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Ubuntu

Introduction

Whether you want to be able to connect remotely to your corporate network or to construct a virtual network between two remote points, through an unsecure network (eg: Internet), you will somehow need a VPN (Virtual Private Network). A VPN allows you to securely connect to a remote LAN (Local Area Network) through Internet or untrusted networks.

SoftEther is an Open Source VPN Server, an alternative to OpenVPN. It's thought to be the world's most powerful and easy-to-user multi-protocol VPN software. Our article concerns how to setup SoftEther on Ubuntu Xenial Xerus Linux.

What you will need

  • Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Linux
  • A 30 GB available disk space is recommended
  • A root privilege
Note that binaries used for this article are x64 architectures. If your machine is not x64, you need to choose the suitable binaries.

Conventions

# - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
$ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
> - given command to be executed from vpncmd command line interface

Preparing the server

Upgrade the system:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
Install (if not installed yet) build-essential for compilation purpose:
$ sudo apt install build-essential

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Ubuntu

Objective

Popcorn Time streams movies and TV shows from torrents directly into your screen. The objective is to install Popcorn Time movie streamer on Ubuntu 16.04 Linux.

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

  • # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Download Popcorn Time binaries

In this step we will download and extract Popcorn Time binaries into /opt/popcorn-time directory: 
$ sudo mkdir /opt/popcorn-time
FOR 32-BIT SYSTEM EXECUTE:
$ sudo wget -qO- https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-32.tar.xz | sudo tar Jx -C /opt/popcorn-time
FOR 64-BIT SYSTEM EXECUTE:
$ sudo wget -qO- https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-64.tar.xz | sudo tar Jx -C /opt/popcorn-time

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Ubuntu

Objective

Go is an open source programming language developed by Google. The objective is to install latest Go language pre-compiled binaries on Ubuntu 16.04 Linux.

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

  • # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Download Go language binaries

First, we need to download Go language binaries. Visit https://golang.org/dl/ page and either download your relevant Golang Linux libraries directly using your browser or simply use wget command as shown below: 
$ wget -q https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Once downloaded, you should be able to see the Go tarball with ls command: 
$ ls go*
go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

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Ubuntu

Introduction

The latest AMDGPU drivers launched from AMD only a few short days ago bringing changes like FreeSync support and additional support for mobile chipsets as well as the obvious performance improvements.

Like the previous versions of the proprietary AMDGPU driver, only "Enterprise Grade" distributions are supported, so you won't find official Ubuntu 16.10 support just yet. Ubuntu 16.04 is continuing to be supported, and that will be the target of this guide.

Getting The Packages

AMD has provided the packages required for the install in a tarball. The reason for a tarball of .deb packages instead of the .run installer of previous AMD drivers is that AMDGPU-PRO functions by providing its own custom versions of key pieces of software needed for the drivers to function properly.

AMDGPU-PRO is build ton the open source AMDGPU drivers, and just like those drivers, requires newer versions of Mesa, DRM, and the Kernel. To ensure that these requirements are met, they are provided. You can get the tarball one of two ways. If you prefer to use your browser, go to AMD's website and download the drivers and untar them with your graphical archive manager of choice. 
https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx
If you'd prefer to use the command line, wget the package directly and untar it from the command line. 
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ubuntu/amdgpu-pro-16.50-362463.tar.xz
$ tar -xJvf amdgpu-pro_16.50-362463.tar.xz

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Ubuntu

Objective

The installation of KODI media software is fairly easy and straight forward procedure. The objective is to install KODI media software on Ubuntu 16.04 Linux Desktop via PPA repository.

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Difficulty

EASY

Conventions

  • # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

Add PPA KODI repository

If applicable, first make add-apt-repository command available on your system: 
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
Next, add PPA repository: 
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y -r ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

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