lijamez

This user hasn't shared any biographical information

Homepage: http://www.function13.net


Posts by lijamez

Firefox Download Day!

June 16, 2008 - 7:57 pm

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Help set a record for the most downloads of a piece of software in 24 hours. Download Day is tomorrow here over. Video of new features in Firefox 3 here. Get Firefox 3

Linux Mint 5 Elyssia Experience on a Macbook2,1

June 16, 2008 - 12:02 pm

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Linux, Mac | 2 comments

I have already tried Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on my Macbook. To find out the differences between Ubuntu and Linux Mint on the laptop, I decided to try Linux Mint 5, which is heavily based upon Ubuntu 8.04. Macbook2,1 Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz (2x 512MB) 120 GB [...]

How to SSH into Ubuntu

June 12, 2008 - 10:20 pm

Tags: , ,
Posted in Linux | 9 comments

SSH (Secure Shell) allows you to connect to another computer. When you SSH into a Ubuntu box, it is almost the same as if you were to sit in front of that computer’s terminal. SSH also supports file transfers so it is useful if you want to connect to, say, a LAMP server remotely.

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Experience on a Macbook 2,1

June 7, 2008 - 6:00 pm

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Linux, Mac | 6 comments

This post is not a review of Ubuntu 8.04 per-se but it will describe the compatibility and performance of the operating system with my 2nd generation Macbook. Macbook2,1 Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz (2x 512MB) 120 GB Hitachi Hard Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GSA-S10N (LG DVD Drive) Intel GMA [...]

PHP Applications

June 5, 2008 - 1:00 pm

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Web | 3 comments

There are several open source PHP applications that can be installed once LAMP is up and running. Here is a list of a few that I’ve found interesting.

Lighting up LAMP in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

June 2, 2008 - 12:06 am

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Linux, Web | 26 comments

This guide will help newbies set up a fully working LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server using on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Doing do will allow you to use various PHP applications such as the popular phpBB forums and WordPress blog in addition to the basic HTML pages and files. I write this based on [...]