Must have Ubuntu Packages

Posted by on Jan 17, 2010 in software | 1 comment

These are packages that I use and recommend on my Linux Ubuntu box. System Tools Filelight Displays a circular graph of the space used by your files, so you know when you have big files (for example, images of your work) that if you backup them you’ll save space. sudo apt-get install filelight gdmap Displays space used by files, but with squares. ...

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SugarCRM

Posted by on Nov 17, 2009 in software | 0 comments

SugarCRM is a commercial open source CRM. Some of the best instructions on installation – Installing SugarCRM on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Installing SugarCRM Community...

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Ubuntu

Posted by on Nov 5, 2009 in software | 0 comments

One of the best articles on initially configuring an Ubuntu system is from Slicehost, it goes into Changing your port Updating you firewall Some general command line tools: % lsb_release -a (What version of Ubuntu are you running?) % cat /etc/lsb-release (What version of Ubuntu are you running? ) Some tools I find useful when doing upgrades: Ubuntu source generator allows you to generate...

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Remote Machine Boot Control

Posted by on Sep 18, 2009 in tech | 0 comments

Restarting/reboot a Windows XP remotely, use ‘shutdown’ command from the command console. Run cmd.exe, and type ‘shutdown -r -t 0′ to restart the machine.

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Linux/Unix System Administrator Tools

Posted by on Sep 9, 2009 in tech | 0 comments

Online tools: CHMOD Calculator (I will be adding to this list overtime….) Offline tools: (I will be adding to this list overtime….) Software tools: Webmin: A web-based interface for system administration for Unix and Linux. (I will be adding to this list...

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