Sometimes Java isnât installed by default. To add it sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin
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Adding a GUI to your Ubuntu server
I know that you donât need a GUI op a server but sometimes you are in a small business environment where the people having to use it are not that familiar with a terminal. If you install ubuntu-desktop you overkill it by installing all user software packages like office, some games,gimp, etc which âŠ
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I did try to in vain install vmware so I changed to virtualbox. There I got the following error: “Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your windows install disk and restart the computer. 2. Choose your language âŠ
Read more âCron working but not executing?
I was struggling to understand why cron, which was running ok, was not executing my file in /etc/cron.hourly/hourly.backup while if I would run this script by hand it was working file! The reason is that cron doesnât like a dot in a filename (at least in Ubuntu)
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It is handy to have cron log to /var/log/cron.log. You can change this setting in sudo vim /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf You will need to restart the services sudo service rsyslog restart sudo service cron restart
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