
Change the Default Text Editor in Ubuntu
Change the Default Text Editor in Ubuntu So I’m a huge advocate of Ubuntu. It has long term support releases, more packages than you would […]
Change the Default Text Editor in Ubuntu So I’m a huge advocate of Ubuntu. It has long term support releases, more packages than you would […]
Ubuntu offers a live patching utility that allows kernel patches to be installed without requiring a system restart to be applied. Read more about online […]
Patching is arguably the single most important thing you can do to keep your systems secure. It’s also tedious boring work that ends with everyone’s […]
File sharing is a critical business function for IT infrastructure. Using Samba we can create file shares that are highly available, secure, and accessible by […]
Using Nginx as a load balancer Nginx as you may know is a fast and powerful web server. It can also be used as a […]
Have you ever wanted to set up your own video streaming service on your home or work network? This simple guide will help you set […]
There are lots of reasons to use Linux for your networking needs both at home and at work not the least of which is the […]
Recently Google updated the key they use to sign Debian based Google Chrome releases and updates. Unfortunately this means that if you had it already […]
This post was originally published on December 8, 2010. The original can be found here. Note that while you can still write GTK+ applications on Linux […]
This post was originally published on October 29, 2010. The original can be found here. Overview and Introduction I’ve been dabbling with managing a VOIP server […]
This post was originally published on September 26, 2010. The original can be found here. Windows?? *GASP!* Sometimes you just have to compile Windows programs from […]
It’s been a busy little while, so I haven’t had time to get this written up. So lets see what I can still remember. Installing […]
With the hardware sorted (bar some jiggery-pokery to get the ODD to SSD bay converter to fit properly), I set about deciding what I want […]
I’ve had it in mind to start learning linux for a while, and now I’ve found the perfect project to help me do just that: […]
Remember DVDs? For those of you too young to have had to deal with the hassle of physical media, DVDs were how us old folks […]
Seems like I’m at it again, this time fixing Areca Backup on Ubuntu 16.04 (actually Linux Mint 18.1 in my case). For some reason when […]
Everyone loves apt. It’s a simple command line tool to install new programs and update your system, but beyond the standard commands like update, install […]
This post was originally published on July 7, 2010. The original can be found here. Last evening while reading the SA forums, I encountered a […]
Ever since upgrading my laptop to Linux Mint 18 I’ve noticed some pronounced screen tearing happening. Initially I figured this was something I would simply […]
Recently I’ve noticed that my /boot partition has become full and I’ve even had some new kernel updates fail as a result. It seems the culprit […]