server or desktop posted by craigbspengler @ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:24:48 +0000
Looks exciting!—is server info included or is this primarily a desktop-oriented book?
View Articleserver or desktop posted by Keir Thomas @ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:29:38 +0000
Hi Craig. The book focuses on typical Ubuntu users, which I guess means desktop users. But there are things server admins might find interesting—a lot of the tips are about efficient command-line...
View Articleserver or desktop posted by craigbspengler @ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:40:53 +0000
Thanks Keir—the TOC is impressive, not to mention enticing! I noticed references to Gnome; I have been a KDE afficionado for years and years now are the tips Gnome/KDE-agnostic, perhaps? Also, is there...
View Articleserver or desktop posted by Keir Thomas @ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:09:53 +0000
Hi Craig. The book was written using Ubuntu as a base, so any tips that are desktop oriented are GNOME specific. What you say about KDE raises the interesting prospect of a version of the book focussed...
View Articleserver or desktop posted by craigbspengler @ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:53:09 +0000
Wow, Keir, thanks for the compliment—never thought of myself as a power user. Seriously, I said no more questions so just a small sample of opining. At year or more ago my techno-lady set up a network...
View Articleserver or desktop posted by Ronny Klaeboe @ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:41:01 +0000
I am setting up an Ubuntu server 8.04 LTS to run Ruby on Rails and expression engine—thanks to Ryan Irelan for his excellent set of screencasts.However I would also like to install the Gnome desktop to...
View Articleserver or desktop posted by Keir Thomas @ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:05:31 +0000
Hi Ronny. I haven’t tried but if you’ve installed the Ubuntu Server, it should be enough to simply install the ubuntu-desktop package. This is a metapackage that depends on all the Gnome desktop stuff....
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