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Category Archives: Server

Upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I have admittedly put it off for way too long. The recent OpenSSL Vulnerability with weak keys prompted me to change that on one of my systems. I was forced to use dist-upgrade when OpenSSL would not update, leaving me to continuously recreating weak keys. While I normally update packages using the command line, I [...]

Filed in Adept Manager, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Gutsy Gibbon, Hardy Heron, Kubuntu, OpenSSH, Server | Comments (0)

Webmin is my new favorite admin ninja tool

Friday, May 16, 2008

I have been struggling for some time with finding a way of properly managing my network, from a easy to use, fast interface. I’m pretty much set in stone that a web solution was what I was looking for. I found it in a tool called Webmin. You can download it from http://www.webmin.com. It’s built [...]

Filed in Apache, Security, Server, Shell, mysql, php, samba, webmin, www | Comments (0)

Updates for KDE4 Reveal Fewer Crashes and The Same Big Problems

Monday, March 24, 2008

There’s been many updates to KDE4, and while spending another day with KDE4 yesterday, I was relieved to find many of the segfaults and KDE crash errors had been resolved. I was disappointed to not be able to find any way of saving my session for KDE4, other than it saving my previous session. I [...]

Filed in Bugs, Hardy Heron, KDE, Kubuntu, Server | Comments (0)

Security Alert – LoCo Teams Hosting Servers Compromised

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

If you’re a part of a any Ubuntu Loco Teams, you may have noticed that they’ve been down for a period. That’s because of a security breach. I encourage you to review these instructions for securing your system after the Ubuntu LoCo team hosts have been attacked.

Filed in Canonical, LoCo Teams, Security, Server | Comments (0)

The Greatest Keyboard Ever – Adesso Tru-Form™ Pro – Contoured Ergonomic Keyboard with Built-In Touchpad and Hot Keys (black)

Monday, June 4, 2007

Allow me to tell you about one of the best hardware investments I recently made. It’s the Adesso Tru-Form™ Pro – Contoured Ergonomic Keyboard with Built-In Touchpad and Hot Keys (black). I originally got this for my laptop, which is still running Windows XP. I’m very picky about my keyboards, and this one’s so awesome, [...]

Filed in Hardware, Laptop, Server, Tips & Tricks | Comments (0)

VMWare Server on Ubuntu

Sunday, April 29, 2007

One of my most critical requirements of the new operating system was an operational VMWare Server application. My wife and I share a network, and the flexibility of a VMWare Server was very appealing.
Our network consists of two computers, a P4 3.0Ghz Celeron with 1GB of RAM and an AMD Turion 64 laptop with 1GB of [...]

Filed in Desktop, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Laptop, Server, VMWare | Comments (0)