Source: The Original Developer.
(Launchpad link):
A dynamic tunnel SSH multiplexer. When heavily using a Dynamic SSH tunnel, this application will open concurrent SSH tunnels to multiplex the load. This is useful when using torrent connections locally, or when using your computer to share internet access via the dynamic proxy.
To install on Ubuntu Karmic:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:martineve/ppa
sudo apt-get [...]

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By default, the newer versions of Ubuntu (9.04 and up) now auto-edit the MOTD. This annoyed me, so I researched how to stop that, since I prefer my own MOTDs and I’m quite particular about what I am presented with when SSH’ing into a box.
Ubuntu is running an application called “landscape-common”.
More on this application here. [...]

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For Debian-based distros, this utility (not related to the ‘nice‘ command) will limit the cpu usage of a program. It works with multiple cores as well.
Simply sudo apt-get install cpulimit. More info can be found here.

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Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (the shortcut which was used to restart the X server) has to be enabled in a different way starting in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala).
Using GNOME

Get to the System->Preferences->Keyboard menu.
Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button.
Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.

Click [...]

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Repost: Source: Ubuntu Geek.
People sometimes have to do a reinstall of their Ubuntu system for various reasons (been playing/experimenting with configuration/drivers/other packages or just because something is badly broken) but remembering all the extra packages you have installed can be a chore – but here is the simple solution:
On your old system (assuming it is [...]

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REPOST: Source: Only Ubuntu Linux:
Bonding is creation of a single bonded interface by combining 2 or more ethernet interfaces. This helps in high availability and performance improvement.
How to setup dual-dual bonding (two bonds of two interfaces each) on Ubuntu as quickly as possible.
1. Add two lines to /etc/modules
bonding bond0 -o bond0 mode=1 miimon=100
bonding bond1 -o [...]

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Even Linux can be vulnerable to attack, especially on a fresh install where all settings are left at defaults. This is an excellent article from IT Security on how to shore up security on a fresh Linux install.
I am not sure if the anti-virus recommendation is required at this time, I think that might be [...]

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From Tech Republic, worth reading if you’re new to Linux system administration.
One of the most common mistakes is not checking log files (reason #10). I often find it hard to keep up and sometimes parse the variety of system logs on a system. A great tool for managing this is called LogWatch. While not a [...]

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Great python script, makes life very easy: UbuntuZilla.

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This tutorial will explain how to add Ubuntu 8.04 desktop to win server 2003 Active Directory using Likewise Open.
Likewise Open is a free, open source application that joins Linux, Unix, and Mac machines to Microsoft Active Directory and securely authenticates users with their domain credentials.

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Source: UbuntuGeek
The GNU MP3/Media Streamer is a simple application which makes it possible to navigate through your audio and video collection via a browser, and stream playlists across a network.GNUMP3d is a streaming server for MP3s, OGG vorbis files, movies and other media formats.The software supports browsing, searching, and streaming all via your browser with [...]

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Extract the files in the .ISO to a USB stick and boot off that, then on-bootup, install from the USB key, quite simple.
Here’s the full howto.

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..if some want to try Ubuntu, but wants to jump right in to video editiing, audio recording and high end graphics work, there’s a version of it called Ubuntu Studio, which scripts a lot of the things one often has to do once Linux is installed. I personally would not use this edition of Ubuntu, [...]

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Having recently acquired MySQL and Innotek (makers of VirtualBox, the open source VMware) SUN is clearly reading the tea leaves and can see the trends. SUN has been a friend to the open source community for years, having forged Star Office, the forebearer of OpenOffice and releasing the source code for Solaris OS. They’re also [...]

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I’m not sure why anyone would want to do that, in the age of live-cd distros and dual-booting options, but some people running high end boxes may enjoy the best of both worlds, running a full Ubuntu distro ontop of windows. This unique distro is called andLinux.
From the andLinux site:
andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux [...]

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