Create shared space for your multi-boot system. Many people set up their machines to boot up into multiple Linux distributions. This may be because they are developing software that they wish to test under different distributions, or they might just be interested in trying out new distributions and seeing what they offer. One issue that comes up is that files created while you are in one distribution aren’t easily accessible once you reboot into another one. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the steps needed to create a shared space to store your files so that you have access to them, regardless of which distribution you boot into. In this way, you will still have a separate home directory in each installation to hold all of your application settings, along with a shared data directory that will contain all of the files that you want to have access to in all of the installations. Step 1 Where to set up You will want to create a common data area that will be accessible from all of the installed OSs on your system.
Step 4 Resizing tip or. Installation - Error installing or upgrading packages. DistroWatch. What's the Best Way to Compress a Bunch of Files? Ubuntu How-To: LAMP Stack Build on 11.10x Install - Drew Morris. Tl;dr sudo aptitude install apache2 php5 mysql-server php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 Setting up a secure LAMP stack (Linux, Apache MySQL & PHP) on Ubuntu may be daunting at first, but it’s relatively simple once you understand a few of the core principles behind it.
In this tutorial, we’ll be focussing on the core essentials needed for running a secure, web-application hosting environment, which can power any of your favourite web applications, such as: WordPressMagentoOpenCartJoomla, and, orDrupal So, let’s start by: Updating and Upgrading your Packages with ‘apt-get’ apt-get update && apt-get upgrade Running the above command will simply update and upgrade all the packages that are installed on your VPS. The string contains two core paramaters that are bound together using &&, and will run a cross-check of all the packages installed on your machine. Installing Apache Apache is the industry standard, open-source web-server that thousands of happy developers and hard-core nerds are using today. How To Use A Launchpad PPA (Add, Remove, Purge, Disable) In Ubuntu. Here we are, talking about installing stuff from PPAs, but we've never posted more about the PPAs themselves.
So here's a short guide on how to use a Launchpad PPA in Ubuntu. Launchpad PPAs ("Personal Package Archive") are repositories hosted on Launchpad which you can use to install (or upgrade) packages that are not available in the official Ubuntu repositories. The packages are built on the Launchpad servers (not on the users' computers), for the specified Ubuntu version(s). Because the packages are built against a certain Ubuntu version, it's not recommended to use them in Debian for instance (they might not be compatible and can cause conflicts).
How to add a PPA A PPA can be added either from the command line or using a GUI. Add a PPA from the command line: I guess you already know that you can add a PPA using the "add-apt-repository" command, but in case you're new to PPAs, here's how to do it: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:someppa/ppa Example: sudo apt-get update The PPA .list file.
Gnome shell Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog. Sun’s JDK7, OpenJDK & IcedTea: Disambiguation. With JDK7 , OpenJDK and IcedTea all evolving in parallel it can get confusing about how these projects relate to each other. David Herron, which is OpenJDK Quality Lead , tries to set the record straight and explains why the JDK7 has taken so long. David starts of describing the differences between OpenJDK 6 and JDK 6: OpenJDK 6 began as a fork of OpenJDK 7, and the team stripped out code from the OpenJDK 7 fork until it became compatible with the Java6 specification as verified by the JCK 6 test suite. The bottom line is that OpenJDK 6 works rather well, several Linux distros are using it as their JDK, it can be built to pass the JCK6b test suite, meaning OpenJDK 6 can be used to build a compliant JDK, and unfortunately it is this evolutionary sidetrack which we hope will be relatively short-lived.
He then goes on explaining the relation about OpenJDK and IcedTea: It seems some people really like typing ". David suggests that JDK7 and OpenJDK7 will have (nearly) identical code bases: How to install Eclipse 3.7 on Ubuntu 11.04 | Colin Robinson. The Eclipse packages in Ubuntu are are very out of date. The latest version in the Ubuntu repos is 3.5.2 where as the latest version of Eclipse is 3.7. I’m posting this because Ubuntu 11.04 uses the new Unity desktop which uses overlay-scrollbars (scrolls bars that are hidden until you hover over them). For some reason Eclipse 5.3.2 doesn’t like to play nice with the overlay scrollbars, and I’d rather use the newest version anyways. With Eclipse, you can just download the tar.gz file from eclipse.org and run it no problem, but I like set things up in a cleaner fashion, so here’s how I did it. 1) Download Eclipse. I got eclipse-SDK-3.7-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz 2) Extract it tar xzf eclipse-SDK-3.7-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz Or just be lazy and Right Click > Extract Here 3) Move to /opt/ folder mv eclipse /opt/ sudo chown -R root:root eclipse sudo chmod -R +r eclipse 4) Create an eclipse executable in your path sudo touch /usr/bin/eclipse sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse sudo nano /usr/bin/eclipse #!
