Ubuntu Home Server related posts and guides
Ubuntu dropped the ball again when it comes to wireless support (in my case the Atheros AR9285/AR9287 cards). Release 12.04 being a Long Term Support (LTS) release, I was hopping that the long existing Ubuntu wifi problems would be rectified. Let us look at some ways to fix wireless problems … read more
XBMC is an awesome media center application. I have previously written several posts on it. With all the customizations that I have been doing with my XBMC setup, it became more important than ever to backup my XBMC configuration files. But I wanted a simple and automatic solution. I could … read more
DLNA allows you to play home network media on all compatible devices over the network. Last year I wrote a post on how to setup MiniDLNA, the free media server software in ubuntu 10.04. I also pointed out the limitations of MiniDLNA media server and why I moved away from … read more
UPDATE (04/24/2012): Microsoft recently reduced SkyDrive from 25 GB to 7 GB. People who were using SkyDrive previously will have to manually apply for the free upgrade to 25 GB. All new accounts only get 7 GB (with no free upgrade). Cloud based storage services have now become common place … read more
After a while of accumulating videos my “xbmc” folder grew several folds in size. If you search around, you will find that several people report this problem. The culprit here is the Thumbnails folder or cache that keeps accumulating thumbnails, most of which become obsolete or useless over the course … read more
Your server speed, cpu usage, memory usage, and overall Linux performance depends also on the amount of system resources your desktop environment is using. A lightweight desktop environment or a minimal desktop, will consume less resources and therefore make more resources available for serving purposes. Many system administrators argue that … read more
Sometimes when you install Ubuntu, the .bashrc file is missing. The problem comes when you want to start using aliases as described in this post. Here is how to fix it. Make sure that your .bashrc file is missing. Check to see if you have a .bashrc file. If you … read more
Working in commandline offers speed and convenience. The downside is you will have to remember all the commands and some of them are long and can affect your productivity. Fortunately, we can create shortcuts to commands that can significantly speedup the work. In Ubuntu, a user can create a “.bash_aliases” … read more
I recently installed Kubuntu Natty Narwhal 64 bit on one of my laptops. The recent changes to Ubuntu (Unity) and Gnome 3 prompted me to go back to KDE. I have to say that except some minor quirks this Kubuntu release is very snappy. I think that the direction of … read more