Notes from Setting Up Ubuntu Server on Linode

Published in October 27th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

On Saturday I moved Tombuntu to a new virtual private server at Linode (the computer in my basement just wasn’t enough anymore). I chose Linode (referral link) because they sell unmanaged Linux VPS systems, so I can continue to run whatever software I like. I used Linode’s control panel to install Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit. [...]

Moving to a New Server

Published in October 25th, 2008

Posted by Tom in notices

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Tombuntu is moving to a brand-new server (at Linode) today, so there could be some downtime. I’ll update here once the switch is done. [update] OK, everything should be working now.

Server Monitoring with Python and sSMTP

Published in October 24th, 2008

Posted by Tom in software

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Earlier this week I wrote about using sSMTP as a simple way to send email from a system. The goal I had in mind was being notified when my web server is under a lot of load or goes down. This week I wrote a script in Python, servermonitor2.py, to do just this. In case [...]

A New Refreshing Look for Ubuntu

Published in October 23rd, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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It looks like there will be no theme overhaul in Ubuntu 8.10, but a number of nice themes and concepts have been proposed. I’ve been using one of these themes, called Dust. Dust controls and window borders: Dust Sand controls and Dust window borders: Dust requires a very recent version of the Murrine theme engine. [...]

Enhance Your Clipboard with a Clipboard Manager

Published in October 22nd, 2008

Posted by Tom in software

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The clipboard system in Linux (X11 to be more specific) recives complaints from users who expect it to work differently when applications are closed. The problem is that when content is copied from an application and the application is closed, the clipboard item will be cleared. I ran into this problem recently. An easy way [...]

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