Blogs of the House of LAN
Kubuntu Intrepid
So, the latest and greatest version of the greatest Distro ever is out (haha flamebait :P), and I thought it would be good to document how my install went, so others might be able to get their system up and running nicely. But first:
X-Fi nally on Kubuntu!
Finally! I have my X-Fi Extreme Music working in Kubuntu. Now I don't have to have a second soundcard installed just to get me linux sound.
ATi Graphics Cards and Kubuntu
I've had bad experiences with ATi cards and Linux before. Happily it was not the case this time. Here's how I set up my Sapphire ATi Radeon 3870 HD. I also throw in the desktop effects install at the end.
Essential Kubuntu Software
Unlike Windows, Kubuntu comes with a large amount of software already installed, like OpenOffice, Amarok, Kaffeine, etc. However I always find I need to install a few more, and whats more, its pretty much always the same. I figured then it would be easier to keep this list online so I can find it, and other people can use it and make suggestions on it too.
Rebuilding a PC
Installing update 1 of 86... Do not power off or unplug your computer...
Backup your LAMP
Continuing with the backup theme of my last post, I've needed to back up our local LAMP server because its starting to hold some important data. Maybe I'm getting paranoid because of my first hard drive failure in 10 years (the last one was a 2GB HDD that got progressively larger areas of dead sectors, so it was a nice gradual death). Maybe I've just been taught a lesson and am starting to do what I always should have done anyway. In any case, here is the little script I wrote:
Kubuntu with fakeraid
Updated! This page now reflects Kubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS)
Zimbra on Ubuntu
Here's how I set up my Zimbra colaboration suite on Ubuntu 6.06 Server Edition.