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Can’t Set Root Password In Ubuntu

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments

I installed Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to my new laptop (HP EliteBook 6930p), and first on my to-do list is to set the root password so I can do additional package installations and configurations. But this time, after I unlocked and set password for my root account, i still can’t login (via terminal) [...]

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Tags: Installation

Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” will use Eucalyptus for your own cloud computing solution

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Mark Shuttleworth announced last Friday that Ubuntu 9.10 will be named Karmic Koala, and also presented what we should expect from the future version of Ubuntu:

the desktop version will have a new look (more beautiful)
on the server side as everybody these days Ubuntu’s future will be targeting the “cloud”. They will have official supported [...]

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Tags: cloud computing