Deciding if Ubuntu is right for you as a desktop solution is as easy as downloading the live CD and taking Ubuntu for a test run. Trying to decide if Ubuntu is right for your small office is a little more complicated. Here are a few steps you should consider when trying to decide if […]

One of the most impressive things about Ubuntu is the committment to release an updated version once every six months, something unheard of in the world of operating systems. With a new release every six months, you might find yourself upgrading before you’re used to your old release.
I started using Ubuntu last summer at Dapper […]

If any of you Ubuntu-ites… Ubuntu-ers??? What every we are, those who favor the flavor of KDE for your Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn 7.04 has been released in Beta and testers are needed for the update tool.
I’m a boring Gnome user myself, but I completely understand and concede the superior candy that Kubuntu provides although even […]

If one day you should, oh let’s say, get to work and not be able to login to your small office Ubuntu server setup like you usually do, don’t worry, help is here.
My normal office practice is to do a full system backup on Fridays before leaving the office. I begin the backup sometimes, quite […]

If you don’t already have a backup plan working for your Ubuntu system, your’re nuts. Few things are as easy as a full system or incremental backup in any Linux system, but when using SBackup to do your dirty work it really is as simple as install, config and forget about it.
SBackup is a cross […]

I recently helped a friend of mine, who had virtually no knowledge of servers and networking, build a server and get it up and running in his office. He chose to install Ubuntu. I had run several versions of Linux servers (after I did away with Windows Server 2000 about 3 years ago) […]