Recent Posts Tagged With 'ubuntu'

• The Easiest Way to Test Websites in Multiple Browsers

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 05:40 in web design, windows, Linux, ubuntu, testing, solaris, vm, browsers, red hat, virtual machine, linux how to

  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 Machin...

• Bring out the Gimp (Farewell Photoshop)

  Posted on Tuesday October 30th, 2007 at 16:43 in ubuntu, raw, gimp, linux gui, canon image editor, cr2

  One of the things holding me back from a total move from Windows to Linux was the lack of (or my mistaken belief of) a way to process Canon's RAW .CR2 files. As an amateur photographer, I take all my photos in RAW format, to give me the greatest cont...

• Finally got Apache 2.2.3 set up with virtual hosts

  Posted on Thursday October 4th, 2007 at 18:50 in web hosting, ubuntu, web server, web-hosts, apache installation, virtual host

  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 on...

• Installation of Domain Name Service (DNS) - Bind

  Posted on Saturday September 29th, 2007 at 09:39 in web hosting, ubuntu, dns, web server, domain name server, apache installation

  I seem to be speeding ahead here. I am actually starting to read through the Ubuntu documentation, and it is very informative, and presented in a logical fashion. Just found the page on installing domain name services. Once again, this is so far a br...

• Molly Guard Installed

  Posted on Saturday September 29th, 2007 at 09:26 in web hosting, ubuntu, web server, apache installation

  OK. just read up on what Molly-Guard is, and it is just a way to prevent the server being accidentely shut down remotely. There is a nice little story behind its definition:What is Molly Guard?A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by cl...

• ApacheMySQLPHP

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 18:04 in ubuntu, lamp, apache, apache installation

  Just found this page on the Ubuntu website, bookmarking it here. Looks like need to make some changes to get the .htaccess working. Also seems that I could have installed LAMP automatically with this command:To install the default LAMP stack in Ubunt...

• sudo chmod -R 755 ./articles

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 17:53 in ubuntu, apache, web server, chmod

  I think that I found the solution, or at least a solution (it does not seem ideal).I typed this:sudo chmod -R 755 ./articlesand it works.But, this leads to questions:1. There must be one command to change permissions for all subdirectories?2. why ./a...

• Apache Restart: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

  Posted on Monday September 24th, 2007 at 16:23 in ubuntu, lamp, apache installation, installing php

  I guess this is where I find out if it is working...... Apache restarting withsudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restartI have only ever done this through the control panel of my web host so far. So interesting to see how it is really done!OK, the results:jon@...

• Installing PHP on Ubuntu

  Posted on Monday September 24th, 2007 at 16:14 in php, ubuntu, lamp, web server, installing php

  I am now going to record my progress at installing PHP on Ubuntu, in the same way that I recording the results of installing Apache. Again, for my benefit, and your amusement. Are you laughing at me or with me?jon@jon-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install...

• Linux Ubuntu - a Whole New World

  Posted on Saturday September 15th, 2007 at 07:05 in web hosting, ubuntu, open source, web server, web-hosts

  As part of my ongoing self education of the internet and computers in general, I have just installed the open source operating system, Linux, onto my old Athlon 1Ghz pc. I chose Ubuntu (version 7.04) as I was advised that it is a very "newbie" frien...