Nixers. Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog: Ubuntu PPAs By WebUpd8. We have set up a few PPAs (Personal Package Archive) so that Ubuntu users can easily install some applications which are either not yet available in the Ubuntu repositories or the Ubuntu repositories only provide an old version. Check out the latest WebUpd8 PPAs news / latest uploads @ So far, these PPAs are available: Oracle Java JDK 6/7/8 Installer PPA - - easily install the latest Oracle Java JDK 7 (automatically downloads and installs Oracle JDK). Update: now the PPA also has Oracle JDK6 and JDK8 packages. Nemo PPA (with Unity patches and without Cinnamon dependencies): PPA (an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript): Pulseaudio with built-in system-wide Equalizer support:
How to Install MATE Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04/Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu Portal. RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows. This page documents how to restore or recover the boot-loader (GRUB) after installing Windows. Some reasons to repair your boot-loader might include installing Microsoft Windows after you have installed Ubuntu, adding or removing a hard drive, or changing hard drive settings.
Note: this tutorial does not apply if you had installed Ubuntu inside Windows (via the Wubi installer). In this case, please read this page. The graphical way Insert your Ubuntu CD, reboot your computer and set it to boot from CD in the BIOS and boot into a live session. You can also use a LiveUSB if you have created one in the past.
Install and run Boot-Repair Click "Recommended Repair". The terminal way * Open a terminal. For full details on using terminal to fix grub on hard drive from Live Installer DVD or Flash: You are then presented with a standard bash prompt, type - this only works to reinstall to MBR of a working system: Trouble? Nokuntu: Simply and User-friendly Apps Nokia Phone Manager for Ubuntu - Ubuntu Portal. Nokuntu (Nokia+Ubuntu) is Simply and User-friendly Apps for managing Nokia phones in Ubuntu and debian based distributions. Nokuntu is unofficial nokia PC Suite for Ubuntu, this tool like Nokia PC Suite on windows OS. with nokuntu you can managing media files, synchronization, sending SMS, sending files via Nautilus, share your PC Internet connection via Bluetooth on your phone, check battery status of your phone, auto detection of USB/Bluetooth connections, and many more.
Nokuntu is free and open source for both personal and commercial use, Currently nokuntu available in version 0.6.1 and support for all Debian Based distribution. thus the perfect choice for those that want an alternative for Communications apps. It comes in Basque (Euskara), English, French, Italian, and Spanish versions. Here’s features of Nokuntu 0.6.1: How to install Nokuntu Nokia Phone Manager in Ubuntu 11.10/12.10 To install nokuntu first, install the OBEX protocol frond-end: sudo apt-get install obextool. 10 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.04. So you’ve downloaded it, you’ve installed it, and now you’re about to use it.
But before you dive on in to explore, be sure to take some time out to follow our bi-annual rundown of the best post-install tips and tricks. 1. Learn What’s New There are a lot of new features in Ubuntu 12.04 – so take a few minutes out to learn about 10 of the best. 2. Ubuntu 12.04 may be hot-off-the-press but that doesn’t mean a few last-minute bug fixes aren’t waiting for you already. New updates alert will be listed in the Power Menu (the right-hand cog icon), although you can also manually check by launching the ‘Update Manager’ from the Dash. 3. If you plan on listening to your music library or watching films in Ubuntu then you’ll need to have the necessary codecs installed. For legal reasons Ubuntu can’t provide these ‘out of the box’, but the installer does offer to install them during set-up. Click to Install Third-Party Codecs 4. 5. But you may not want all of this to stuff to show. 6. 7. 8. “What?!!” 9.
Openbox. Command Line / Shell. Top 10 Things Linux Users Don’t Understand « FOSS Force. Uh-oh, it’s Thursday and time for another Top 10 list. We still haven’t heard from Mr. Letterman’s lawyers, which means so far, so good. A few weeks back when we did our list on the Top 10 Reasons to Switch to Windows, we were taken to task by a commenter for being too hard on the Microsofties. Well, as Three Dog Night said a long, long time ago, when it comes to Redmond, we find it “easy to be hard.” Anyway, this week, we’re taking that commenter’s advice and, in the interest of equal time, we’re going after our own kind, Penguinistas. So, here it is, just to prove that we don’t always pick on Windows, ten things that Linux users don’t understand.
