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Ubuntu Linux is a Debian derivative that aims to bring Linux mainstream. Questions on this site should generally refer to Ubuntu Server. Note that http://askubuntu.com is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.

Ubuntu Linux is a Debian derivative that aims to bring Linux mainstream. Ubuntu is named after the South African philosophy of "humanity towards others," and the community observes a Code of Conduct in an effort to keep the project civil and appealing to novices.

Ubuntu versions are released every six months, following a YEAR.MONTH pattern. For example, the release codenamed Maverick was officially published October 10th 2010 as Ubuntu 10.10. Each release gets the software from the Debian Unstable repository, freezes it and fix and adapt it to Ubuntu philosophy.

A list of Ubuntu releases can be found here

Ubuntu Linux is backed by Canonical Ltd., a company founded and funded by South African Mark Shuttleworth, entrepreneur and Debian Developer. The focus of Canonical is to provide support and services to Ubuntu Linux Desktop and Server editions. Canonical employers sometimes develop to Ubuntu and Debian at the same time, that way keeping the contributions flowing back to Debian.

There is a Stack Exchange site dedicated to Ubuntu which is a good place to ask any Ubuntu-related questions.

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Apache: SSLCertificateKeyFile: file does not exist or is empty

I am configuring SSL for Apache 2. My system is Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS. I have the following settings related to SSL in my vhost configuration: SSLEngine On SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/server.insecure.key SSLCertificateFile …
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Do I need to refresh or restart anything after I add/update a crontab in Ubuntu Server 8.04?

When you change something in Apache you need to reload or restart apache. Does anything need to be refreshed or restarted in Ubuntu Server 8.04 after I add/update the crontab? Thanks a bunch for your help.
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Ubuntu Server message says packages can be updated, but apt-get does not update any

Possible Duplicate: updates in amazon-ec2 ubuntu 10.04 server When I log into an Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS server, I see the message: 42 packages can be updated. 18 updates are security updates. But when I try to update this, nothing gets upgraded as…
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How can I find the biggest directories in Unix / Ubuntu?

Is there a way in Unix to see the biggest directories on disk? I need to know why I'm almost out of space on the server,= and I don't know where most of the space is used.
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nginx without server_name and using only static ip address?

this is my first web app deployment and am running into all sorts of issues. I am currently going for a nginx + gunicorn implementation for the Django app, but mostly this question relates to nginx configurations. For some context - nginx would…
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Headless Ubuntu server machine sometimes stuck at GRUB menu

I have Ubuntu 10.10 Server installed on a single-board machine in a semi-embedded environment; no keyboard or screen, just SSH access to it. So it's really frustrating when it occasionally boots up and gets stuck on the GRUB menu, waiting for a…
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Given a debian source package - How do I install the build-deps?

I have a debian (well technically ubuntu) source package, i.e. the .dsc, the .tar.gz, etc., I want to build this. The dpkg-buildpackage fails, since I don't have all the build dependencies. Normally I'd use apt-get build-dep, but this package isn't…
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How do view older journalctl logs (after a rotation maybe?)

I am running docker on ubuntu 16.04 and would like to view the logs. However, I am unable to view logs after what I am guessing is some sort of rotation or the logs grow to a certain size. I have not made any changes to my journald.conf, so I am…
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How to get e-mail from (failed) cron-jobs in Ubuntu?

I create cron-jobs in Ubuntu by placing the executable in one of /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,monthly,weekly}. There are lots of directories starting with cron: kent@rat:~$ ls -ld /etc/cron* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-06-06 18:52…
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How to check cron logs in Ubuntu

I went to /var/log/cron but this file is empty. How to check if crontab is enabled or is running properly or not in ubuntu thanks
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SSH connection lost during server upgrade - How to reconnect to process?

So, I was performing an Ubuntu Server upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10. I forgot about it in the background, and my SSH client timed out and disconnected (putty on Windows, go figure). The last thing on my terminal was a question about keeping an old…
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what s+ S1+ T R+ mean in ps ax ps list

I run this command and got result this but not able to understand the result which node instance should i kill ps ax | grep node 23308 pts/3 S+ 0:00 sudo node index.js 23310 pts/3 Sl+ 0:00 node index.js 23568 pts/1 T 0:00…
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Failed tls handshake. Does not contain any IP SANs

I'm trying to set up logstash forwarder, but I have issues with making a proper secure channel. Trying to configure this with two ubuntu (server 14.04) machines running in virtualbox. They are 100% clean (not touched hosts file or installed any…
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Ubuntu ufw: set a rule on a per interface basis

I want to create a rule that allows anyone on eth1 to access port 80. Can UFW do this or should I go back to using Shorewall? To clarify: this is a capabilties question, can ufw handle interfaces as a target?
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Unzipping files that are flying in through a pipe

Can I make unzip or any similar programs work on the standard output? The situation is I'm downloading a zip file, which is supposed to be unzipped on the fly. Related issue: How do I pipe a downloaded file to standard output in bash?
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