Creating a Perl Daemon in Ubuntu

You can create your own daemon in Perl to do whatever is needed. [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Upgrade Google Chrome from Beta to Stable on Ubuntu

If you have been running Google Chrome Beta on Ubuntu, you can now upgrade to stable! Mmm, stable, just like the cool kids.

Open a Terminal and type in the following commands:

sudo aptitude remove google-chrome-beta sudo aptitude install google-chrome-stable

Your settings will be preserved.

share and enjoy:

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Passive Mode (PASV) FTP client on an Ubuntu server

If you need to communicate from your Ubuntu server to an FTP server that requires passive mode, there is a problem: your firewall likely blocks communication. Using an FTP client manually, you can probably connect with the server, but not list or transfer files!

The reasons for this are straightforward, your system is operating [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Securing an Ubuntu Server

Security is relative. Will these steps make your server “secure”? It will be more secure than it was before. And more secure than most servers. Your server will not be “low hanging fruit”. Security is an on-going process. It includes settings, practices and procedures. Make it your business to regularly read about security and [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Ubuntu command line: see PDF of a man page

So, you use the command line. And, you’d like to look at a command’s manual page.

Wouldn’t it be handy to open the page into another window, nicely formatted, all typeset and neat? That is exactly what this little script will do.

I keep my personal scripts and executables in ~/bin (the bin directory [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

List of installed packages on Ubuntu

This lists packages added after Ubuntu was installed.

When I upgrade from one version of Ubuntu to another, I do a fresh install. I have a procedure on my personal wiki with all of the steps to move in. Part of that is restoring data from backup, Part is restoring or recreating configuration files.

[...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Interactive, Full Screen Aptitude

Debian’s aptitude command is, according to their documentation, the preferred program for package management. I use Ubuntu for my work machine and servers and have found aptitude to be easy to understand and use, as well as reliable.

see also: Aptitude vs Apt-get Comparison

Unlike apt-get, aptitude offers a full-screen (or full-window more likely) [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

New drawing for a project

This is a drawing I did for an upcoming project:

share and enjoy:

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Aptitude vs Apt-get Comparison

see also: Interactive, Full Screen Aptitude

One of the many attractive features of Ubuntu and Debian Linux is the package management system. Coming from other operating systems and other distributions makes the discovery of the Advanced Packaging Tool, APT, a source of pleasure and delight. Here is a system that solves dependency hell, makes [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter

Mix in some CLI fun on your server

This post is directed at Ubuntu and Debian server admins. As all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, it is imperative that you immediately make your server more fun. If you do not get a little smile when you log into your server via SSH, then something is terribly wrong! Avoid [...]

share and enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • Sphinn
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Blogplay
  • Fark
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Twitter