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Hi All,

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron release party held in Tehran, Iran.

From Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Release Party

Ubuntu-ir Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3:

Hi all,

Yesterday the Iranian Team had a great hardy party held in Tehran. Although
it was the uni. exams time/date more than 50 attended the party and made a
great day for the Team.

We’ve had 5 presentation: Ubutnu Installation, Kubuntu 3.5 Tour, KDE 4
features and Tour, Desktop Effects in Ubuntu, Ubuntu Overview and Hardy
Tour, Iranian Team report and future plan.
We had also K/ED/Ubuntu CD, DVD, sticker, MUGs distribution.

I hope we can plan for an Install Fest in near future, since we really need
more face to face talk and free chatting.

And I would like to thank all contributers, all talkers, and Farhang Saraye
Rasane for the conference room. You guys all rock and did a great job,
THANKS A LOT

Shots:
http://picasaweb.google.com/saeid.zebardast/Ubuntu804HardyHeronReleaseParty
The whole story and Presentations:
http://wiki.ubuntu-ir.org/Meetings/13870302

Bests,
Mehdi Hassanpour

Good luck

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Hi
I wrote post about Webmin in ITPencil. My Persian friend like it. I decide to write post about Webmin and how to installing it on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10).
It’s very good for newbie.

from webmin.com:

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.

Installing Webmin On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)
Webmin has some dependency package.
Install dependencies:

sudo aptitude install bash perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl \
libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

After install dependencies, you can download and install Webmin. Last version of Webmin is 1.390.
Download Webmin:

sudo wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.390_all.deb

Install Webmin:

sudo dpkg -i webmin*.deb

Log in and use it:
Copy this URL into your web browser: https://localhost:10000
(more…)

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Hi

I installed gOS on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
It’s nice but I prefer Gnome windows desktop environment.

If you want to install gOS , from terminal do the following (ONE LINE AT A TIME HITTING ENTER AFTER EACH STEP):

• Adding gOS repositories

  echo "deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main"\
   | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  

  echo "deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main"\
   | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  

• In the terminal enter the command to import the public key of the repository so that the signatures could be verified as follows :

  wget -q http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc -O-\
   | sudo apt-key add -
  

• Next update your apt cache database using the command :

  sudo apt-get update
  

• To install the necessary files which will allow you to run gOS on Ubuntu, run the following apt-get command :

  sudo apt-get install greenos-desktop
  

• If you do not have enlightenment (e17) window manager (WM), then apt-get will have to download and install that too which could hike your download size by around 35 MB.

Once installed, you can select gOS/Enlightenment from sessions option in your login screen.

Good Luck

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Hi
Ubuntu has the root account disabled.
You use sudo to run commands as root. if you need root access for some work:

• To start a root shell, but keep the current shell’s environment, use:

  sudo -s

• To start a root shell (i.e. a command window where you can run root commands), starting root’s environment and login scripts, use:

  sudo -i

There is also a root terminal that is in the Applications menu. You have to right-click to edit the menu’s and add a check to the root terminal in System Tools items.

Don’t forget to type ‘exit’ (or press Ctrl+D) to switch back to your normal user when you are done.

• More information about sudo in Ubuntu wiki

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