Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Checkinstall
Checkinstall is a nice tool to create simple .deb-packages that you can use in your local network (e.g. if you have to install the same piece of software on multiple computers running Debian). It lets you compile and install software from the sources like before, but with the difference that you end up with a simple Debian package which also means that you can easily uninstall the software you just compiled by running dpkg -r!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Ubuntu and Belkin F5D7050
Belkin F5D7050 Ver 3000 w/Ralink rt73driver. This is an excellent tutorial and how-to for getting a USB WiFI setup for the Belkin device.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
Ubuntu 6.10 Wiki and Application Install Guide
This is an "unofficial" guide but has an easy to use format that is ideal for getting information on how to install new applications.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
XAMPP Linux/Windows Apache Server
If a complete Apache. PHP, MySQL server solution is needed this looks interesting although I have not tried it.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Ubuntu: Adding Packaages
This gives all the information and steps to add additional resources to Ubuntu. For examle fo yiu need to add programming capability gcc etc will be needed.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Ubuntu Root Setup
Unlike other Linux distros Ubuntu does NOT ask you to set up a root account during setup.
Here are the instructions on how to set a root user: