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Ubuntu: Basics of software repositories Ubuntu uses apt for package management. Apt stores a list of repositories or software channels in the file /etc/apt/sources.list This is important to note as if you want to add sources...
pgp – Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more I was working on getting a private key in order to sign a...
How to: Find a file in Ubuntu using complex criteria (or not) Sometimes you need to find a file and all you know is the extension or the beginning of the file name. A powerful flexible...
Useful Ubuntu Service commands Ubuntu daemons/services/etc. have a few commonalities that are worth knowing when working with them. For example, from what I have read there is a way to reload the configuration changes...
How to: Build your own version of NginX I was following a tutorial on how to use NginX with WordPress and the NginX Fast CGI cache caught my interest. The only problem is that...
Recommendations when Deploying Ubuntu VMs in Windows Azure Below are a few recommendations to keep in mind when deploying Ubuntu VMs in Windows Azure. From networking to deploying applications and collecting metrics. With no...
How to: Enable dynamic DNS updates to a Microsoft DNS Server using an Ubuntu client workstation To my surprise it seems that the beauty of Windows being able to dynamically update corporate DNS servers...
Make your DHCP server dynamically update your DNS records on Ubuntu (Obtained as is from: http://lani78.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/dhcp-server-update-dns-records/) The steps in this post shows how to configure the DHCP server to automatically update the DNS records...
How to: Install Java JRE on an Ubuntu computer There were the good old days when everyone was friends with everyone. MySQL was own by people committed to open source, Sun Microsystems was still...
How to: List all available Hard Drives / Partitions in Ubuntu Managing hard drives, partitions and mounting points in Ubuntu requires knowing a few commands in order to list/view what is available on the...
