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Installing Ubuntu Server on a HP BL35p Blade Server and how to connect Ubuntu to a DNS Server.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Admin — No Comments ↓

I have been experimenting with the installation of Ubuntu Server onto a HP BL35P blade server and the process has been quite a learning experience indeed. The need to use the HP SmartStart CD to erase the RAID array on…

Tagged with: apt, blade, DNS, lan, proxy, server, settings, ubuntu
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Ubuntu 12.10 to keep the Grub2 bootloader. And it looks like the Amazon advertisements are here to stay.

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution looks set to keep the Grub2 bootloader; the controversial UEFI Secure Boot system looked set to jeopardise the presence of the easy to use Grub2 bootloader; but the Canonical developers have come to their senses…

Tagged with: 12.10, ads, amazon, dash, settings, ubuntu, unity, wallpapers
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Using apt-get over a proxied Internet connection. This is easy.

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Admin — No Comments ↓

If you wish to use the apt-get command on Linux and you are behind a proxy like at a college, then this simple tweak will take care of this issue. Use the sudo touch /etc/apt/apt.conf command to create the apt…

Tagged with: apt-get.proxy, apt.conf, connection, settings
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Fedora 15 Gnome 3 desktop.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Admin — No Comments ↓

The Fedora 15 Gnome desktop is very different to the earlier Gnome 2 desktop environment. After I installed the distribution, I had to change the /etc/hosts file to allow the Midnight Commander to load, as the hostname was not correctly…

Tagged with: desktop, fedora, Gnome 3, settings
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