Line-by-line Bash script execution
We present a 58-line shell utility that can execute simple scripts in a line-by-line fashion. When a line fails, the utility offers to execute it again. This can be useful for failure-prone scripts that are run manually from a terminal.
Easy Ubuntu setup with software RAID
Although RAID setups are relatively easy from the Ubuntu Alternate Install CD, we find a command-driven approach more convenient, more flexible, and more satisfying. The method presented here shows how to setup a minimal Ubuntu installation with RAID0 using 2 hard drives
Ubuntu hard drive encryption with external key
We present the following improved method for installing Ubuntu desktop on an encrypted hard drive and keeping the encryption key on a password-protected USB stick or memory card. It works on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and 8.04 (Hardy Heron). And also on 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).