Jan 03

on the ubuntu forums, they have a monthly thread to showcase your desktop for that you are using for that month and to list all the different customizations that you did. i thought that i would share this on here as well.

thread link: January 2008 Desktops (Safe for work ONLY) - Please include theme details

and a little family guy for ya!

ubuntu - january desktop

edit: comments are closed due to spammers… they were only hitting this post for some reason???

Nov 30

this is a howto i wrote awhile back for ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake. squid is a web caching proxy that reduces bandwidth usage while speeding up the websites you visit frequently. dansguardian is a web content filter that is used to block porn and other offensive web content. put both of these together and your family will have a very powerful and secure web surfing experience.

original howto on ubuntuforums.org

This howto guide was created to describe setting up a Squid Proxy/DansGuardian server using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed with the LAMP server option. This guide assumes the user has previous knowledge of installing a LAMP server using Ubuntu and will not be covered. While each program may have a multitude of options to configure, this guide will show you how to configure the basics to get a server started. Continue reading »