Archive for January, 2010
Connect Windows 7 Media Center to Ubuntu storage via SMB
On the Ubuntu workstation or server, it is assumed you have already setup a folder, partition or filesystem that contains the files you’d like to add to the Windows Media Center collection. On the same Ubuntu machine, install the necessary libraries by running the following commands. You may want to visit the SoundForge Webmin website [...]
Simple file encryption in Ubuntu
If you haven’t previously created or installed a PGP key on the client machine, you can do so by performing the following steps:
APPLICATIONS -> ACCESSORIES -> PASSWORDS AND ENCRYPTION KEYS
Click FILE -> NEW -> PGP KEY -> [CONTINUE]
Enter your name and the email address you’d like the key bound to. Comments are [...]
Create an Ubuntu USB Startup Disk
While UNETBOOTIN works quite well to create bootable USB thumb drives from just about any bootable image, Ubuntu itself has the ability to create other Ubuntu-only bootable drives natively through the STARTUP DISK CREATOR utility. Both use bootable disk images in ISO format, while UNETBOOTIN has additional capabilities. However, if you are looking for a [...]
Creating LUKS encrypted USB drives
Insert a USB drive and unmount it if automount is enabled.
Install cryptsetup if it isn’t already: $ sudo apt-get install cryptsetup
SYSTEM -> ADMINISTRATIO -> DISK UTILITY to start PALIMPSEST
Select the drive and delete any existing partitions.
In the now unallocated space, enter SIZE, LABEL, FS TYPE values
Select ENCRYPT UNDERLYING [...]
MD5 checksums
To verify integrity of your downloads in Ubuntu from sources that also provide MD5 hashed checksums, compare the value of the downloaded file’s checksum using “md5sum” to the provider’s documented checksum.
$ md5sum [fileName.ext*]
Desktop Drapes
Desktop Drapes is a automated wallpaper changer for your desktop and is available via Synaptic as “drapes”. Once installed the application is available via SYSTEM -> PREFERENCES -> DESKTOP DRAPES. Once you execute the application, it begins as a systray application, not as a window. Right-click the systray icon, and select PREFERENCES. You can choose [...]
