Thursday March 11th 2010

Posts Tagged ‘linux’

Installing Linux from Windows

Installing Linux from Windows

Today I decided to install Ubuntu on my laptop, since I need a linux platform for my work; Ubuntu is quite easy and fast to install and use, so I have chosen it. Once inserted the cd, the autoplay (which I hate, but I didn't remove yet) showed me a window with an interesting choice: Install Ubuntu as Windows application. I heard about this, but I [...]

Automatic web site backup

I have written a linux shell script to automatically backup a website: also, a php script can help to backup the database in case you do not have access to the database machine and cannot use the mysqldump command. First of all, what will you need: the script uses wget and ncftp; you can download them with your favorite package manager on [...]