How to Submit a Bug Report
All software has bugs, and Ubuntu is no exception. Here's how you can help improve Ubuntu by submitting a bug report. It's an unfor...
Administer Your Server Remotely
Install and configure SSH to securely connect and administer your server from any machine with a network connection. Apart from when you ar...
Protect Your Network with a Firewall
Protect your network with a firewall managed from your Ubuntu desktop. Linux has an excellent kernel-based network packet-management system...
Buy Songs at the iTunes Music Store
Yes, it's possible to access, buy, and download music from iTMS on Linux. If you're not averse to spending a little money for a fan...
Roam Wirelessly
Moving from one wireless network to another has traditionally been a pain under Linux. Here's how you can simplify this aspect of mobile...
Recovering Grub 2
GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Grub 2) is the second version of GNU GRUB. It is the software responsible for loading and transferring ...
Virtualization and Emulation
With all the power that today's computers have, why be content to run only one operating system on them? Thanks to modern advances in vi...
Mount Remote Directories Securely and Easily
If you can access it via SSH, you can mount it on your filesystem, giving you secure access to your favorite stuff. Samba has transformed h...
Mount Removable Devices with Persistent Names
Mount your USB drive so it appears as /media/music every time. Mount your FireWire drive so it appears as /media/data every time. My storag...
Enable 3-D Video Acceleration
After a fresh install, X11 is probably not configured to take full advantage of your graphics card. Learn how to take advantage of proprieta...
Hibernate Your Laptop
Sleeping is a good way to pause, but it still uses power. Hibernate mode lets you save the contents of memory to disk so you can resume late...
Build a File Server
Share files with Linux, Windows, and Macintosh machines. There are many different file-sharing protocols, each with strengths and weaknesses...
Install and Configure an Ubuntu Server
The Ubuntu installer makes it easy to do a clean and minimal server setup. The Debian distribution has a well-deserved reputation as being e...
Build a DHCP Server
Use a DHCP server to automatically configure the network settings for all computers on your network. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protoc...
Use an Encrypted Filesystem to Protect Your Data
An encrypted filesystem keeps your data safe even if someone steals your computer and tries to mount the disk. There are a number of techniq...