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How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 3

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This is the 3rd part of my Ubuntu home networking howto. In Part 1 I covered how to configure your home network with static IP addresses. Part 2 was about client and server configuration for NFS file sharing over the network. In Part 3 I’ll show how to automatically mount the shared folders at boot time. This is done by editing the file system table in /etc/fstab. Log in to one of your client computers, open a terminal, and enter the following. Continue reading →

How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 2

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In Part 1 I showed how to set up your home network with static IP addresses. In Part 2 I’m going to show how to share folders across the network. There’s a lot of information on the net for setting up Samba (which works with Windows SMB) to share files. That’s fine if you need to share files and folders with Windows computers, but in a pure Linux environment NFS (Network File System) works just as well or better. Some reports on the web claim it to be 3-4 times faster than Samba for file transfers. In today’s post, I’ll show how to install and configure NFS in order to share folders across your home Linux network. Continue reading →

How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 1

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Building a home network can make the management and use of multiple computers in your home much more convenient. For example, you can set up shared folders so that you have access to your files from any computer in the house. Another nice thing you can do is share your printer with all of your other computers, so you can print from anywhere.
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How To Create Multiple Firefox Profiles

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Although it’s possible to create separate login profiles on both Windows and Linux, it’s often inconvenient when sharing a computer with other household members to start a whole new login session when someone just wants to quickly access their webmail or homepage. A more convenient solution is to create separate user profiles in Firefox to manage different homepages, bookmarks, etc. Continue reading →

Ubuntu Video Configuration on a Dell Inspiron 2600

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Update Nov. 9, 2008 – While trying to get Ubuntu 8.10 working on my 2600, I remembered one key detail to getting 8.04 to work. I’ve only gotten it to work with BIOS revision A08. Here’s a link to the Inspiron 2600 BIOS A08 on the Dell website. Unfortunately, this is a Windows executable to make a bootable floppy, so obviously you’ll need access to a Windows machine to make the BIOS boot disk. Continue reading →