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Solving problemas with PhPMyadmin on Ubuntu

You know, everytime you want to install LAMP + phpmyadmin on Ubuntu, you can simply write on terminal:

sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server-5.0 php5 php5-mysql phpmyadmin

Ok, you are ready to go, but the only problem is that you can’t find the phpmyadmin folder when accessing http://localhost/ you can’t even see the folder at /var/www/ . So what you should do is:

sudo ln -sf /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /var/www/phpmyadmin

It will link the phpmyadmin folder from /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ to /var/www/phpmyadmin
now try going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin and you are good to go! :)

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Brazilian voting machines running under linux

Last weekend I worked in the Brazilian Municipal Elections that happened on 5th October. My job was to transmit all votes from the city I was, to the main data center in the capital. While doinig my things, there was people testing all the machines, and I realised that there was a pinguim on the booting screen. So I made some research, and discovered that the voting machines have its own distro, running on kernel 2.6.16.57 and using some open libraries like SDL, zlib, boost, jpeg, freetype and others.

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Ubuntu 8.04 CountDown

It’s that time of the year again, everyone is just wating for the next release of this amazing OS! Let’s say hello to the new Ubuntu in:

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OpenOffice 3D

It looks PowerPoint will have a great competitor now. People will start thinking twice before paying for Microsoft’s Office. Programmer Shane M. Mathews made great slideshow effects using 3D-OpenGL’s library.

You can take a look of how it looks:

This feature will be available for everyone on the next OpenOffice.org 2.4.

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What happens if you type “sudo rm -rf /” on Linux

Want to know what happens if you type “sudo rm -rf /” on the terminal? Beware to don’t type this on your computer, it will erase all system root folders.

Watch the video below:

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Running MAME games on Ubuntu

How many of us, when young spent so much money playing in arcade machines? How much time have you spent on that old arcade house playing that game, just to watch the end of that hard game, or to be in first on the Hall of Fame? Don’t you miss playing Metal Slug, Marvel vs Capcom, The King of Fighters, Dungeons & Dragons, Street Fighter, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and many other games?

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Some ideas on how Ubuntu 8.04 will look like

While Ubuntu 7.10 is still quite new, you can already take a look on some ideas about how the next version of this amazing OS will look like. I can’t wait until the next release, I believe this time it will come with so many new things, and surprises!

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How To Quickie: Fast way to update your linux box

Updating your linux box is getting each time easier, you can wait until a new update message pops up on your taskbar, or update on your terminal. I usually use the terminal to update my computer, and I will let you know the way I do.

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Try Out Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)

For those ubuntu freaks out there, you can already try out the new version of Ubuntu 8.04, see if there are new features and changes. But remember it’s still far from being the final version (let’s wait little less than six months). It may have some bugs, and it’s normal, for a under development OS.

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10 Things To Do Just After Installing Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu is a very complete OS, especially the Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), but there are still make tweaks you can do just after installing it that will make Ubuntu shine like never. I will explain here some things I do just after have ubuntu installed. Remember that what I’ve written here are the best things to install for ME, you may consider not making some of them or installing many different things, but if so, please, share your wisdom with us all. :)

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