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Introduction

Wanna know what really goes into just adding that simple extra line in "sources.list" for your favorite Ubuntu repositories? Well, in this article, I'll be detailing some of the work I do while maintaining the CLUG Ubuntu software repository. Listed here will be the basics of how to set up a repository to share your Ubuntu software packages, and a few notes on how to update the repository and troubleshooting a few things you may run into.

Ubuntu (or Debian) software repositories are usually simply hosted on HTTP web servers. There a several directories used for storing the software ... [Read more]

I'd really like to thank Arturo Goga for providing a Spanish translation of the Building a BitTorrent Box article. You can find it at ArturoGoga.com.

Thanks again!

Why?

While most of our time on the Internet is spent IM'ing, e-mail, or just browsing the Web, you may run in to situations when you need to do some powerful file transfers. If you use a laptop, you're use to getting up, suspending your laptop, and running out the door all of the time. But, sometimes you know you just need something dedicated to get work done. You'll need a solution to retrieve files and serve data when you need it. In this guide, you'll learn how to set a small headless Ubuntu server used to retrieve BitTorrent files, while ... [Read more]

Sources.list, What?

For those of us using the Debian package management systems, i.e. anyone using "apt-get" or Synaptic for management, there's a better way to organize your repository sources. Most of the time while needing to add more repositories, you would usually add a line to the "sources.list" configuration file. The problem with this is that as you add more repositories to it, it soon becomes cluttered and bloated.

Thankfully, there's a different way to add new repositories without tacking them onto sources.list. If you edit add an empty file to the "sources.list.d" folder (most likely located at "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", same folder as ... [Read more]

Why?

For those of us who enjoy using the Gnome desktop environment, we know we want our GUI applications to be easy to use and seamless. But, there's always that one program that uses the KDE QT library to provide a front-end. For example, I love to listen to music, and nothing beats AmaroK for me. But, every time I use it, the color scheme and icon theme completely clash with my Gnome desktop. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to change the native KDE theme to blend with a standard Gnome GTK theme.

Isn't there an app that's ... [Read more]