I’ve found a useful website which teaches you how to create Debian .deb files, an application package that has been used by various GNU/Linux distribution including Ubuntu, Knoppix, SimplyMEPIS, Linspire, Xandros and Debian GNU/Linux itself. Hope that this information will be useful to you : Basic_Debian_Packaging Other relatively useful website : HowToBuildDebianPackagesFromScratch ubuntu,debian,deb,package,rpm
You might not want to buy those pricey MacBook Pro and use non-free operating system, but that can’t stop you to have a Mac OS X look for your Ubuntu. Lauri Taimila has written a step-by-step tutorial to turn your Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) into Mac OS X look-alike in no time!** Just take […]
These are the extra Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS repository. Put these in the /etc/sources.lst, and run apt-get update. :) deb http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego all deb-src http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego all #firmware files Broadcom 4306 based wireless controllers. deb http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego bcm43xx deb-src http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego bcm43xx #beagle, xpm2wico deb http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego custom deb-src http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/ dapper-cafuego custom #Microprose transport […]
Ubuntu Dapper Drake (6.06 LTS) has been released earlier this month. Some of the improvements introduced by Dapper Drake is the complete GUI installation screen and the inclusion of tango icon. But it is nice to know that you always have the option to ‘improve’ the Dapper Drake GUI a bit and spruce it up […]
I guess you can find the most helpful howto on this subject at Aysiu’s website. It teaches how to detect a windows partition using the console. IMHO, it’s handy for a newbie to mount windows partition. Please refer here : http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountwindows.php for a complete howto.
If for some reason you want to use OpenBSD ksh which is a modified version of pdksh (Public Domain ksh), then look no more. Somebody has taken the trouble to port the OpenBSD ksh to GNU/Linux. So what’s the deal with the OpenBSD ksh? First, it is free being modified by the OpenBSD project people […]