Linux

I have dabbled with Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) for a few years, but never had it installed as my main operating system. It sits on my spare computer as a back up PC. Mostly I run it for a Virtual box with Windows XP /IE6 running for testing websites. I used to use it...
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I have recently been experimenting more with Linux (Ubuntu distribution) and have recently discovered the power of running Virtual Machines. I started investigating after it was suggested that the safest way to run Windows was inside a Virtual Machine running on Linux, as this helps to stop and contain viruses and Trojans. However, virtual...
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Just spent the last few days trying to get clean urls to work on my Ubuntu apache2 server, and finally found a thread on a Drupal forum. It turned out that you have to activate mod rewrite in Apache before any of the settings in the .htaccess file will take place. Also need to...
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This morning my Ubuntu OS was running really slowly, and eventually Firefox become unresponsive. I was forced to hit the power switch to reboot, but the reboot failed, due to a “bad block” and duplicates. All a bit worrying. This morning I could get nothing to work, and the instructions onscreen were a bit...
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While browsing through the Synaptic package manager on Ubuntu, I spotted a web building application called webgen, which is a static website generator. When I first started looking into building websites, I assumed that such a package would be standard, but only now have I found something that seems to be what I have...
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As I use JAlbum to generate web albums, I need to install it onto my Linux machine. To do so I had to upgrade my Java Virtual Machine to Sun’s latest version. I decided to use the Synaptic Package Manager for this, as I was not entirely sure which packages I needed to install....
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I have almost got my server set up. Today I managed to get the FTP server set up, using ProFTPD. Installing it was a breeze with Linux, as usual, but configuring it was much trickier for me. More steep learning curves. I have managed to set up users with FTP access to their home...
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Today I set up MySQL and managed to transfer a Pligg CMS over from my paid hosting to my home server. Had a few problems to start with, as I was trying to use phpmyadmin (also installed today) to import the .sql file, but this was resulting in errors. I attempting to increase the...
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What a night. I have spent most of the last few days faffing around trying to set up virtual hosts on my Ubuntu Apache server. I had almost given up. I tried using Webmin, but failed. I read many tutorials, which led me to installing Virtualmin at one point, which was useless. Some tutorials...
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I just tried to add some php to a site, and there is an error message that reads “GD Support not detected! GD required for this script.” A quick search on Google led to this solution: $ sudo apt-get install php5-gd http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-or-add-php-gd-support-to-apache/ But one of the messages that came up on install suggests a...
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