When aptitude removes the kernel and you accidentally reboot

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it's not necessary to panic.

Installing any small distro on a USB or CD will solve the problem, providing it is of comparable age to your current system.

Once you boot in the rescue distribution, mount --bind all the volatile and living data like /dev /proc and /sys (perhaps even some subdirs
from var, although i got away without this) to corresponding directories of the non-functioning system, then chroot /mnt/kernelessdistropath
and install the kernel, or any other fundamental building block of a Unix system which made it inaccessible.

How To Upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) To 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) (Desktop & Server)

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The new Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 12.10.

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-12.04-lts-precise-pangolin-to-12.10-quantal-quetzal-desktop-and-server

Debian Installer 7.0 Beta3 release

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The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the third beta release of the installer for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy".

Highlights
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* Full IPv6 support during the installation process.
* UEFI support (see "hardware changes" below).
* Most of Gnome fits onto CD#1 again (network-less installation).
* LXDE and Xfce now live on separate images.

Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target)

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This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 12.04. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. "Remote" in this case means "inside the same LAN" because AoE is not routable outside a LAN (this is a major difference compared to iSCSI). To the AoE initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive.

How To Monitor Hard Drive Usage In Ubuntu Server Using The Visual Philesight CGI Script

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This process will add a nice visual representation of the hardrive usage on your Ubuntu server which you can acces over your local network. It's based on "philesight" which is a nice clone of philelight.

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-monitor-hard-drive-usage-in-ubuntu-server-using-the-visual-philesight-cgi-script

Debian Project News - October 15th, 2012

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
Debian Project News debian-publicity@lists.debian.org
October 15th, 2012 http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/20/
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Welcome to this year's twentieth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

* Report from the FTP Team meeting
* Bits from the DPL
* Decrease in bug reporting rate in Debian
* Other news
* Upcoming events
* New Debian Contributors
* Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
* Important Debian Security Advisories
* New and noteworthy packages
* Work-needing packages
* Want to continue reading DPN?

How To Use Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock On Ubuntu 12.04

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Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on your computer, and more. You can use it with OpenGL (to use your graphics card) or without, and it is compatible with Compiz, but it can also run without a composite manager. It works under Unity, GNOME, KDE, and Xfce. This tutorial shows how to install and use Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock on an Ubuntu 12.04 desktop (with Unity).

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-use-glx-dock-cairo-dock-on-ubuntu-12.04

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Ubuntu 12.04

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Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine.

http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-hosting-with-vsftpd-and-mysql-on-ubuntu-12.04

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