Install and Remove Standalone .deb Files

Use command-line tools to install individual .deb files when other automated tools aren’t an option.

The package management for Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu is very powerful and saves a lot of effort that could be wasted finding the latest packages and tracking down dependencies. Automated tools like apt-get, Synaptic, and Adept should serve most users’ needs almost all of the time, and you should stick to those tools whenever possible. However, there are some circumstances when you need to install a .deb package directly.

Use Xen to Host Virtual Machines

Use Ubuntu as a deployment platform for multiple virtual machines.

A virtual machine (VM) is a simulated computer-inside-a-computer, allowing you to boot an entire extra operating system inside your primary environment. You may already be familiar with the concept of emulation: booting Microsoft Windows within your Linux machine using VMware, running an arcade-game emulator such as MAME on your computer so you can play old-style console games on your PC, or using Virtual PC on a Macintosh to allow it to run Windows programs.

BackTrack 4 Is Finally

Offensive Security, leaders in Online information security training, proudly announced last evening the final release of their extremely popular security oriented operating system, BackTrack 4. After quite a long development period, the team tried to make BackTrack 4 one of the perfect Linux distributions for security-related tasks. It is now powered by a new Linux kernel, includes an expanded and larger toolset repository and custom utilities that can only be found in BackTrack 4.

Convert File RPM to DEB

Apabila kita mencari package ubuntu dengan ekstensi *.deb dan tidak ditemukan dimanapun. Tetapi kita membunyai package linux dengan ekstensi *.rpm. Ada jalan lain yang bisa dilakukan. Kita masih bisa menggunakan  package .rpm yang sudah kita miliki. Dengan menggunakan program yang bernama ALIEN, kita bisa melakukan convert file .rpm menjadi .deb. Langkahnya cukup mudah..