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How to play old arcade games like 1941 counter Attack on Ubuntu using MAME
2008-02-18 21:35:00
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It's a program that allows you to recreate the hardware of old Arcade gaming machines like Double Dragon, Altered Beast, 1941 (and the like), Golden Axe and many others. In this tutorial I will explain how to install 1941 for MAME and gxmame which is a front-end for MAME. read more
More About: Games , Ubuntu , Play , Counter

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on IBM T41
2008-02-09 03:28:00
Some time ago I bought a used IBM T41 laptop. It came with an official windows XP license (my first one!!! :). But since I tried that OS and didn't like it, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 at that time, for a dual boot setup. I kept XP on there for several reasons: I might sell it, to try out windows software and for gaming. But the partition is so small, and I never use it, so let's get on with how my IBM T41 reacted on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn . read more

How to install Conky, a light-weight system monitor on your desktop
2008-02-08 22:20:00
Ubuntu comes with a good system monitor. If you like to keep an eye on your system all the time, you can put up to 6 indicators on your panel. (Just right click on your panel, 'add to panel' and select 'system monitor'. Right click on a graph and select 'preferences' to edit it.) But If that isn't enough, there's always Conky. Conky is a very configurable, light-weight system monitor that among others displays system stats on your screen, like in the screenshot. read more
More About: System , Desktop , Weight , Monitor , Light

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Satanic Edition Compiz Desktop Recording
2008-02-08 15:50:00
A couple of months ago I upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon . Being a fan of the Satanic edition, I installed that also. Because I like to have a functional desktop, I left the cube out. But there is still some eye candy there. read more
More About: Desktop , Recording , Compiz

How to submit track info to last.fm from cmus using Post.FM
2008-02-07 22:07:00
This tutorial will explain how to submit track info to last.fm (audioscrobbler) when you use cmus. For those who don't know it, cmus is a text-based music player for unix-like systems and it just rocks! read more
More About: Post , Info , Track , Submit

Free Ubuntu stickers
2008-02-07 17:05:00
I found this website that is offering free 'powered by Ubuntu ' stickers. Only thing you have to do is send a self addressed stamped envelope to the address corresponding to your country. Check it out. http://system76.com/article_info.php?arti cles_id=9 read more
More About: Free , Stickers

Sudo make me a sandwich
2008-02-07 01:41:00
A little joke from xkcd
More About: Make , Sandwich

How to create a tag cloud for drupal
2008-02-07 00:13:00
In this tutorial I will explain in 5 easy steps how to setup a tag cloud for your drupal site, like the one you see on the right side of this page. read more
More About: Drupal , Cloud , Tag Cloud , Create

How to install icecast2 with ices2, a audio streaming server for Debian/Ubu
2008-02-06 19:11:00
I just installed icecast2 with ices2 on the same machine, which is now a audio streaming server. Icecast2 is a audio streaming server similar to shoutcast. It listens to ices2 that send the audiofiles to the icecast server. Icecast2 sends the audio to the clients. After installing and configuring icecast2 and ices2 and putting your music in the right directory, you'll have your own internet radio station! read more
More About: Audio , Debian , Server , Streaming

How to install Snort + BASE, a intrusion detection system for Debian/Ubuntu
2008-02-05 14:51:00
This tutorial will describe how to install and configure Snort (intrusion detection system) from source, BASE (Basic Analysis and Security Engine) using MySQL, and Apache2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Snort will assist you in monitoring your network and alert you about possible threats. Snort will output its log files to a MySQL database which BASE will use to display a graphical interface in a web browser. read more
More About: System , Debian , Intrusion Detection , Detection

How to compile FiSH encryption for irssi on Debian/Ubuntu
2008-02-03 19:11:00
I wanted to compile FiSH for irssi on Ubuntu Gutsy, but http://fish.sekure.us was offline. Now that I checked it again, it's back. So perhaps you better follow the walkthrough on http://fish.sekure.us/forum/viewtopic.php ?t=145 . For my own reference and for the case the website is down again I'm posting here what I did to get it to work. This should work for every Debian based distribution read more
More About: Encryption , Fish