Category: Ubuntu

Ubuntu security advisory

SecurityFocus reports a vulnerability in Ubuntu The problem is that the root password is stored in clear-text in a world-readable installer log file, verifiable by running grep password /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat...

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TightVNC on Ubuntu

In case like me, you were looking to install the TightVNC viewer and/or server on Ubuntu and your first guess didn't work: $ sudo apt-get install tightvnc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Couldn't...

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FreeNX on Ubuntu Breezy Badger

is a snap. Just check out the FreeNX page on the Ubuntu Wiki What I did... (more…)...

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TurboPrint for Linux

After trying it out for a week or two, I bought the TurboPrint Linux print drivers over the weekend. I actually had printing from Ubuntu to my Canon i950 inkjet working using some funky Japanese Canon drivers for some other...

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Want pain? Set up a printer in Linux

I just spent a frustrating couple of hours getting my Canon i950 printer to work in Ubuntu. Setting up Ubuntu was pretty easy but setting up the CUPS printing was a pain. In the end, I got most of the info I needed from this...

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Installed Ubuntu

The Windows 2000 machine that is the print server for my network has been acting really strangely lately. It tends to lock itself and it wasn't actually configured right to be on the network. I installed NetBEUI and then the...

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Ubuntu Linux review

Here's a review of Ubuntu Linux from the March 2005 issue of Linux Magazine. Ubuntu Linux is a Debian-based distribution and a pet project of South African Thawte founder and millionaire, Mark Shuttleworth....