Check your Disk Usage on Ubuntu from the command line
Ubuntu Linux, like all unix varieties, includes the du command line utility. du stands for Disk Usage, as I’m sure you assumed.
Check your Disk Usage on Ubuntu with Disk Usage Analyzer
Ubuntu Linux includes a great Disk Usage Analyzer GUI tool that will let you figure out what files and folders are taking up all the space on your hard drive. This is one of those great little tools that should be bundled wi...
Enable Smooth fonts on Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Linux has an option for font smoothing that isn’t turned on by default for some strange reason. This makes fonts significantly smoother, enough to be very noticable.
How to display a list of recent commands in Ubuntu Linux
Linux has a rich command line experience that can sometimes be a little daunting for people switching over from Windows. Displaying the list of recent commands is pretty simple, though:
Upgrading Ubuntu from Dapper to Edgy with apt-get
Important Note: According to the Ubuntu Help:
Upgrading Ubuntu from Dapper to Edgy with Update Manager
Upgrading Ubuntu has gotten simpler over time. The graphical utility makes it a breeze to upgrade to the next version. This HowTo should work for any beta version in the future, but keep in mind that installing beta software ...
Make a Backup Copy of your Production WordPress Blog on Ubuntu
You’ve just thought of a great new layout for your blog… but making changes to your blog while visitors are accessing it is generally a bad idea, especially if you are running an ad-supported blog. This How-To sho...
How to use an ISO image on Ubuntu Linux
Like anything else on linux, it’s easiest to do things from the command line. Open up a terminal window and type in the following commands
Kill a Process by Process Name from Ubuntu Command Line
There are a number of ways to kill a process if you know the name of the process. Here’s a couple different ways you can accomplish this. We are going to assume that the process we are trying to kill is named irssi...
Split a text file in half (or any percentage) on Ubuntu Linux
If you have an unwieldy text file that you are trying to process, splitting it in sections can sometimes help processing time, especially if we were going to import a file into a spreadsheet. Or you might want to ju...
Setup OpenSSH Server on Ubuntu Linux
Setting up an SSH server on Ubuntu is about as simple as it gets. The server of choice is OpenSSH.
Run ASP.NET applications on Ubuntu (for developers)
The ASP.NET development environment on Ubuntu Linux is called XSP. This is a simple webserver written in C# that can be used for either ASP.NET 1.0 or 2.0 applications. You can install both environments side by side if need b...
Search for Install Packages from the Ubuntu Command Line
When you are trying to install software on Ubuntu or Debian linux using the apt-get package system, quite often you’ll forget the exact name of the package you are trying to install. Here’s how you can get a ...
Install Ubuntu Applications Easily with Automatix
There is no easier way to get your Ubuntu installation up and running with the tools you need than Automatix. I’m not entirely certain why this hasn’t been integrated into the core of the system yet, because it...
Dump just the table structure to a file in MySQL
For this exercise, we will use the mysqldump utility the same as if we were backing up the entire database.
Display the routing table in either Windows or Ubuntu
From a command prompt or terminal window, run this command:
Display available memory on Linux / Ubuntu
Run this command from a terminal window. This works on debian, ubuntu, and redhat. I’m sure it works on others but those are the only ones I have access to.
A "live" view of a logfile on Linux
This approach works for any linux operating system, including Ubuntu, and is probably most often used in conjunction with web development work.
Installing PHP5 and Apache on Ubuntu
If you are doing any kind of PHP development, you’ll almost always be using Apache along with it. Here’s the quick and easy way to get PHP up and running on your Ubuntu box.
Adding extra Repositories on Ubuntu
Repositories on Ubuntu are the locations that you can download software from. As a general rule, the default repositories don’t contain the right locations for most software packages that you’ll want to install. Y...
Restore MySQL database from a backup file
There are many reasons you would want to restore a database from a backup file… But you should also test this on a test server just to make sure that your database backups are working correctly. Here’s the syntax:...
Backup MySQL Database to a file
Backing up your database is a very important system administration task, and should generally be run from a cron job at scheduled intervals. We will use the mysqldump utility included with mysql to dump the contents of the da...
Change or Set the MySQL Root password
For every database, you should set the root or sa passwords to something other than the default, unless you want to get hacked. For mysql, the system administrator user is called root. You will use the mysqladmin utility from...
Switch MySQL to listen on TCP
By default, MySQL only allows connections from the localhost address. The configuration file is usually found in /etc/mysql/my.cnf
