My Linux Story

My name is Johan Seyfferdt, and I would like to share with you my linux story.  I am a South African and about 8 years ago I moved to Russia to serve in a local church. A few years ago I got married to a Russian lady and then I realise that I need a part time work to pay the bills.  So I checked around and a friend of mine who is a Sysadmin at a local university asked me if I want to come and take over from him as he is returning to the States and he will teach me.  So I agreed, even though I knew nothing about computers...  When I arrived there I was told that 80% of the computers are running Linux, Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome Classic and servers stock Ubuntu.  A huge shock to me as I only know Windows.  I started to play around with it and slowly moved all my home pcs to Ubuntu and also the church where I am serving and friends.  Today we are using Ubuntu MATE 16.04 for workstations and Ubuntu for servers.  And I truly love the power of Linux.  I also started to listen to podcast, like Jupiter Broadcasting, nowadays the Lunduke Show and the Ubuntu Podcasts and all these are my love for Linux inspired me to make Linux tutorials and distro previews and share it on YouTube,  Martin Wimpress made my day, when he shared one of my videos and then more and also subscribed to my channel, Ubuntu Made Simple, and that encouraged me that I am not messing up and that I am playing my part in the community.  (I am forever grateful)  I would love to win the Apollo notebook and used it to create more data!  Ps.  I have contacts in the UK who comes to Russia often!  Thank you for reading my 20 lines!

Solus 3

Solus 3 is out and wow it looks stunning.  As we know it is a rolling release so if you find some bugs along the way, just report it and it will most probably be smooth out along the way!

Official Site: solus-project.com
Release Notes: https://solus-project.com/2017/08/15/solus-3-released/
Download Links: https://solus-project.com/download/

Distro Run Throughs (background comments):
Solus 3 Budgie:
https://youtu.be/1MG3CaveOaU

Solus 3 GNOME:
https://youtu.be/FYWaCxjGK2k

Solus 3 MATE:
https://youtu.be/agODGHlY-J8

Thoughts and Comments:
Solus 3 Budgie:
https://youtu.be/pL68k8XmO4s

Solus 3 GNOME:
https://youtu.be/WZI4Wuczbms

Solus 3 MATE:
https://youtu.be/4mMrs_Ic568

How To Share Folders In Ubuntu

How To Share Folders In Ubuntu:

Video Instructions:
with voice-overs:  https://youtu.be/1jLHMIh293g
with background music: https://youtu.be/vM0MENDnesY

Install Samba:
sudo apt install samba

Modify config file:
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf (gedit or any text editor)

add config for each folder at the bottom (shown in video)
[shareme] (name of folder)
        comment = shareme (name of folder)
        path = /home/administrator/Desktop/shareme (path to folder)
        read only = no (can be yes also)
        guest ok = no (can be yes also)
        #read list = administrator (user account name)
        #write list = administrator (user account name)

set share password (can be the same as your login password)
sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME

set permissions:
sudo chmod -R 777 sharedfolder (path to file - as seen in video)

restart Samba:
sudo service smbd restart

add to startup applications (as far as I know only needed for ubuntu 16.04 as it tends to disconnect otherwise after a few hours)
#!/bin/bash
while true
do
ls /run/user/`id -u`/gvfs/­smb-share:* &> /dev/null
sleep 600
done