Tutorials and How-tos
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Beginner
- Access Bubba Server via SSH
- Connect via SSH without a Password
- Edit Text Files with nano
- GNU Screen Quick Tutorial
- Installing NTFS Read Write Support
- Monitor Hard Drive Temperature
- Secure Remote Access to Bubba via WinSCP
- Troubleshooting DLNA
- Update your B3 to support 3TB disks
Intermediate
- Add symbolic links to the storage folder for easier file sharing
- Archiving social media data with ThinkUp
- Automatically download torrent files from torrent sites using rsstorrent
- Backup data from Bubba to external drive using Rsync
- Backup with rsync and rsync.net
- Bubba as Squeezebox
- Change Email Quotas
- Changing Horde Download Limit
- Connect your B3 as a device to a wireless network
- Controlling Homeautomation devices using wifi presence
- Create a working USB stick using Bubba|Two
- Create new language files
- Display HDD temperature in web interface
- Enable Playback of .flac Files from Bubba on Rhythmbox
- Getting magnetlinks to work - simplified
- Help on using Aptitude
- HP Printers - hplip
- Install a DynDNS Client
- Install a No-IP Client
- Install Debian Packages
- Install FluxBB
- Install Squid Proxy Server Transparently
- Install Subversion
- Install Subversion with Apache
- Install Tcpdump Packet Sniffer for Troubleshooting Network Connectivity
- Let your B3 beep and change the LED color
- MAC address filter for wireless network
- Monitor Network Traffic with Tcpick
- Mounting Popcorn Hour NFS share on B3
- Password-protect folders
- Prevent SSH Attacks with DenyHosts
- Recover lost administrator password
- Re-installing your B1/B2/B3
- Restrict access to /home/storage
- Restrict admin access to LAN
- Revert to minimal Debian installation
- Running graphical application from Bubba on your windows pc
- Running graphical applications from Bubba using VNC
- Running Vuze with B3
- Setup Transmission bittorrent on B3
- Stop DHCP INFORM flooding
- The B3 as a time capsule alternative
- Throttle Apache bandwidth
- Tweak B3 for better performance
- Use Bubba with Time Machine (Mac OS X)
- Using encFS on the B3
Advanced
- Backup using CrashPlan (installation guide/howto)
- Be your own Certificate Authority
- Build and Rebuild Packages
- Building a custom kernel
- Change certificates used by Apache
- Change Debian Sources easier
- Connect Two Bubba Servers via VPN
- Enable User Quotas on B3
- HomeAutomation and Tellstick
- How to set up multifactor authentication
- Install Bubba 2 on RAID-1 volumes
- Install Bubba 3 on RAID-1 volumes
- Install Clam AntiVirus
- Installing packages through the web interface
- Install MediaWiki
- Install ntop, a network traffic probe
- Install Snort Intrusion Detection System
- Install TrueCrypt Disk and File Encryption Software
- Install vnStat
- Make Hourly Snapshot Style Backups to an external disk
- Make Strongswan (ipsec vpn) start on a b3
- NFS installation - file permissions - Windows vs Bubba vs Ubuntu
- Overclocking the B3
- Password protect directories using htaccess
- Redirect all connections over SSL/HTTPS
- Reduce DHCP requests to ISP
- Running Arch Linux
- Safer shell access with one-time passwords
- Send mail using GMAIL
- Serial Console Access on B3
- Setting up postfix for authenticated relay
- Setting up postfix for sending mail using an external SMTP server
- Tunnel DNS and Web Traffic Through VPN
- Use a Rescue System to recover when your B3 doesn't boot anymore
- Use mobile internet 3g USB dongle as WAN
- Use procmail to sort incoming emails
- Using eCryptfs on the B3