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10 Helpful Things to do After Installing Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is a very customizable operating system and everyone has their own reasons and needs for any particular OS. Still these 10 configuration tips are worth a look and definitively can be considered  to do immediately after a Ubuntu installation. Thanks to UbuntuLinuxHelp. 1) sudo aptitude install sbackup Nothing is worse that losing all your important data (pictures, email messages, music, documents, etc.) The above command will install Simple Backup Suite (more details found on Sourceforge). For me at least it's a great desktop backup solution. I can ... More

June 27th, 2011


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Managing a dedicated server: The (absolute) basics

How to access your server: I order to get direct access to the server console it's done via SSH (Secure SHell) to do so you need a software named Putty if you are running windows just download it (download), run it, give it your IP that that way it would connect, when it asks you your user and password it's located on the welcome email you received from us that also contains the server IP. If you are using any linux distribution ... More

June 22nd, 2011


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Get started with Control Panel (Webmin/CPanel)

Webmin: Webmin is disabled by default, you will have to enable it: - Access the server via SSH - Run #/etc/init.d/webmin start CPanel: - Access server via SSH - Download Cpanel in /home/cpins - Run # wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest - Install the editor nano # yum install nano - Launch system-config-securitylevel-tui # system-config-securitylevel-tui

June 7th, 2011


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Run File System Check in Linux / UNIX

# fsck fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux file systems. If no filesystems are specified on the command line, and the -A option is not specified, fsck will default to checking filesystems in /etc/fstab serial. This is equivalent to the -As options. The exit code returned by fsck is the sum of the following conditions: 0 - No errors 1 - File system errors corrected 2 - System should be rebooted 4 - File system errors left uncorrected 8 - Operational error 16 - Usage or ... More

June 2nd, 2011


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Check and open ports in CentOS / Fedora / Redhat

If you want to open or close a port for a Linux firewall you have to edit the rules in the iptables configuration. By default iptables firewall stores its configuration at /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. You need to edit this file and add rules to open port. Here are the steps to open the port XY using the default visual editor vi: Open port XY Open flle /etc/sysconfig/iptables: # vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables Append rule as follows: -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ... More

May 30th, 2011


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Triple Core Gamer – Server Special

Gamer legacy server special. With a triple-core AMD CPU and 8GB of RAM, this machine is tuned to give you the power and speed you need for gaming or other performance intensive applications. - Triple Core AMD 8400+ - 8GB DDR2 RAM - 2x40 GB Hard Drive - 10 TB Traffic - 100Mbps Connection

May 26th, 2011


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Support of the day: Install 32-bit Software on 64-bit OS

This support solution is on installing a 32-bit app on a x64 system. Stated on the example of Java Development Kid installed on Fedora x64 bit. There are three layers that are important when it comes to 32/64bit compatibility: - Processor - Operating System - Application A 32 bit OS will run on a 32 or 64 bit processor, without any problems. A 32 bit software on a 64 ... More

March 24th, 2011


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Support of the day: Manage users with webmin including POP3/SMTP configuration

You can manage and create users with webmin by: System/Users and groups/Create a new user More information: http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/WebminUsers If you want to add new domains, for example: contact@domain1.com contact@domain2.com You need to add those domains to /etc/mail/local-host-names then in /etc/mail/virtusertable enter contact@domain1.com john contact@domain2.com sally john and sally are local users and rebuild config with make -C /etc/mail/ More information: http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/quick/sendmail.html

March 21st, 2011


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