Ubuntu and Linux related Links
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Just a summary of a few Ubuntu and Linux related bookmarks I found useful or interesting:
- HowtoForge explains how to setup The Perfect Server on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Nice article which I based a large part of my server setup on. It also pointed me to a few topics I didn’t think of before.
- Tutorial explaining how to install Windows XP on Ubuntu with VMware Server.
- How to install Flash on Ubuntu AMD64 with nspluginwrapper. When I experimented with the 64bit Ubuntu release I had some problems getting Flash to work with Mozilla. This tutorial solved the problem.
- How to configure a wireless card on Ubuntu server. It was actually easier than I thought it would be.
- Some demonstrations of 64-bit Ubuntu with the 3D-windows manager Compiz can be found on YouTube here and here. There is much more on YouTube. For more on Compiz and Beryl see also Xgl.
- Flickrfs is a virtual file-system that mounts like a partition and allows you to access your flickr account like any other folder on the file-system. Fantastic idea, I have to try this soon.
- Interesting article about what you can do with a second ethernet port.
- VirtualBox is an open-source virtualization solution. At this time I use VMware Server and I’m quite happy with it, but I’m wondering if VirtualBox could be faster and more stable.
- Wireless security is an important topic I have to learn more about sometime. The following are a few links I ran into a while ago: Top 100 Network Security Tools, Aircrack-ng Newbie Guide, Spy and Sniff WiFi in Ubuntu Gutsy and the WPA cracking story may be worth a closer look.
- I tried to learn more about DNS from an administrator’s point of view:
Some infos on DNS can be found in the BIND9 Administrator Reference Manual, the DynDNS knowledge base, OpenDNS and Mike Cappella’s coursework files.
Zaphu.com has good tutorials how to setup a BIND master server and Caching Name Server.
This Two-in-One DNS server tutorial explains how to setup BIND9 to serve the internal and external network at the same time. - Wikipedia article on Beowulf parallel computing clusters.