Archives: Linux

LAMP Installation On Ubuntu-Easiest method

November 6, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | 1 Comment | Filed in: Linux, Tech Talk, Web D.

For noobs, LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP. If you don’t know what LAMP stands for, you probably have no business installing a LAMP server anyways. Installing LAMP on Ubuntu is pretty simple, you just need to install Apache, MySQL and PHP. I know there are many tutorials on how you can do a • Read More »

Dell Studio Screen Brightness Control Problem in Ubuntu-Part 2

November 1, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | 7 Comments | Filed in: Linux.

This post is Part 2 of the Dell Studio Screen Brightness Control Problem in Ubuntu. In that post, I mentioned how you can solve this issue by making an edit in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. But recently, I upgraded my bootlaoder to GRUB 2. Many people would eventually do so in the near future. As I’ve • Read More »

First experiences with GRUB 2

October 28, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | 2 Comments | Filed in: Linux.

Not very recently, I decided to upgrade my bootloader from GRUB to GRUB 2. The reason I tried doing this was- Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is just about to be released. It uses GRUB 2 as the bootloader by default. Although when you upgrade from Jaunty to Karmic, your bootloader won’t be upgraded, curiosity can • Read More »