OK, you love Ubuntu, but after awhile, the same-old, same-old GRUB and boot splash screens become tedious and boring. Could it be your Ubuntu needs a little SUM-thing to spice it up? If you’re up for a walk on the wild side, try StartUp Manager (SUM), a utility created by Glenn Van Loon that lets you change bootloader and splash screen settings in Ubuntu.

Source: SUM-thing new for Ubuntu

This tutorial shows how to set up a Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.

Source: The Perfect Setup – Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04)

GNU/Linux includes a beautifully simple way of creating self-extracting archives, and “self-installing” archives. This article explains how.

A super introduction to some lesser known scripts,Baldy

 

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Source: Self-extracting Archive HOWTO