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Fix Unresponsive or Frozen Linux Computers using Shortcuts
Linux systems are known for their stable operation, designed to be operational without reboot for years. However if you still manage to pull a string and freeze up your computer there are quite a few ways to get the system back to work. You can login to a virtual console, use pgrep and pkill, use xkill, system monitor and kill the offending process if you are sure about them.
Saving money with open source, Part 1: Use the Ubuntu operating system
Introduction Open source alternatives to expensive licensed products can save you a bundle. In this series, learn about three open source options for your operating system, office application suite, and groupware server. Part 1 discusses Ubuntu, a community developed Linux-based operating system for laptops, desktops, and servers. Ubuntu contains many applications: a Web browser; presentation, document, and spreadsheet software; instant messaging; and much more. This article explores Ubuntu's:
All great websites have a great server behind them. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a dedicated web server (with Apache, MySQL, and PHP) using that old computer you have lying around the house and some free software. Now that you’ve downloaded and burned the ISO, let’s get Ubuntu installed on your server. Put the disk in the drive, and boot from the CD.
How to Setup a Dedicated Web Server for Free | Nettuts+
It's a testament to how far Linux has come that users today don't typically have to use the command line if they don't want to. Such is the quality of the graphical user interfaces in many modern Linux distributions that there's simply no need, in general. Yet the command line can be a highly efficient way of getting things done in the Linux world--it's often a much simpler, easier and more direct method than clicking through all the menu choices, in fact. I believe fear of the command line is one of the top mistakes newcomers to Linux sometimes make.
12 Commands Every Linux Newbie Should Learn - PCWorld Business Center
search name-of-domain.com - Name of your domain or ISP's domain if using their name server nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX - IP address of primary name server nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX - IP address of secondary name server This configures Linux so that it knows which DNS server will be resolving domain names into IP addresses. If using DHCP client, this will automatically be sent to you by the ISP and loaded into this file as part of the DHCP protocol. If using a static IP address, ask the ISP or check another machine on your network. This informs Linux of local systems on the network which are not handled by the DNS server. (or for all systems in your LAN if you are not using DNS or NIS )
Linux Network Configuration
Everyone knows that almost any blog post is better with images. However, getting them can be a difficult matter. With a maze of licensing and fair use issues making it hard to decide what is and is not legal to use, many bloggers don’t wish to use images that they have not taken themselves. But while using your own images is always the best way to go, there are several great sources to help you find and locate images that you can use as part of your blog posts. In fact, there are some very neat tools designed specifically to help you correctly license and use other people’s photography, art and more.
5 Sources for Free and Legal Images | The Blog Herald
Linux Pack 2010: All-In-One Easy Installer
Back in July we, along with our good friends at Ninite , unveiled our MakeUseOf Pack of Windows software . That was great, but we couldn’t leave our Linux friends out of the fun! While this pack is built primarily around Ubuntu, users of many Debian-based distributions should be able to make use of it. Simply check the programs you want, download a single .deb package and install it; Ninite will take care of the rest for you.
Truncate a log file, e.g. it happens sometimes that someone’s asterisk stops working because /var/log/asterisk/full has consumed all the hard disk space: The above command specifies the options “z” (compress; the backup data will be compressed with “gzip”), “c” (create; an archive file is begin created), “v” (verbose; display a list of files as they get backed up), “p” (preserve permissions; file protection information will be “remembered” so they can be restored). The “f” (file) option states that the very next argument will be the name of the archive file (or device) being written. Notice how a filename which contains the current date is derived, simply by enclosing the “date” command between two back-quote characters.
Some handy Linux commands « The World of VoIP, Asterisk and Linux
Welcome to coreboot - coreboot
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload . With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly from firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI . This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
How To Set Up A Proxy Server In Ubuntu Linux
What is a proxy? Simply put, a proxy is an intermediate stop that your browser makes while requesting webpages and other web content from the Internet. Many companies legitimately use them so that they can filter content both for security purposes as perimeter control, as an anti-virus/anti-malware solution, or to make sure employees are adhering to Internet policy. When your browser makes a request, it first contacts the proxy server.
Do you use both Windows and Linux? Wish you could remote into Windows from Linux (Ubuntu or other distributions) or into Linux from Windows? Well, you can. Just like when using a Remote Desktop Connection between Microsoft platforms (or remoting between Linux machines), you can bring up the desktop of the other platform. You can click around the desktop and run applications just as if you were sitting in front of the computer. We'll discuss a few different approaches you can take to get this remote desktop capability.
Remote Desktop Between Ubuntu/Linux and Windows, Part I — Datamation.com
At the time of writing, there are three hundred and twenty three distributions being tracked on distrowatch.com . There's one called Ehad. And another is called Estrella Roja. Many include the letter 'X' in their name, and many feature hand-drawn mascots and disparate communities.