This morning I was doing some troubleshooting on a PHP program that couldn’t seem to access the locally running MySQL database server. Upon searching for some logging to figure out what was going on, I came across the fact the MySQL as installed from the Arch repositories, doesn’t enable much along theses lines. MySQL supports […]
Ubuntu vs Gentoo vs Arch – A comparison
Trials with Ubuntu and Gentoo Linux Arch Linux is now my default distribution – supplanting Ubuntu Linux. Why? Well, its a long story, but I will try to keep it to the point. I am a tinkerer at heart – I love Linux because it allows you to tinker – essentially its a wide open […]
Been gone for a while
Been studying for my Cisco Certified Network Professional Switch test since February. Passed the test and now I am ready to start blogging again. Next up, a comparison of Gentoo, Ubuntu and Arch Linux. Been playing alot lately with Arch Linux, and I think I am a convert. Stay tuned for more on this subject […]
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 3 X-Terminal Setup
At this point in the series we should have a working diskless workstation. Basically we have a full desktop running from an NFS share. This article will explore how to use the server to deliver a desktop, instead of our old laptop. In my case my server is much more powerful in terms of CPU […]
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 2 – Preparing the diskless image
Well, after a short break, we are back to our diskless X-Terminal Howto. Today we will cover building the actual diskless image that will be used to boot the X-Terminal. Using ubuntu, the easiest way to do this is to simply install ubuntu on the machine that will be used for the diskless terminal. You […]
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 1 – Preparing the Server
Why a diskless workstation? In today’s day and age, this is a good question. My take on it is that I have a multiuser operating system (Linux) running on a large machine (Dual Xeon 5160 with 12 GB RAM) that could be used from several locations in the house by deploying X-Terminals. Rather than spending […]
NVIDIA 256.53 Drivers and older Games
Its time for a quick howto – for some time I have been sticking with older NVIDIA driver releases on my Ubuntu machines do to a buffer overrun error on some older games when using driver sets newer than 185.18.36. The interesting thing is that equivalent Windows drivers exhibited the same problem, except that eventually […]
New Content Coming Soon!
Hi – I have been gone for awhile, working on my real job and other responsibilities, but I have several new articles in the works – The last part of the Ubuntu LAMP Server Quick Howto, Ubuntu Diskless Workstation series, and an Ubuntu Firewall article. Keep checking the site these should start showing up in […]
Dealing with multiple USB sound devices
Ever been plagued by your linux system detecting your webcam as the first sound device instead of your USB headset? This is a common problem with Linux, but can be easily remedied with editing your systems module configuration. On Ubuntu, the important file is /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. This file controls the module settings and parameters for the […]
Ubuntu Apache LAMP Server Quick Howto – Part 2 – SSL Websites
Hi – Welcome back to the Ubuntu Apache LAMP Server Quick Howto. This second part of the series will cover configuring SSL for use with Apache for securing website content. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, and is a method of providing transport layer encryption or TLS (transport layer security). SSL typically uses X.509 digital […]
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