Mar
11
Linux in 30 Days
March 11, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Editorials
Some time ago, one of our readers (Jon Donovan) suggested a blog in which visitors could take a 30 challenge and post their thoughts, comments, observations and so on, about various Linux distributions. As a result, a “child site” was born! LinuxIn30Days.com We’ve since started fielding requests from other readers, that in many respects mirror [...]
Jan
14
Help – Assistance Requested – Please
January 14, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Editorials
As some of you (regular readers) may be aware, I am having difficulty getting this blog updated as regularly as I (and many of you) would like. Personally it makes me feel guilty. In great part the difficulty is a result of dividing my time between work (another blog) and contractual projects for clients. This [...]
Nov
20
Linux Commands to Avoid
November 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Editorials
Ouch!? I received a message from another reader (with a link) that outlined some of the commands that can kill your Linux box. Most of us know about rm -rf /, that it will delete all the files in root (recursively). But did you know about :(){:|:&};: or mv /home/yourhomedirectory/* /dev/null for example? I didn’t [...]
Nov
20
Backing Up Your Ubuntu System
November 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Editorials
Quick note here… Also received in my email was a link showing A Guide to System backup and Restore in Ubuntu Upon review it’s a great and well written post. I don’t know the blog (first time I’ve seen it), but I just wanted to note that it a very good post and hopefully some [...]
Nov
7
New Blog Launch – BloggerSavvy
November 7, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Editorials
For those of you who have emailed me asking for new posts and what’s been happening, I just want to say a big thanks. I’ve been very busy and also juggling the launch of a new blog; and I’ll also start getting the time to post new things here too. :) The new blog is [...]
