBook. (I installed it in a dual-boot system using these instructions from LifeHacker and ignoring the Windows bits, but all of the screenshots in this post were taken of an installation running in VirtualBox.) The installation process Installing UberStudent was simple and straightforward. Seriously, that was it. The second was to connect to my wireless printer. What’s available in UberStudent? The simplest, most direct answer? 10 Free Apps that Turn your Ubuntu into Video Studio.
Ubuntu has got some excellent FREE applications which can turn your PC into Live Studio!
Here I am highlighting top 10 free applications available to make your PC into a Live Studio. 1. AvideMux Avidemux is a simple video editor which is extensively used for video applications in Ubuntu. You can cut ,filter and encode your video task. 2. Cinepaint is a very useful and user friendly video editing application which supports 8 , 16 bit and 32 bit color channels. 3. How can I ever miss this one? 4. Kino has got some excellent features. 5. Jahsakha is a great tool which allows to add effects and animation in real time with unlimited features. 6. Slideshow Creator can create DVD quality slide shows with some stunning effects like ken burns, pan and animated transitions. 7. Lives is a great integrated tool which mixes up non linear editing and real time video performance in one application. OMG! UBUNTU!: 10 Useful Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
You’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10, now what?
Here are my top 10 tips for getting a fresh install feeling your own… 1. Install Codecs, flash, Microsoft Fonts and DVD playback stuff Ubuntu cannot, for legal reasons, ship with a lot of popular media codecs, plug-ins and other useful bits and bobs. If they wanted to, they’d have to pay and thus so would you. Installing all of this stuff is literally a click or so away: - Open Ubuntu Software CentreSearch for ‘Ubuntu Restricted Extras’Click install If you don’t mind being using the terminal then simply enter: - sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras Or for ultimate laziness just click the apt link below to be prompted to install: - Click me to install Ubuntu Restricted Extras DVD Menu Navigation To fully enable DVD Menu support you’ll have to get your hands dirty by opening a terminal and typing: - sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh …but that’s pretty much it!
2. Enabling your graphics card is really quite easy in Ubuntu. 15 Great Tips For Ubuntu Power Users. 1.
Get lightning fast and clever at the command line You can use keyboard shortcuts and other command line tricks to make entering commands easier and faster. You might already know about the ‘tab’ key which completes partial commands and even file and directory names. Here are some other keyboard shortcuts you can use within terminal: Also don’t forget to check out 4 websites where you can learn cool command line tricks 2. There are two ways you can achieve this: Use applications like Launchy or Gnome-Do that make it easier to launch applications by typing a few characters of the application’s name.Or you can summon gconf editor (Alt+F2 then type gconf-editor and hit enter), and navigate to apps > metacity > global_keybindings, double click on any of the run_command_N and type in the keyboard shortcut you want to assign to an application then make a mental note of the number N.
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