New Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition has released. In my office, i use Ubuntu for operating system. Ubuntu offers 3 years of free updates. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition has many features such Productivity tools, Webmaster browsing, Photos, Music and Video, Office tools, and Accessibility.

Productivity tools
If you have yahoo mails or Gmail, you can use these tools to manage your mails, contact, calender and everything you need when you work with mails.

Webmaster browsing
If you are Mozilla Firefox maniacs, it has provides Mozilla Firefox (Beta 5). You can surf faster, safer and it has provides theme for Ubuntu.

Photos
You can upload your favorites photos and share with other people in the world. With your camera or phone, you can tranfer to F-spot.

Music and Video
With your gadgets like PSP, iPod or Mp3 player, you can share playlist with your friends.

Office tools
Office tools supported by Open Office. You can use when you work at your office or home, and of course, it's completely free.

Accessibility
Ubuntu has provides many application, software and everything you need, free and very easy to use. It's one of the best operating system for your desktop computer.

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Internet Connection Sharing in Ubuntu 704

Internet Connection Sharing is one of way to use internet connection together. As in my office, internet is one of facility reserved for assists officer performance. Now let us practice does share internet connection with Ubuntu as its(the server).

1. Configuration of your network. The server has two Ethernet Card (eth0 for to internet) and eth1 ( for to local network).

Configuration of Network to ISP ( eth0):
IP : 192.168.10.81 ( eth0)
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.10.1
DNS : 202.155.0.1

Configuration of Local Network ( eth1):
IP : 192.168.0.1
Netmask : 255.255.255.0

2. Edits file /etc/resolvconf :
nameserver 202.155.0.1

3. Edits /etc/network/interfaces :
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.10.81
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 202.155.0.1

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0

4. Edits file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward, changes number 0 to become 1 or
Edits file in /etc/sysctlconf, adds line following :
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

5. Edits file in /etc/rclocal, adds line following that every server restarts automatically implements it :
iptables - t nat - A POSTROUTING - o eth0 - j MASQUERADE


6. Restarts Your Server.

7. Configuration Gateway and DNS in computer Client makes reference to IP your server.


Source : Various articles in Internet
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Make Repository In Ubuntu

Make repository in linux (ubuntu). One of the methods to install the application in Ubuntu 7,04 Festy Fawn are to use the Repository package. This package is the collection of applications that in input into several DVD. At the time of us want to install the application use Synaptic Package Manager, we are asked to put this DVD.
To make more practical, then all the Repository packages is put inside harddisk.

Following this method:

1.Prepare DVD Repository totalling 4 DVD.
2.Empty space in harddisk minimal 16 GB.

Now, let's begin:
1.For directory to repository.
Example, we give the name ubuntu.
Example:/home/server/ubuntu/

2.Put DVD Repository that is first, enter to directory DVD and copy to directory that was made:

Example: rsync -avx -- progress/cdrom/./home/server/ubuntu/

3.Do for DVD Repository to 2, 3 and 4.
4.So that Repository could be used, then Edit file in:/etc/apt/source.list.

Add this line:
Example: deb file:///home/server/ubuntu/
Repository is ready to be used, you no longer need to put DVD Repository to install the application.
Good Luck.

The source: Various articles in the Internet

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Ubuntu - The directory and the Bundle

The Linux bundle system and Unix are organised in the structure of the hierarchy, like the tree.
The highest level from the bundle system is/or the directory root.
In Unix design philosophy and Linux, all is regarded as the bundle, including hard disks, the partition and removable the media.

This is significant that all the bundles and the directory (including the disc and the other partition) is under the directory root.
For example,/home/jebediah/cheeses.odt put forward the channel (path) to the bundle cheeses.odt available in the directory jebediah whichever am under the directory home, that is under the directory root (/).
Under the directory root (/), there are several general important collections of the system directory is used by many Linux distributions other.
Below this am the list from the public's directory that is exact under the directory root (/) :

/Bin - the important binary application
/boot - the bundle that is needed to boot computer
/dev - the bundle device (the device)
/etc - the bundle of the configuration, the script startup, etc. (etc)...
/home - the starting point directory (home) to user
/lib - libraries system
/lost+found - provide the system lost+found for the available bundle is supervised the directory root (/)
/the media - Mount (contain) removable the media like CD-CREAM, the digital camera, etc....
/Mnt - to Mount the bundle system
/opt - the place of the location to menginstal the application of the addition (optional)
/proc - the special dynamic directory that handles information concerning the situation from the system
/root - the starting point directory to root, it was said slash-root'
/sbin - the binary important system
/sys - contain information concerning system
/TMP - the temporary bundle (temporary)
/usr - the place of the application and the bundle that often are used by the user (users)
/var - the bundle of the variable like the log and database

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