http://simonwillison.net/2021-02-26T20:31:52+00:00Simon Willison2021-02-26T20:31:52+00:002021-02-26T20:31:52+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2021/Feb/26/tailscale/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://tailscale.com/kb/1077/secure-server-ubuntu-18-04">How to secure an Ubuntu server using Tailscale and UFW</a></strong></p> This is the Tailscale tutorial I’ve always wanted: it explains in detail how you can run an Ubuntu server (from any cloud provider) such that only devices on your personal Tailscale network can access it. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dogsheep">dogsheep</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tailscale">tailscale</a></p>

2012-01-15T18:55:00+00:002012-01-15T18:55:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2012/Jan/15/how-can-i-download/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-download-a-web-servers-directory-and-all-subdirectories-with-one-command/answer/Simon-Willison">How can I download a web server&#39;s directory and all subdirectories with one command?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Use wget (you can install it with apt-get install wget)</p> <p>$ wget --recursive <span><a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a></span></p> <p>That will create a directory called <span><a href="http://example.com">example.com</a></span> and put the mirrored downloaded files in the right sub-directories inside it.</p> <p>If you just want to download a subdirectory, do this:</p> <p>$ wget --recursive <span><a href="http://example.com/subdirectory">http://example.com/subdirectory</a></span> --no-parent</p> <p>The --no-parent option ensures wget won't follow links up to parent directories of the one you want to download.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2011-01-23T17:55:00+00:002011-01-23T17:55:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2011/Jan/23/why-exactly-isnt-textmate/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Why-exactly-isnt-TextMate-available-for-other-platforms-like-Ubuntu/answer/Simon-Willison">Why exactly isn&#39;t TextMate available for other platforms like Ubuntu?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Because it was written in Objective-C using the Cocoa framework, which is only available on OS X. Porting it would not be at all easy.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/textmate">textmate</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2010-09-01T14:05:00+00:002010-09-01T14:05:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Sep/1/munin/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.darkcoding.net/software/setting-up-munin-on-ubuntu/">Setting up Munin on Ubuntu</a></strong></p> Useful guide to setting up my favourite graphing/monitoring tool for personal projects. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ops">ops</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sysadmin">sysadmin</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/munin">munin</a></p>

2010-03-02T09:55:18+00:002010-03-02T09:55:18+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Mar/2/running/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://dustin.github.com/2010/02/28/running-processes.html">Running Processes</a></strong></p> I’ve been searching for a good solution to this problem (“run this program, and restart it if it falls over”) for years. I’m currently using god which works pretty well, but according to this article I should be learning upstart instead. It never ceases to amaze me how difficult this is, and how obtuse the tools are. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/god">god</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/processes">processes</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/unix">unix</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/upstart">upstart</a></p>

2010-02-12T09:21:32+00:002010-02-12T09:21:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Feb/12/toppcloud/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.ianbicking.org/2010/02/10/why-toppcloud-not-agnostic/">Why toppcloud will not be agnostic</a></strong></p> Ian Bicking’s toppcloud aims to offer deployment with the ease of use of AppEngine against a standard, open source Ubuntu + Python 2.6 + mod_wsgi + Varnish stack. Here he explains why he’s not going to vary the required components: keeping everything completely standardised means everyone gets the same bugs (and the same fixes). <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/deployment">deployment</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google-app-engine">google-app-engine</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ian-bicking">ian-bicking</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/modwsgi">modwsgi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/toppcloud">toppcloud</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/varnish">varnish</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wsgi">wsgi</a></p>

2010-01-07T19:28:40+00:002010-01-07T19:28:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Jan/7/tv/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1176">last.fm for television</a></strong></p> Dale Lane’s neat hack to visualise his television watching habits. An Ubuntu / vdx home theatre stores TV events in SQLite, and graphs are generated using Python and Open Flash Chart 2. The really clever bit: the back-end captures nearby bluetooth IDs’ allowing events to be filtered by the people watching based on the presence of their mobile phones. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dalelane">dalelane</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/graphs">graphs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lifetracking">lifetracking</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sqlite">sqlite</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tv">tv</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vdx">vdx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/visualisation">visualisation</a></p>

2009-09-25T22:14:12+00:002009-09-25T22:14:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Sep/25/snowleopard/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.some-abstract-type.com/2009/09/mysql-python-and-mac-os-x-106-snow.html">MySQL, Python and MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)</a></strong></p> I gave up on compiling things when I upgraded to Snow Leopard—I’m back to running Ubuntu in a VMWare instance, mounted over Samba so I can still use TextMate. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mysql">mysql</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/samba">samba</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/snowleopard">snowleopard</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/textmate">textmate</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vmware">vmware</a></p>

2009-04-28T21:52:50+00:002009-04-28T21:52:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Apr/28/screen/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/ubuntu-brings-advanced-screen-features-to-the-masses.ars">Ubuntu brings advanced Screen features to the masses</a></strong></p> Ubuntu 9.04’s screen-profiles package adds a taskbar to screen and emulates the gnome panel. You can even add a widget showing the cost of your current EC2 session. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ec2">ec2</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/screen">screen</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2009-04-17T16:22:41+00:002009-04-17T16:22:41+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Apr/17/hublog/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001845.html">Installing CouchDB from source on OS X</a></strong></p> So far I’ve just been playing with it in an Ubuntu virtual machine. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/building">building</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/couchdb">couchdb</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2009-03-24T14:31:25+00:002009-03-24T14:31:25+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Mar/24/development/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://intranation.com/entries/2009/03/development-virtual-machines-os-x-using-vmware-and/">Development virtual machines on OS X using VMWare and Ubuntu</a></strong></p> Bradley Wright provides detailed instructions for getting the JeOS (VM optimised) flavour of Ubuntu running with VMWare tools so you don’t need to run samba just to share your desktop. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bradley-wright">bradley-wright</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jeos">jeos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/virtualisation">virtualisation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vmware">vmware</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vmwarefusion">vmwarefusion</a></p>

