How-tos configure Ubuntu Server 8.04

my resource = old p3 dell ... got it for $20

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enable file sharing in Ubuntu is easy:
-server setup: System -> Remote Desktop
-client: Applications->Internet->Terminal Server Client

problem:
-some client does not have proper c++ lib to run. Tricky to find the right lib to install.
-> google and success with the following cmd:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
credit =
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-201831.html
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install open ssh so easy with
sudo apt-get install ssh

credit =
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/setup-openssh-server-on-ubuntu-linux/

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install svn server easily with:
sudo apt-get install svnserver
(instr from svn homepage)

other resources:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/subversion.html

**** Awesome Server guide from Ubuntu at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/

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Document on apache2
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/httpd.html

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Instruction on installing LAMP
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#To%20install%20the%20default%20LAMP%20stack%20in%20Ubuntu%207.04%20(Feisty%20Fawn)%20Ubuntu%207.10%20(Gutsy%20Gibbon)%20and%20Ubuntu%208.04%20LTS%20(Hardy%20Heron)

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interesting read on how to avoid add page in Verizon
http://domnit.org/verizon/

-> from here...I know about port fowarding...

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learn from ozcaz about noip.org and set up and account there...

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setting up my new Ubuntu server on Dell PowerEdge2400

/dev/sda1 = 4046 mb unknown
/dev/sda5 swap = 246 mb = partition 5 = swap partition