“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.”Blake Stowell.Office suite upgrade for $149 plus.The registry.Antivirus software.Install software then reboot.Darl McBride.Operating system upgrade for $149.Defragmenting a hard drive.Why everybody isn’t running Linux. Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux. Now is a particularly good time to ditch Windows for good, for workstations as well as servers. For instance, now that Microsoft stopped supporting Windows Server 2003 on July 13, you'll need to find something different to use for your servers.
Whether it's switching from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 or to Linux-based servers--or changing out tired and faulty Windows Vista desktops for the alien Windows 7 or something more user-friendly--Linux provides you with freedom and freedom of choice. You might believe that dumping Windows and switching to Linux is a difficult task, but the change in thought and the perception of that switch are the most difficult. If you've attempted an upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, you know what pain is.
Business owners find that Linux, for what was once a "niche" operating system, provides the necessary components and services on which many rely. 1. Commercial Support 2. .NET Support 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. You may have heard that Linux is free. 8. 9. 10. Join_fsf - Free Software Foundation. The Linux Alternative Project. Thoughts on Gnome 3 & Fedora 16 Linux. Recently one of the people I've deployed Linux for came to me and wanted to purchase a new PC to replace a spare Pentium 4 PC they had sitting around that was still running Windows 2000.
They had started to use the Windows 2000 PC after having it sit for a couple years, and soon found that it was not able to keep up with today's websites and other activities. Even Avast Antivirus refused to run (it would install, but would not perform a full scan). While the latest version of GNU/Linux can work on a Pentium 4 PC fairly well, it can become sluggish at times for heavy use. Eagerly to assist, I found them a refurbished HP desktop with the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2 GB of RAM. I admit, that I am still running Fedora 14 for most of my machines, which is the last version to include the Gnome 2 desktop. The installer for Fedora 16 is in line with the previous Fedora installers, very simple to follow and on this Core 2 Duo PC, it installed in about 25 minutes from start to finish.
Lubuntu 12.04 News Roundup. Compiz Fusion: A Quick Demonstration. A snapshot of Linux on the desktop. The Linux desktop landscape is a diverse place. As an open-source operating system, anyone can take the code, make whatever changes they want, and release it as their own custom distribution. A land of diversity, however, also has its pitfalls. Mandriva Linux seems like the most recent candidate to fall, with the company purportedly going under on January 16th if it doesn’t receive an infusion of funds. The funds are being blocked by a shareholder dispute, and it will be a sad story for the once-popular Linux distribution. How many Linux distributions have gone quietly into memory, and which have stayed? As you can see from GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline, there are a number of huge Linux distributions. Slackware Linux began in April of 1993, and its goal was (and still is) to be the most Unix-like Linux out there. Debian Linux also began in 1993, and was created in response to the lack of support and bugs in SLS.
But what is it that actually makes a Linux distribution popular? How to Make Ubuntu Linux Look Like Windows 7. Ubuntu has pretty good theming system, visual effects, and eye-candy stuff, but you may love the elegance of Windows 7 Aero class, transparency, or the Start Menu. Today we’ll show you how to transform Ubuntu to look like Windows 7. Of course, it won’t be an exact match, but it’s close enough that at first glance a lot of people would think it’s Windows 7. Keep reading to see how to do this. Installing the Win7 Theme Let’s start by entering some commands—just open up a terminal window and enter this: cd ~/sudo wget chmod 0755 ~/win7-setup.sh~/win7-setup.sh This will download a script file that will be used later to tell your computer what files to download to complete the Win7 theme packages install.
Another window will pop up asking if you want to continue, answer yes for that window too. Press OK, then back in the terminal enter: setup-win7-theme Now your Ubuntu looks almost exactly like Windows. [Download] Android Skin Pack Disguises Windows 7 As An Android Launcher. Typically, I'm not very interested in theming for Windows, and I resist change to my desktop configuration as much as possible. I was convinced today, however, to give it a try with Android Skin Pack 1.0 from Hamed Danger. Android Skin Pack 1.0 transforms your desktop, disguising the start menu as a notification bar, and adding a launcher dock at the bottom of your screen (albeit with several more icons than its Android counterpart). The pack also comes with a variety of familiar Android icons, a stylish wallpaper, and even spruces up your computer's boot screen.
The theme is a fun tweak for those PC users who have been yearning for a taste of Android on their desktop, and can be implemented using a handy installer package available for download here, and don't worry - if you get tired of the theme, it can be uninstalled easily, and Windows will revert back to normal. If you're not already convinced, just head to the download link and give it a try! Via WinMatrix. Espier Launcher Makes Your Android Phone Look Just Like iOS.