I just upgraded http://www.nairabytes.net to Joomla-3.5.1 and ofcourse I had to reconfigure Blogdesk.

HOW TO INSTALL XMLRPC FOR JOOMLA3

1) Download the plugin: for Joomla3, download a plugin called XLMRPC: download it here

xmlrpc-joomla31

2) Install and enable the API: Install the package and afterwards you'll notice a new component called XMLRPC... in the components list.

Goto Plugin-Manager and enable these plugins:

- XMLRPC

- System RSD

Make sure both are enabled: Go to Components >> XMLRPC

Webmin can be easily uninstalled with just two commands:

either:

apt-get remove webmin

or
run the uninstall script:

/etc/webmin/uninstall.sh

The above was verified on Ubuntu 9-Stretch

Editing (addding and removing) menu items in Debian is easy and pretty straightforward.

Install Alacarte: sudo apt-get install alacarte

Creating Menu items is easy: use the 'new menu' and new item' buttons on the right.

Usually, I have a lot of RDP shortcuts which I want as part of my menu. With my own menu items added at the top, alacarte looks like this:

edit menu items debian

Note: To RDP from Linux to Windows, I installed 'RDesktop'. RDesktop is a remote desktop protocol client tool.

Command: apt-get install

In this tutorial, I will be presenting the installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04.5 LTS in pictures.

First, download the Ubuntu-desktop ".iso" file and burn it onto a CD.

example: from Ubuntu website: www.ubuntu.com, I went to downloads >> alternative downloads >> scroll down to see the "past releases and other flavours" section

links:

- Ubuntu releases: http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.5/
- Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (Precise Pangolin): http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.5/

After downloading

Hi guys,

In this tutorial, I will be presenting the installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in pictures. Cheers!!

First is to download the Ubuntu-desktop ".iso" file and burn it onto a CD. From Ubuntu website: www.ubuntu.com, I went to downloads >> alternative downloads >> scroll down to see the "past releases and other flavours" section

links:

Ubuntu releases: http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.5/
- Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (Precise Pangolin): http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04.5/

After downloading

install lubuntu

One benefit of blogging is for reference purposes:

I decided to fiddle with Lubuntu Desktop: http://www.lubuntu.net,

How to install Lubuntu desktop: apt-get install Lubuntu-desktop

Installation was so straight-forward without any issues, but less than 30mins, I was fed up. It then took me another 1-hour to find out how to uninstall lubuntu desktop. Here is the single command that worked.

How to completely uninstall lubuntu desktop:
note: The command below might prompt that it cannot find some

install webmin

Webmin is a web-based interface for managing a Linux Server. Installing and getting around is very easy. Using any modern browser, its an excellent alternative to linux command line. I as an administrator can easily configure and manage my server. This tutorial outlines in a few commands how to install Webmin.

1) log on to your ubuntu server, su into root

2) edit the webmin.list file in directory below, and add a couple of lines as follows:

command: sudo nano

Here are simple straight forward commands to install Gnome Classic Desktop / Menu System:

as root:

apt-get update

apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

After installation, log out of Ubuntu and you would notice that the login prompt has changed. Here is what a new one would look like:

install gnome classic-2

Click on the Ubuntu logo by the upper right to see other options:

install gnome classic-1

Log in using any of the classic options and you would have drop down menus like this:

install gnome classic-3

How it happened?

Yesterday, I worked on Linux-desktop#2 from Linux-desktop#1 via SSH using IP-address: w.x.y.z

Today, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 in a new partition on Linux-desktop#2, set up IP-connectivity and installed Open-SSH. I then tried to connect from Linux-desktop#1 to Linux-desktop#2 using the same IP-address as yesterday.

Here is the error:

tokunbo@AC80008B:~$ ssh <ip-address-removed>
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST

I booted up my linux box the other day and noticed that my desktop had changed..... meaning, there were other folders, items, etc.,... other than the usual. I had something quick to do so I pushed that aside and completed my immediate task.

Note: I had previously redirected my desktop to another folder other than the default in my Debian box. (http://nairabytes.net/linux/how-to-redirect-debian-menu-items-to-other-folders-or-partitions)

Checking around, I also realized that the partition I used