2009-02-21T17:19:18+00:002009-02-21T17:19:18+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/21/koala/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000536.html">Introducing the Karmic Koala, our mascot for Ubuntu 9.10</a></strong></p> Ubuntu 9.10 will have a strong focus on cloud computing, including tools for easily creating EC2 AMIs and Eucalyptus, an open-source system for running an EC2-compatible cloud in your own data centre. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://blog.gardeviance.org/2009/02/happiness-is-koala.html">Simon Wardley</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cloud-computing">cloud-computing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ec2">ec2</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eucalyptus">eucalyptus</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/karmickoala">karmickoala</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mark-shuttleworth">mark-shuttleworth</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2009-02-14T15:42:58+00:002009-02-14T15:42:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/14/comprehensive/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://lethain.com/entry/2009/feb/13/the-django-and-ubuntu-intrepid-almanac/">The Django and Ubuntu Intrepid Almanac</a></strong></p> Will Larson’s impressively comprehensive guide to configuring and securing an Ubuntu VPS from scratch to run Django, using PostgreSQL and Apache/mod_wsgi behind nginx. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apache">apache</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/modwsgi">modwsgi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nginx">nginx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/postgresql">postgresql</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sysadmin">sysadmin</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vps">vps</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/will-larson">will-larson</a></p>

2008-12-08T18:04:09+00:002008-12-08T18:04:09+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Dec/8/ubuntu/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://alestic.com/">Ubuntu and Debian AMIs for Amazon EC2</a></strong></p> Exactly what it says on the tin. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/amis">amis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debian">debian</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ec2">ec2</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-11-18T00:22:50+00:002007-11-18T00:22:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Nov/18/ubuntu/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-November/000106.html">Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 released</a></strong></p> JeOS = “Just enough Operating System”—a minimal Ubuntu image designed for creating “virtual applications” that are embedded in a VMWare (or similar) virtual machine. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jeos">jeos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/virtualisation">virtualisation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vmware">vmware</a></p>

2007-08-11T08:47:04+00:002007-08-11T08:47:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/11/ubuntu/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/python/python-django">Ubuntu -- python-django</a></strong></p> Sweet, Django 0.96 is packaged for Ubuntu Gutsy. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gutsy">gutsy</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-06-30T22:24:40+00:002007-06-30T22:24:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jun/30/bbum/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/03/06/python-mac-os-x-and-readline/">Python, Mac OS X, and Readline</a></strong></p> This worked for me, though you need to already have gcc and svn installed. It’s crap like this that made me switch to Ubuntu on Parallels for most of my Python development. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macos">macos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/parallels">parallels</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rant">rant</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/readline">readline</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-05-01T18:39:44+00:002007-05-01T18:39:44+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/May/1/dell/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/dell-to-offer-ubuntu">Dell to Offer Ubuntu</a></strong></p> That right there is why I find Flex more interesting than Silverlight. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dell">dell</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash">flash</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flex">flex</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/silverlight">silverlight</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-04-20T00:37:08+00:002007-04-20T00:37:08+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/20/simon/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/full_java_stack_in_ubuntu">Full Java Stack In Ubuntu</a></strong></p> JDK6, Glassfish, NetBeans and Java DB are all available in the Multiverse repository for Ubuntu 7.04. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/java">java</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/simon-phipps">simon-phipps</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-01-15T01:41:48+00:002007-01-15T01:41:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/15/ubuntu/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/">Ubuntu Screencasts</a></strong></p> Fantastic resource—exactly what Ubuntu (and desktop Linux in general) needs. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/screencasts">screencasts</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2007-01-11T14:49:12+00:002007-01-11T14:49:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Jan/11/cookies/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.josephhall.com/2006/11/sugar-cookies.html">Ubuntu sugar cookies</a></strong></p> Different coloured dough is used to bake the Ubuntu logo in to the cookies themselves, kind of like making sushi rolls. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.nedbatchelder.com/blog/200701.html#e20070111T090133">Ned Batchelder</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cookies">cookies</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cooking">cooking</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2006-06-30T12:43:25+00:002006-06-30T12:43:25+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Jun/30/cory/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/29/mark_pilgrims_list_o.html">Cory Doctorow switching to Ubuntu</a></strong></p> Another high profile defector. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cory-doctorow">cory-doctorow</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>

2005-04-08T09:49:46+00:002005-04-08T09:49:46+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2005/Apr/8/hedgehog/#atom-tag

<p>The <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.org/">Ubuntu</a> community have released Hoary Hedgehog, otherwise known as Ubuntu 5.04. If you haven't tried Ubuntu yet, it's an excellent Linux distribution based on Debian with a strong focus on desktop usability. Unlike most Linux distros, Ubuntu comes with just one desktop manager (Gnome) and one obvious default application for each of the essentials: Firefox for browsing, OpenOffice for office work, Evolution for mail.</p> <p>That's not to say that other applications aren't available. Ubuntu's package management inherits from Debian, with the Synaptic package manager making downloading and installing new software as easy as searching for what you want and hitting a button. The key thing is that you don't have to start your journey with Linux by making random decisions (Gnome v.s. KDE for example). Ubuntu has more in common with Python's philosophy (There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it) than Perl's.</p> <p>Best of all, Ubuntu has a Live CD similar to Knoppix which allows you to try out the distribution without installing a thing - just drop the live CD in to the drive on a x86 PC and reboot.</p> <p>You can grab Ubuntu from <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/">a regional mirror</a>. Torrent files are available for both the install and Live CDs.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hoary">hoary</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ubuntu">ubuntu</a></p>