I was spending some time in the Ubuntu Forums this evening and thought I would share a few questions that I ran into. For those of you looking for a high-level tutorial this isn’t it, but its a good tip for anyone. If you need to convert audio formats there are a few options for… Read More »
Ubuntu Tutorials Presents – Ubuntu Book of the Week
I’ve had tutorials coming out my ears lately and I realize that many of them are written for use on the command line. For many of you the command line may be intimidating, especially if you’re more accustomed to the Windows standard GUI. I want to tell you the command line can be a VERY… Read More »
I was reading tonite about the Apache module, mod_security, which allows you to tighten down the security of your web server. I will admit that I am not a pro with mod_security and I welcome any tips & tricks that the rest of you have. For the rest of you, if you are running a… Read More »
I have been considering a domain transfer for this site for some time and today I finally put in the time to actually do it. If you haven’t already noticed you should have automagically been redirected to the new domain ubuntu-tutorials.com. Please forgive the dust while I finish the transition. I think I have taken… Read More »
I found a sweet tutorial this morning that I really wanted to share with the rest of you. gnome-open, shared by the ubuntonista, is a sweet little command that auto-associates whatever you’re trying to do with the proper file/mime type. From what I see it resembles the universal “open” command on OSX. Here are a… Read More »
I recently read an article on Slashdot mentioning how MySpace users generally have more secure passwords than those in corporate environments. This reminded me of a simple password generator that Ubuntu has to make sure you’re using a password nearly unbreakable. (note: no password is completely unbreakable, but using a generator such as this sure… Read More »
DVD playback is not a feature that is installed by default due to license restrictions. In my opinion the restriction is stupid, very restrictive and violates my rights (of course I am not a lawyer so don’t listen to my rants.) This tutorial will show you how to install DVD playback capability on your Ubuntu… Read More »
The Situation It has come to our attention that a small portion of nvidia users are experiencing a failure to boot into X after today’s kernel update. The problem seems to only happen on some specific configurations involving the unofficial 9631 driver installations and does not appear to affect 877x from the official repositories. Symptoms:… Read More »
Previously I did a post on How to Install Microsoft Core Fonts on Ubuntu packages for compatibility with the fonts everyone else seems to be using. Of course, as an Open Source Advocate, I prefer to use the non-proprietary fonts but there do arise situations where many of us need compatibility so we’ve got to… Read More »