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Apr/14

Install SASS On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Software at 28th April 2014 0:01 by

Overview SASS has allowed CSS to evolve into a more dynamic language such as variables and mixins for re-usability. Install sudo apt-get install ruby-full rubygems sudo gem install sass Usage If the following error occurs when you use –watch parameter: … Continue reading →

12

Apr/14

DannyTsang.co.uk And Heartbleed

Filed Under Linux, Website at 12th April 2014 17:27 by

In line with most security recommendation I have updated OpenSSL to a patched version which does not contain the Heartbleed bug. In the mean time I have issued a password reset to all registered users. For more information

24

Mar/14

Preparing For Ubuntu 14.04

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 24th March 2014 0:01 by

Overview With Ubuntu 14.04 LTS coming up I thought it would be fitting to discuss my plans for upgrading. My current setup has 1 computer running 12.04 LTS and it has been running relatively well except for the first few … Continue reading →

03

Mar/14

Brute Force Protection On Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 3rd March 2014 0:01 by

Overview Protection from spammers and slowing down brute force attacks should always be used especially with cheap VPS / cloud computing as well as the botnets. Whilst there are no 100% way of preventing the issue there are software to … Continue reading →

24

Feb/14

Keep VPN Alive On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Networking at 24th February 2014 0:01 by

Overview I have tried VPNs in the past but for whatever reason they always disconnect after a certain amount of time despite selecting automatically connect. I found a post on how to keep a VPN alive by using network manger … Continue reading →

17

Feb/14

Create Swap Partition Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux at 17th February 2014 0:01 by

To check if there are any SWAP files configured run the following command: sudo swapon -s It will list all swaps if any. Ensure there is enough space on the root partition to create the swap: df -h Create the … Continue reading →

03

Feb/14

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions On Ubuntu Server 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 3rd February 2014 0:01 by

Overview Trying to install the VirtualBox guest additions in a non desktop system I encounter errors. Luckily the solution wasn’t too difficult to fix. Install Use the Virtualbox menu to install the guest additions CD image Mount the Guest Additions … Continue reading →

27

Jan/14

Check & Change Ubuntu Locale

Filed Under Linux at 27th January 2014 0:01 by

Overview I recently moved some of my hosted servers to Digital Ocean for their low cost, SSD tiers. On doing so I noticed the time was out by few ours only to realise NTP was not installed and also the … Continue reading →