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Mini How-to: Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Posted by admin in Communications, E-Mail Clients, Linux on May 22nd, 2010
Install Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu Linux
To install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu Linux 9.10, just make these simple steps:
- Add a repository with Launchpad with the latest versions of Firefox и Thunderbird:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa - Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3:
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install thunderbird-3.0 thunderbird-3.0-gnome-support
Done.
How-to Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Posted by admin in Communications, Linux, Operating Systems on May 13th, 2010
To install Google chrome in Ubuntu Linux 9.10, first download it here (32-bit version) or here (64-bit version).
Install sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-beta_current_*.deb and run.
When Google Chrome was launched at first, I was offered to import Mozilla Firefox settings (if Firefox is launched, close it before importing). Click Agree and the run.
My first impressions: a good browser speed was a pleasant surprise, as well as Import from Firefox. Haven’t seen any drawbacks yet:) Have you?
Linux: Install and run OpenVZ in Debian Lenny
Posted by admin in Linux, Virtualization on March 1st, 2010
There is a server with Debian Lenny installed. We need to configure several VPSs on the server. That’s how to install and run OpenVZ in Debian Lenny:
- Install a kernel with OpenVZ
aptitude install linux-image-openvz-amd64 - To make OpenVZ containers work correctly, a file /etc/sysctl.conf needs to feature these lines:
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
kernel.sysrq = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
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Linux: Installation of OpenNMS on Debian Lenny
Posted by admin in Linux, Monitoring, Networks, OpenNMS, Operating Systems on February 16th, 2010
This mini tutorial explains how to install OpenNMS on Debian in Linux. OpenNMS is an opensource enterprise network management tool. It allows to monitor critical services on remote machines and collects the information of remote nodes by using SNMP.
I have tried to cover the installation of OpenNMS on Debian Lenny in a few steps:
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Ubuntu Linux 9.04: VLC 1.0.0 Setup
Posted by admin in Linux, Operating Systems on November 6th, 2009
Linux: VLC 1.0.0 setup
After the latest release of VLC 1.0.0 happened, I decided to try it out and value its new features. The VLC version 0.9.9 is in the Ubuntu Linux 9.04 repositories. To install the latest release, I used Christopher Corn’s repository for Launchpad:
- Create a file with repository description:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vlc.list
- Add the following lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
Save the file and close the editor.
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FreeBSD: Configure the mail server based on Exim, MySQL and Dovecot
Posted by admin in Communications, FreeBSD, Mail Server, Networks on October 30th, 2009
Need to install and configure the mail server for multiple mail domains? First, you should choose Exim. The list of domains, users, etc. will be stored in MySQL.
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Linux: Install snmpd in Ubuntu Linux
Posted by admin in Linux, Monitoring on October 26th, 2009
- Let’s install snmpd: sudo aptitude install snmp snmpd
Stay Tuned!
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