Nov 18, 2013 Posted by newlife007

How To Install ownCloud 5 on CentOS 6

So you want to be part of the “Cloud”, how about your own personal cloud? Enter ownCloud, ownCloud is a free Open Source software, used to setup your own personal cloud for file sharing, Calender, Contact and Bookmark sharing and Personal Audio/Video Streaming. It is pretty easy to setup and manage. In this post I will be using CentOS 6.3 minimal server to setup ownCloud. Install the necessary... read more

Nov 17, 2013 Posted by newlife007

How to Watch Netflix on Ubuntu 13.10

Well everyone else is watching Netflix, how about Ubuntu users? This is possible thanks to Netflix Desktop App available through the PPA. The Netflix Desktop App has updated to version 0.8.0 and supports Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 and 10.04. Installation is simple. Open a terminal and type: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio Now let’s update the repository and install the... read more

Nov 13, 2013 Posted by newlife007

How To Setup Your Own Camera Security with ZoneMinder on Ubuntu 10

You know how it is, we need some kind of security in out homes but the camera security systems that are out there are expensive and use proprietary software. Being the geeks we are how about an open source solution that works with cameras out there and allows you to have your own DVR security system. In this post we will cover using ZoneMinder on Ubuntu 10.04. ZoneMinder is an integrated set of... read more

Oct 16, 2013 Posted by newlife007

Monitoring Your System with Munin on Fedora

Have a few servers and want to get some stats on IO, CPU, networking and other data don’t have full blown monitoring, this is where Munin can help out. Installation is simple Install Munin. $ sudo yum install munin munin-node Enable and start munin-node service $ sudo systemctl enable munin-node.service $ sudo systemctl start munin-node.service Set the password for the Munin id to access the  site $... read more

Sep 10, 2013 Posted by newlife007

xterm-256color error in Fedora 18 and 19

After upgrading to the latest release of Fedora I started noticing an error when connecting to older RHEL and Solaris servers and getting an error. This change was implemented in Fedora 18 to allow for support of 256 color terminals. xterm-256color: Unknown terminal type I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all I have is ‘xterm-256color’ This was causing issues trying to... read more