This program is a TFTP server. It is intended to run as a user initiated program, rather than a service daemon, and displays a gui interface allowing the user to stop and start the tftp server. It provides a simple tftp server for engineers to download and upload configuration files from equipment such as routers [...]
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Ubuntu 10.04 Post-Install Guide: What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx!
June 14th, 2010
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What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx? Read this article and find out. http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html
Ubuntu 10.04 with Brother DCP-357c
June 14th, 2010
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My home computer is still running Windows XP. The main reason for this is my printer. It’s a Brother DCP-357c. For a long time I tried to make it work under Ubuntu. I was giving up the hope that it would ever work. After upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 10.04 I thought to give it [...]
Ubuntu with DNS problems
June 2nd, 2010
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At work we need to manage multiple windows domains. After a fresh install of Ubuntu the only computers I can reach are the ones in our primary domain. To reach the other computers I need to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf This file tells Linux where to look for name service information. It should look like this: hosts: [...]
Change the Evolution smtp port number
May 27th, 2010
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When you want to send your mail with Evolution over a different port than 25 try this. Click on Edit -> Preferences -> Double click on your mail account -> Click on Sending Email tab -> Then for your host: all you need to do is add the port number to the end like this [...]
Furius ISO Mount Tool
May 10th, 2010
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I wanted to mount a ISO file in Ubuntu 10.04 Just installed Furius ISO Mount Tool sudo apt-get install furiusisomount
Fine tune the Local Settings of Ubuntu
May 10th, 2010
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I like my installation in English. Most of the solution you’ll find on the internet are in English. So I installed my laptop with Ubuntu 10.04 ( Lucid Lynx ) in English. One of the first things that annoys me is the clock. It shows the time in Am / Pm format. Date, time and [...]
Move window title bar buttons back to the right
April 13th, 2010
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In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Lucid Lynx ) the buttons in the window title bar ( maximize, minimize and close ) are moved to the left. If you don’t like this you can easily change it back to the right. Install Ubuntu Tweak from : http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ Run it and go to Window Manager settings Under [...]
Scan a subnet for active IPs
April 13th, 2010
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With NMap it is quite easy to scan a subnet for active IPs. $ nmap -sP 192.168.10.0/24
Install and setup Minicom
April 13th, 2010
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Minicom is the hyperterminal for Linux. Minicom is by default not installed. Install Minicom with the following command sudo apt-get install minicom Find your serial port dmesg | grep tty $ dmesg | grep tty [ 0.001251] console [tty0] enabled [ 72.953237] usb 6-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 I use a USB serial [...]
