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HOWTO: Mount your USB hard drives at boot time on Ubuntu

I’ve got a number of external USB hard drives connected to my ubuntu server that need to mount to a predictable directory. When you log into Gnome, the desktop environment does it’s nifty thing and mounts any drive you’ve got … Continue reading

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Simple MySQL backup to gmail on Ubuntu/Debian

Backing up your MySQL database (if it’s a reasonable size, like < 100s of MB) can be done with a cronjob that runs mysqldump, gzip, and mpack.

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HOWTO install etherpad on ubuntu 9.10

Etherpad was opensourced by google, and has some generic installation instructions. Here’s the translation for Ubuntu Karmic Koala (release 9.10):

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How to fix the wifi on a HP Mini 110 Netbook running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

Installing Karmic Koala from a USB drive proved to be a bit less than effortless. First off the http and ftp servers for the netbook-reloaded ISO images were really slow, and for some odd reason there aren’t any bittorrent links … Continue reading

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How to fix your ubuntu 9.10 console

After upgrading my server (that isn’t running X) to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), I found that the console on my LCD monitor was cropping out several characters from the left and right sides. It wasn’t hard to fix, though, given … Continue reading

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OpenDNS updater for linux/ubuntu

The OpenDNS service is great — it provides anti-phishing and the ability to filter out some of the less desirable detritus from the internets. OpenDNS needs to be periodically notified about what your IP address is, and I don’t have … Continue reading

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Installing Trac on Ubuntu

Here’s the condensed version, using the installation guide for help:

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Installing CrashPlan on Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition

Although rsnapshot is super for linux-to-linux backups, I’ve found CrashPlan to work very well as a backup solution for my family’s windows and mac boxes. The CrashPlan installation works pretty well on ubuntu desktop edition, as all the necessary packages … Continue reading

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Samba problems with Ubuntu 9.04

I was trying to set up samba with a new Ubuntu 9.04 (“Jaunty Jackalope”) box, and was frustrated when windows failed to connect to the [homes] share I had enabled. It turns out that even if you comment out all … Continue reading

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Installing Ubuntu from a USB Drive

I just bought a new green server (25-30 watts at full load!) and wanted a brand-new Jaunty experience. The MSI Wind Nettop doesn’t come with an optical disk drive, nor does it come with IDE support, so my old CDROM … Continue reading

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