Add Software RAID 5 on your current system

If you have a current system running smooth but is running out of spaces, you might consider to add a new hard drive to it. Or, you can add a software RAID 5 to the current system under Ubuntu is very easy. Here, I will not show you how to do it but [...]

RAID on VirtualBox

I had tried VirtualBox and Vmware player to install Ubuntu 7.04 as RAID 0 and 5 but they were unsuccessful. VirtualBox crashed while installing packages and Vmware player cannot install the GRUB at the end of the installation. However, I had successfully installed RAID 1 on both virtualization softwares. The RAID 1 [...]

FreeNAS

FreeNAS is not a Linux distribution. It is build from FreeBSD. It’s stable version 0.68 is rock and very easy to setup. I have tried the beta version 0.685b but unsuccessfully setting it up. It also supports RAID.
Enjoy!
Dated on 2007-07-21 :
I updated the firmware from 0.68 to 0.685b1 without any problem. [...]

MultiGet for Ubuntu

Multi thread downloader is available for Ubuntu or Debian – MultiGet. It speeds up your download for a large file such as CD/DVD image. It is a great software.
Enjoy downloading!

Rhythmbox for music sharing

I have a Buffalo LinkStation Pro which is a NAS that running Samba. I have some OGG songs in it. I searched the net for the audio streaming from the NAS but in vain. I overlooked the Rhythmbox which comes with Ubuntu 7.04 (or Ubuntu SE). Rhythmbox comes with DAAP music [...]

Router to router

I have a wired and a wireless routers. I connect them together to make them looking as one router. Then, I can access all the computers within the same intranet.
Router A (connect to the internet)
Step 1 :
I assigned a wired router to be Router A which is connected to the internet via optical [...]

Bridge network interface on VirtualBox

When I want to streaming TV by SlingBox on Windows XP by VirtualBox under Ubuntu 7.04, I found the “Host Interface” produced error. That’s mean I could not streaming TV? No, there is a method to solve this problem.
Step 0 :
If you have not install VirtualBox on your Ubuntu 7.04, follow this guide [...]

Tidy your Ubuntu up

After install and uninstall some packages or softwares, your system will left some unusable libraries and configure files. You can easily to remove them by the following method :
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install deborphan gtkorphan
Now, from your “System” — “Management” — “Remove orphaned packages”, select “Options” and then click [...]

Logitech Quickcam Messenger on Ubuntu 7.04

I have a Logitech Quickcam Messenger for a long time. It works great in Windows. However, there is no driver for it in the few past years. Now, you have a good news. You can just install the the driver on your Ubuntu box and it is ready to go.
You can [...]

Bluetooth networking with Windows Mobile 5 under Ubuntu 7.04

It is quite easy to share the internet connection with Ubuntu 7.04 laptop between Windows Mobile 5 pocket PC for HSDPA.
Step 1
Ubuntu 7.04 side :
Step 1a
Install the following packages :
sudo apt-get install bluez-pin bluez-utils gnome-bluetooth
Step 1b
Turn on the Bluetooth of Pocket PC and find the Pocket PC from the Ubuntu Laptop by issuing :
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