Yes, you are reading correctly, it is possible to install a web browser onto a text-based operating system, albeit a limited one. You won’t get all the fancy features of Firefox; but it is a very quick, small, and efficient browser called Lynx. Like many other things, installation is simple, just one command required:
sudo apt-get […]

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OpenSSH is a free application that allows you to remotely connect into your server, and it will act as if you are logged in locally. It is very similar to telnet, although much greater in the fact that it encrypts data sent over the connection.
The SSH server application, which you will be installing, can easily […]

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Possibly one of the most useful features of Ubuntu Server is the apt-get command, it allows you to install software without having to compile or mess around with too many configuration files.Apt-Get installs software from a database maintained by Ubuntu, and then automatically configures most software.
It knows where to look from a list of “sources” […]

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In tech news recently there has been a lot of coverage of the latest version of Ubuntu, 7.04, although mainly of the desktop version. But at the same time the server version was released, but don’t worry, I’m not going to be out of date for too long, I will have install guides for 7.04 […]

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Below are a few planned articles to be written in the near future, these are what I have come up with off the top of my head, so if there’s anything else you want writing about please post in the comments.

Remote access through SSH

Install a Web Browser

Setup a Web Server (Part 1) - Apache
Setup a […]

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In Unix/Linux the root account is the account which has absolute control over everything, a more detailed description of it can be found at wikipedia. By default you can access root priviledges by prefixing the command you wish to execute with “sudo“. This will allow you to perform the command you wish by then entering […]

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When you login you will see a lot of text appear, basically explaining where you can find things, and that there is no gaurantee. Below is an annotated explanation of what everything is.

From there you can see whats happened, and what everything means, so it’s no longer meaningless jargon.

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The first thing that you will need to do is install the Operating System. This tutorial will guide you through all the steps necessary to have a working install of Ubuntu, all posts made further to this will be demonstrated on a computer using the setup process shown below.This example will be performed using the […]

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Welcome to UbuntuServer.info. Ubuntu Server is a free open source operating system based upon Debian. You can download it for free from Ubuntu.com, and is available for a variety of different types of processor’s. On this website you will find tutorials, and short how-to’s explaining to you how to get started.
More information will be posted […]

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