Author Archives: Linerd

Install LAMP and phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 11.10

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LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and php, (or Perl). It’s one of the most popular web hosting platforms. If you’re developing websites, it’s good to have your own private development environment to use while you build and test your websites. This post will show you how to install and configure a LAMP web development environment on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot to use for testing. It can also be used to set up LAMP on a Virtual Private Server (VPS) or a Dedicated Server, but please note that this post does not cover setting up proper security for serving content to the internet. Continue reading →

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Command Line Basics: Finding Files

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In today’s post I’m going to show how to use the command line find program to search for files. There are certainly different GUI tools available in Linux, such as Beagle, to search for files. The advantage of many of these systems is that they index the files on your system so that the searching is rather fast. The disadvantage is that the indexing can often slow down system performance, so many users end up disabling it. There’s also the situation where you might not have access to a GUI, like when you’re logged in to your web hosting server through ssh. Continue reading →

Remove Old Package Configuration Files in Ubuntu

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Many software packages in Ubuntu come along with a package configuration file. These files are used to control various settings for their particular package. In most cases, there is no reason to keep these files around after you’ve removed a package from you system. They get removed from your system along with the software package if you happen to use the apt-get purge command or if you mark it for “Complete Removal” in Synaptic. But what if you didn’t do that when you removed the package? Continue reading →

Get A Free Digital Issue Of Linux Journal

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I’ve been subscribing to Linux Journal for a few years. Today I was disappointed to find out that they are discontinuing their print edition and they are going digital only. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I like the fact that I can hold a magazine in my hands and flip through the pages without having to boot my computer or worry about running out of battery power. Continue reading →