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Forget Discord and Setup Your Own Chat Server

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Getting Started To get started with your own chat server, you’ll need a few things: A domain name A DigitalOcean account Putty Desktop Application Setup First, you’ll want to setup the Digital Ocean droplet with the following settings: – Ubuntu (whatever the most recent version is) – Standard Plan – Choose the Billing/CPU/RAM/Storage settings that fit your needs – Backups …

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How To: Install Ubuntu on Chromebook and REMOVE ChromeOS

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If you want to install Ubuntu on your Chromebook and remove Chrome OS, this tutorial is for you. This is not a dual boot. This will REPLACE ChromeOS with Ubuntu. THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR CHROMEBOOK. Instructions were taken from these locations: http://www.fascinatingcaptain.com/blog/dual-boot-chrome-os-and-linux/ https://johnlewis.ie/custom-Chromebook-firmware/rom-download/ /=========================================/ What you’ll need: – Chromebook (I’m using the Acer C720) – Live Linux USB …

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How To Install Gitlab On Ubuntu 16.04

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As a website or app developer, you’ll want to use some sort of code repository and versioning system to help keep your life a little more sane while you’re developing. In this video I’ll show you how to install GitLab 11.0.3-ee on a virtualized Ubuntu 16.04 setup. While installing GitLab on Ubuntu isn’t terribly difficult, it IS a bit time …

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How To: Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook

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THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR CHROMEBOOK. If you want to do more with your Chromebook and install Ubuntu Linux on it, this tutorial should get you going. You’ll need to enable developer mode in order to do this, but once that is done, you only have to enter a couple of commands to get Ubuntu installed on your Chromebook. …