Changing the hostname of your Ubuntu/Linux server is as simple as typing: hostname thenewname at the console, right? Wrong. To change the hostname, login to the server, either at the console or through SSH and, with root privileges, launch an editor against the file /etc/hostname. I’m using nano: nmino@ubuntu-vm:~$ sudo nano /etc/hostname [sudo] password for…
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Today I’m going to preform an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Minimal Virtual Machine installation in a newly created Oracle VirtualBox VM. On initial boot you will be prompted to select your language. Press F4 to bring up the Installation Modes menu and select “Install a minimal virtual machine” to install the VM optimized kernel. Then select “Install…
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Today we are going to setup a new Virtual Machine to run Ubuntu Server LTS in Mac OS using Oracle’s VirtualBox, (http://www.virtualbox.org) virtualization software. Begin by clicking on Machine>New… Enter the name for your new VM and select the Type and Version that you will be installing. Click continue. Select the amount of RAM your…
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Update: I’ve created a new post here for installing Webmin 1.620 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and 13.04 Server. This same process works with Ubuntu 13.04 Server. Assuming your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server installation is up-to-date, use wget to download the webmin debian package: (1.610 is the latest at the time of this post). nmino@ubuntu12:~$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.610/webmin_1.610_all.deb…
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In this clip I am going to add a simple text logo/watermark, (it could just as easily be a graphic), to iMovie 9.0.2 quickly and painlessly. And WITHOUT getting the blacked-out box over your logo. The steps are fairly simple: Load your iMovie project Create an alpha, (transparent), Portable Network Graphics image in your favorite…
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