Ubuntu (Gutsy): Installing Texinfo

Pretty easy do, simply run the following command from command line and you’re on the go:

$ sudo apt-get install texinfo texi2html tetex-bin

Now, use your favorite editor (gedit, vi, vim, emacs or texmacs) to start writing.

Texinfo: Writing Plain Spanish

After a few weeks of researching we finally decided for Texinfo as our technical writing platform of choice. But before we did the switch, there was a serious complain about Texinfo: The inability to write plain spanish!!!
For us results really odd to write @’a for an a with accent, we still prefer á. So we [...]

Ubuntu (Gutsy): Change Default Keyring Password

I changed my user password in Ubuntu, everything was OK until the next time I booted my Linux box. Keyring Manager was asking me for a password (as my wireless connection needed stored WPA password), immediately figured out that this was caused by the password change.
The problem is that Gnome Keyring manager doesn’t have an [...]

Ubuntu (Gutsy): DynDNS Client Setup

Hello again, this time we’re going to setup a DynDNS client so your computer/server can be reached from anywhere.
Step 1
First, you need to create an account with DynDNS to do so follow this howto: https://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html.
Step 2
First we’ll install ssh and ssh-socket so we can send our DynDNS user and password encrypted instead clear text:

$ sudo [...]

Linux: Configuring a Server for Static IP

This mini HOWTO explains the required configuration for a static IP.
Before proceed we must know the following configuration of our network:

The IP Address to be used for our server;
Netmask of our network;
Broadcast IP address; and
The gateway IP address.

First, we must open for edit the file /etc/network/interfaces:

$ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

Once there, we must find the network [...]