I have been busting my brain modules for about a week (off and on) learning the ropes of setting up a Linux Ubuntu server running Samba, a windows (and UNIX) file server. I decided to do it the hard way and have been playing with Linux in the terminal mode. That means no graphic interface, just the command line. That keeps the dual processor 64 bit system dedicated to just file services. It is wicked...
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The Internet is a strange place sometimes. So much electronic stuff all hooked together in a system that covers the world. It is really a wonder it all works as well as it does. Well today it didn’t work all that well for about an hour for me. I was playing with Ubuntu Linux on my “Playground” computer. Suddenly my web sites were gone and what seemed like all my website URLs were taking me...
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Strange word but here is a link to the website where you can also discover the meaning. It is one of the newest and currently the hottest flavor of the free Linux personal computer operating system. It is based on Debian Linux, another Linux flavor or what the industry call a Dist or distribution. The Debian base is not a secret but is only important as a matter of linage. The average Ubuntu OS user...
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The title of this post is the search string I used last night to solve a problem with my main home computer. The search string led me to the solution… eventually. I had copied some files from a CD to several 3.5 inch floppies for my wife and her friend in Ohio. The friend in Ohio sent the disk back and said it was blank. I checked the identical disk I made for my wife...
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