How To: TrueCrypt Setup On Ubuntu Linux

TrueCrypt is an open source software that helps you set up and maintain an on-the-fly encrypted volume. On the fly encryption means data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention.

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Jolicloud – A Linux Distribution for Netbooks

This review of Jolicloud details my experience in running this Linux distribution on my Samsung NC 10 notebook.

I am typing this in JoliCloud. It is a netbook centric OS based on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. My search for a good operating system to run on a netbook started when I got a  Samsung NC 10 netbook.

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How To Enable mod_rewrite In Ubuntu Linux

mod_rewrite is an Apache web server module which is used to rewrite a URL at the server level. This module has a variety of uses. But it is most frequently used to provide clean, search engine friendly URLs.

This article explains how to enable Apache mod_rewrite in Ubuntu Linux.

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How To Install LAMP Server in Ubuntu Linux

This guide teaches you how to install LAMP server in Ubuntu Linux the easy way. LAMP is an acronym for Linux Apache MySQL and PHP. Apache web server, MySQL database, and PHP form the de facto standard for running any content management system – be it Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla and so on.
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Maximus – A Tool to Reclaim Desktop Space in Linux

Maximus is a command line tool that maximizes the windows of desktop applications that are running. This tool is useful if for example, you have installed a normal Linux distribution in a netbook – a laptop with 10″ inches or less screen size, and you want to utilize the screen to the fullest.

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How to Install GNOME Shell in Ubuntu Linux

Installing GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is easy. This is how you do it.

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

Once GNOME Shell is installed, you can start it by running the following command :

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Installation Walkthrough

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was released on October 28 2009. This latest version of Ubuntu has numerous features and improvements over its predecessor Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.02.

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Install LaTeX in Ubuntu Linux

This guide explains how to install LaTeX in Ubuntu Linux. LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.

LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content.

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How to install GIMP scripts in Ubuntu Linux

In GIMP, you have access to many scripts which allow you to do complex tasks with the click of a button. When you install GIMP in Windows or when GIMP comes pre-installed in Linux, it comes with a good subset of these scripts installed by default. These scripts are consolidated and are found under the GIMP Menu – “Filters” .
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How to install fonts in Linux – Ubuntu, Debian

Ubuntu Linux searches for fonts in specific locations as listed in the /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file.

A look at the contents of /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file indicates the following directories which are searched by Ubuntu Linux for fonts. They are :

1. /usr/share/fonts
2. /usr/share/X11/fonts
3. /usr/local/share/fonts
4. ~/.fonts

So if you want to install new fonts in Ubuntu Linux or Debian for that matter, you can copy the fonts to any one of the 4 directories listed above.

The last directory ~/.fonts is a local hidden directory in every user’s  Home folder. If you install the new fonts in this directory, the fonts will be available only for the person logged into that particular user account.

If you want your new fonts to be available system wide, to all users, then you should install them in any one of the first three directories listed above.

Once all your fonts are copied to the specific font directories, you have to make Ubuntu Linux aware of the new fonts so that it can make use of them. This is done by running the following command in the console :

$ sudo fc-cache -f -v

Please note that you have to have super user powers to run this command. In Debian Linux, it means you have to be logged in as root user.

What the fc-cache command does is, it reads and caches all the fonts installed in the font directories. You have to run this command each time you install any new fonts in Linux.

Reference : Ubuntu Wiki

This method of installing fonts works not just for Ubuntu or Debian Linux but probably for all other Linux distributions.