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Ubuntu: How to Mount an iPhone or iPod Touch as an External Drive

Contributed by shamanstears on October 14, 2009 under Linux

If you are an Ubuntu user, your iPhone (or iPod Touch) can be used as an emergency external drive. You can also easily access and download images.This can be accomplished without having to jailbreak your phone (or media player).

Create a Linux software RAID array

Contributed by abanks on February 12, 2009 under Linux

This recipe is a spin-off from my blog entry on building an inexpensive storage server, if you want more commentary, see my blog.

Ubuntu 8.10: Easily Install Inside Windows for Dual Booting

Contributed by shamanstears on November 24, 2008 under Linux

Dual booting your machine sounds like a complicated task, but if you want to run both Windows and Ubuntu, it is a piece of cake. In a short amount of time with minimum effort you can be set up to boot into either OS on your computer.

Ubuntu : Enable NTFS read/write options (accessing XP and Vista drives)

Contributed by seamonkey420 on September 22, 2008 under Linux

This recipe explains how to enable NTFS read/write options in Ubuntu and in turn allows one to read/write to any XP or Vista partitions one may have. This will be shown using Terminal to install. Applies to Ubuntu 7.04 and up (Gutsy Gibbon, Feisty Fawn, Hardy Heron)

Defend Your Web Server Against Distributed Denial of Services (DDos) Attacks

Contributed by qmchenry on July 8, 2008 under Linux security

In computer security, it quickly becomes apparent that preventing computer attacks is much more challenging than attacking computers. A good example of an easy technique to prevent a website from functioning is a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack in which a number of compromised computers around the internet make web (or other protocol) requests on some poor server. If the web page requested is one that requires lots of server-side processing, the resulting load from the combined requests prevents the web server from responding to legitimate requests, thus denying the service. As Tech-Recipes.com was subjected to such an attack recently, we felt it might be beneficial to others if we described the steps we took in our response.

Ubuntu: Creating a repository using APTonCD

Contributed by incursor on April 7, 2008 under Linux

Having a repository of packages you’ve downloaded using apt is good for when you need all of your favorite applications in a flash. Here’s how:

Ubuntu: 4 Ways to Install Programs or Packages

Contributed by incursor on March 2, 2008 under Linux

This howto describes the simple, common methods for installing packages in Ubuntu.

Ubuntu: Stop Display from Going to Sleep when Inactive

Contributed by shamanstears on February 20, 2008 under Linux

By default, Ubuntu puts your display to sleep after it has been inactive for a period of time. While this is a good idea when you are running on battery power, it can be annoying when you are on AC power.