November 9, 2008 · General · 46 comments

In this tutorial we will see how to enable remote desktop access in ubuntu desktop and accessing remotely.vino is VNC server for GNOME.VNC is a protocol that allows remote display of a user’s desktop. This package provides a VNC server that integrates with GNOME, allowing you to export your running desktop to another computer for remote use or diagnosis.

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November 7, 2008 · General · 13 comments

Bootsplash can be a simple visualisation of the scrolling boot messages in the console, but it can also present graphics or some combinations of both.For some reason there is a bug in the new version (8.10 Intrepid Ibex) that will not let you change this.

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November 5, 2008 · Server · 34 comments

We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options

1) Install desktop Environment

2) Install Webmin

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November 3, 2008 · Server · 33 comments

In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.

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November 2, 2008 · Server · 20 comments

We have already dicussed how to add ubuntu machine in to windows Active Directory.In this tutorial we will see how Integrate windows Active Directory and Samba in Ubuntu.If you want to access samba shares from windows Active Directory.

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