tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22552141131418090102024-09-23T00:09:26.577-07:00A collection insights into Unix, Linux, BSD, and Solaris Operating system use.Matthew Strohmeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09266793500938904094noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255214113141809010.post-90142724881699919772011-02-12T10:39:00.001-08:002011-02-12T10:39:14.395-08:00

Hey thanks for checking out my all-things-unix blog. I have been neglecting it quite a bit lately but have started posting more howtos. They can be found at http://www.sandbaux.com! See you there.

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If you don't know, the LAMP stack is the Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP stack. Because Ubuntu (and therefore Minty Linux) and Debian have apt-get, this process is extremely simple. First, lets get everything installed.$sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils mysql-server php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql mysql-client One line, everything will be installed. But we should do some configuring before

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Want to get updates when I add something to the site? Add my site by adding this link to your RSS reader, or other such things. I have been using Google Reader. It in my opinion is very convenient. Just add this link http://feeds.feedburner.com/SliceOfUnix to your RSS feeder and wowee! Updates on your time.

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With school started up, I've not been posting much, and I apologize. However, I did finally replace the motherboard in my main desktop, which has pushed me to use my server more (laptops and wireless weren't working well with the server except to come in, plug into the wired network, and dump. The last dump was 150 gigs, hence it not being convenient to do over wireless). Today, I decided to

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Today my goal was to get a GUI up and running on FreeBSD. Due to my own familiarity with it, I chose Gnome. The first thing you'll need to do is either compile from source, or use the package management system. I chose to go the package management route because it usually is quicker. The package required is gnome2, so I ran this command:#pkg_add -r gnome2This installs everything you'll need.

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FreeBSD was explained to me as linux, but with a different mascot. Without going into that, I have started pushing myself to learn it, due to it being ZFS compatible. I'm debating switching from OpenSolaris to FreeBSD for my fileserver so that I can keep ZFS, but have a little bit more mature system. I'm not set on the switch, but researching my options.One thing I've run into with FreeBSD is

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I've been using OpenSolaris 2009.06 for some time now. I have really enjoyed the feeling of security I get with all of my files hosted on my large-ish ZFS pool. However there have been some issues which I would like to bring up, and some other things I would like to compliment.First, OpenSolaris has great package management software. I haven't found something yet that I'm unable to install

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Tuxradar has a great article talking about the differences between Linux and OpenSolaris, as well as talking about some of the better features of OpenSolaris. Check it out here.

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I've been spending the last few days, when I have time, playing more with KDE on OpenSolaris, and I must say I've been impressed. The Korona 0.002 release hasn't showed me any real bugs. But because of my limited time lately (school is starting again), I've not been very forceful with it. Again, to get Korona, go to http://genunix.org/

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In searching for a usb image, I stumbled across http://genunix.org/. This site has tons of images for OpenSolaris and more. One such image is the 0.002 release of the Korona Live distribution, a distribution that allows for KDE on OpenSolaris. After burning the DVD (not cd), I was able to boot right in to KDE without any issue. I've used KDE before, but never gotten to love it so much to use

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Today I learned about the availability of "liveusb" images for OpenSolaris. Liveusb is like a livecd except much quicker. Because 1GB thumb drives are about as expensive as dirt, its inexpensive, reusable, and much faster. There is a script to "burn" (you're not really burning it) the image to a usb drive on OpenSolaris, and a program to do the same on a Windows book. The script for

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I've since learned that the CIFS server integrated into the OpenSolaris kernel is not actually Samba, despite running a smb/server. The integration makes setup much easier to do, however there are some bugs that I've been having lately with prolonged connections. Because of this, I'm going to be trying to setup Samba in OpenSolaris and explaining how to here.

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I've written up a walkthrough for installing OpenSolaris 2009.06. You can read it here.

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In yet another posting on migrating from Windows to Linux, I'm going to show you how to install Mint Linux. Mint Linux has been labeled the "best distro for migrants from Windows", but that doesn't mean it will be the best distro for you. I really enjoy it despite being a huge Linux geek, and not needing something very easy to use. Mint is actually based off of Ubuntu, but that doesn't mean

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A Guide to Installing UbuntuFirst off, this guide assumes you'll be doing no customization. This is a very basic install. It should also illustrate how easy it is to install Linux. Ubuntu has seven "steps" to installation. I will walk you through these.This is the screen you will see upon booting from the Live Boot Disc. If you would like to see what your computer would look like with Linux,

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Another addition to the move from Windows, is that sometimes it is just nice to have a Windows install. Microsoft Office is a very powerful suite of software. At work, Microsoft Exchange has held back many converts. Virtualization has come around to help fix this, and some employees are switching to Apple computers, with VMWare Fusion installed so they can still use Microsoft software.

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The next series of articles will mostly be about transitioning from Windows to Linux. I'm planning how-tos on installation of a few distros, as well as some software to use once in that will be (mostly) universal. However, as I know some people are hesitant to migrate completely due to software availability, I thought I would mention WINE.Wine stands for Windows Emulator, meaning that it tricks

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Often times, a command I want to use is missing while working with zones. That or a library, or an extension. Pkg includes a search function that will completely take care of this for you. Just typepkg search "named-checkzone"where in this case I'm trying to find what package includes the command "named-checkzone" and hit enter. Pkg will tell you what package you need!

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So while working with zones, I tried to remove a folder I created as a test, only to have OpenSolaris complain that it was still in use. What I realized was that because it was created as a ZFS dataset, it couldn't be directly deleted, but instead required me to use this following command:#zfs destory tank/example/dirZFS protects itself from being deleted by accident. I thought this was good

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For many, Windows is the only operating system. But we know this isn't true, as Mac OS X has gained in popularity in recent years, and even Linux has been making headway. So today I want to talk about migrating from Windows to Linux. Up until this point all of my articles, while applicable to other operating systems at their core, were written specifically about OpenSolaris. OpenSolaris, to

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Adobe Flashplayer is very widely used throughout the web. To get it installed on OpenSolaris, Firefox tries to install it, but fails. So you can download a tarball from Adobe. Then what? Follow these instructions$tar jxvf flash_player_10_solaris_x86.tar.bz2$cd flash_player_10_solaris_r32_18_x86/Here you may need to create a folder. Without changing directories, do this$ls ~/.mozillaThis will

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My cpu use is very low on average. My top shows 0.09 0.08 0.08. I wanted to really see the thing pick up, so I asked about good things to do to waste CPU cycles. The suggestion was Blender, a 3d rendiner software. The only issue, the repository that had it for easy installation through pkg, was in the pending section. "Use at your own risk" isn't always encouraging. So remembering what I

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Earlier in my experience with OpenSolaris I was concerned about security and so chose to isolate certain server functions through Virtualization. However, virtual machines require disk space, cpu time, and memory. This meant that my server wasn't slow, but it was starting to use its swap memory. And for a box that is barely doing anything, that wasn't acceptable to me. So next, I learned how

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So far, ethernet drivers have presented the biggest problems for me and OpenSolaris. My AMD board didn't have a widely supported NIC, but I was able to locate a third party driver that worked. I like OpenSolaris so much, however, that I've switched my workstation at work to OpenSolaris. The box also needed a third party driver for the Marvell Gigabit Ethernet card. I did a little bit of

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One major improvement, adding colors. Run this command./SET term_force_colors ONIt makes it a little prettier.

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