Category: Ubuntu

  • Proxmox VPS for web development recipe….

    A little while ago our web developer asked me to look into proxmox containers and how we could take advantage of it to setup a development environment for him. The idea was to use the power of linux containers and enable him to develop fully functional/accessible sites in a private container. Here are the steps…

  • Copying large number of files between two Unix/Linux/OSX Servers

    Here are some quick tip(s) for copying a ton of files between unixy machines really fast. You’re probably thinking “why not use rsync?”…..well rsync can be miserably slow if your source or destination cpu is underpowered. You can always do a rsync after these commands to make 100% certain that everything checks out, but try…

  • Screen resolution fix for Ubuntu 10.10 running in Parallels Desktop 6.0

    If you try to install Ubuntu 10.10 under parallels desktop 6.0 on OSX — atleast as of the writing of this article — you’ll soon discover that although your entire installation is done in a high (eg: 1920×1080) resolution, as soon as the install is done and you reboot, your VM is stuck at 1024×768.…

  • Fixing Plymouth (boot splash) in Ubuntu 10.10 aka. Maverick Meerkat

    If you’ve recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 and have installed Nvidia and/or ATI drivers — or installed ubuntu under emulation — you’ll end up with a (butt) ugly splash screen. In my case under parallel 6.0 I ended up with a text boot screen that just read “Ubuntu 10.10″……Ughhh. Here is a quick tutorial on how…

  • OpenShot Video Editor 1.0 released…..iMovie for Linux is here.

    For those of you who don’t know OpenShot Video Editor(TM) is an open-source program that creates, modifies, and edits video files. OpenShot provides extensive editing and compositing features, and has been designed as a practical tool for working with high-definition video including HDV and AVCHD. Jonathan Thomas and crew have reached their 1.0 milestone (congrats…

  • Ubuntu Software Centre "No Install Button" problem…..

    I recently upgraded netbook using the distribution upgrade and didn’t like the results, so I reinstalled Ubuntu Notebook Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala. Well, I’m sorry but I don’t think this Koala was ready for release. First there was the issue of where the heck are all the beloved Ubuntu tools. Gone is the Add/Remove software…

  • Fix Ctrl-Alt-Backspace problem with Ubuntu 9.10+

    Downloaded and installed 9.10 yesterday and what do you know, someone decided to take away Ctrl-Alt-Backspace — or what I call “Three Finger Salute for Linux”. Whhhaaattt!!!! How the heck are you supposed to kill and restart X without that…..A coworker suggested Alt-PrintScreen-K, but that just restarts GDM, not really useful when X decides to…

  • gksudo: Or how this old dog learned new tricks :-)

    Okay if you know about gksudo, fine. I just found out about it a little while back when I was trying to run ethereal. You see under Ubuntu (and a lot of other Linux distros) the concept of root user has been removed. There is no root (well there is, but you can’t access it),…

  • How to change the default command line text editor in Ubuntu….

    I love Ubuntu, but there is one thing that really bugs the hell out of me. The default configured editor in Ubuntu is nano, a Pico clone. I hate Pico, therefor I hate nano :-). So how would you go about fixing this and changing the default editor to vi (or vim): Issue the following…

  • Step-by-step instructions to get Cacti installed on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Desktop Edition

    So after yesterdays rant, I went back and figured out how to install the Cacti monitoring software (OSS, Free) onto a Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” Desktop installation. This guide uses packages only, no compiling, no Makefiles or anything like that…..You should be able to just follow this and get a fully functioning Cacti installation in…