Most modern motherboards have a feature that I have been aware of for some time but have not tried until recently. It is called wake-on-LAN (WOL) and gives you the ability to wake a computer simply by sending it a “magic packet” from any other machine on the local area network. If you are wondering [...]
How to Configure Wake on LAN (WOL) and Broadcast Magic Packets
By Sam Davis on Aug 24, 2007 within Guides, Tips | Comments
Ubuntu LAMP Server Guide - Configure Apache, mySQL, and cgi-bin
By Sam Davis on Aug 21, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips, Ubuntu | Comments
In a previous post, I shared step-by-step instructions for setting up a Ubuntu LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP) server on your local area network (LAN). I also showed how you could customize the server installation to include all of the niceties of Ubuntu’s Desktop GUI. If this installation was successful, you should be able to [...]
Ubuntu LAMP Server - Setup Guide with Desktop GUI
By Sam Davis on Aug 7, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips, Ubuntu | Comments
Ubuntu (for those of you who have been living under a rock) is fast becoming the free Linux distribution of choice for home computing. Dell has even begun to ship machines with Ubuntu pre-loaded instead of Windows or Red Hat. But Ubuntu is not just for desktops. It’s also available as a super easy to [...]