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      Howto Fix The Firefox Taking Up The Whole Screen Problem
      Problem Firefox taking up the whole screen problem Solution What you need to do is for a temporary fix is press “F11″ twice Permanent fix Go into the Compiz Settings Manager and find “Windows Decorations” add the following line to “Decoration Windows” (any) | class=Firefox Once you’ve done that close out CCSM, then open CCSM back up again, then chang

      Written by: Kreviews


      Howto Install Functional Eye-candy With Avant-Window-Navigator In Ubuntu
      AWN is a compositing dock-like taskbar. It is similar to the dock in OSX, but supports features such as custom themes, applets that can do anything from displaying battery life to showing Dilbert, and much more. AWN requires a compositor (like beryl or compiz) to work properly. If you have previously installed some other version of [...]

      Written by: Kreviews


      Howto Disable HTTP Cache Cleaner Notification When Using KDE Apps On Gnome
      How to disable the “Launching HTTP Cache Cleaner…” process that appears every once in a while on the taskbar/panel when using KDE apps like Amarok in GNOME. Install kcontrol sudo apt-get install kcontrol It’ll probably install kdebase-data kicker and libkonq4 too (not sure if they’re needed but let it do it). 2. Go to Applications -> Other -> Cache. [...]

      Written by: Kreviews


      Quick HOWTO : Ch27 : Expanding Disk Capacity
      "The lack of available disk storage frequently plagues Linux systems administrators." Linux Home Networking

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO
      "Total restore, sometimes called bare metal recovery, is the process of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure." TLDP.org

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      HowTo track your stolen laptop
      Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there’s no need to rely on a single third party. What’s more, Adeona addresses a critical [...]

      Written by: TweaksTricksHacks


      Credit Card Application Starter HowTo
      “Plastic money” is a term dubbed by the people of the world in reference to the wondrous item called the “credit card.” And at the rate the economy is going and with the pace of life that we have right now we want everything done the express way. That’s why a lot of businessmen, young [...]

      Written by: Real estate Business and Investing


      Howto: Fresh Ubuntu Install Without Losing Your Current Settings
      Post from: Royal HeHe2-ness! A blog that advocates Linux and Open Source. Howto: Fresh Ubuntu Install Without Losing Your Current Settings Warning: There are  two commands mentioned in this how to, both that require double dashes - - but for some reason Wordpress is not rendering that correctly. After each dpkg hit space and hit the dash [...]

      Written by: Royal HeHe2-ness


      HOWTO: install Ruby on Rails on Debian or Ubuntu Linux easily
      In the early days of this blog I used to run it on Typo, which *was* a great Ruby on Rails blogging platform (at one time).  Unfortunately the project stalled (for years) and I ended up jumping ship after a few months of bugs and the ever crashing Rails server, WEBrick.  Yes, if you search [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      Secure Boot CDs for VPN HOWTO
      "This document describes the creation of live boot CDs used to make secure VPN connections from anywhere" Linux.com

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      The KDE Configuration HOWTO
      "Having multiple versions of KDE installed poses the problem of how to remove the old ones when we decide that they are not needed anymore." Gentoo Linux

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Howto: Upgrade to Adobe Air Beta on Ubuntu
      Post from: Royal HeHe2-ness! A blog that advocates Linux and Open Source. Howto: Upgrade to Adobe Air Beta on Ubuntu I love Adobe Air! Applications like Twhirl and Woopra have become an important part of my daily computing arsenal. Over the past 6 month I have been running Adobe Air alpha which wasn’t exactly quirk-less. Twhirl never [...]

      Written by: Royal HeHe2-ness


      La Programma 101 howto
      Siro Nocentini presenta la Programma 101 La Programma 101 e il Cembalo scrivano sono in esposizione al Museo Tecnologic@mente

      Written by: Vittorio Pasteris


      HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - Guide v1.6.1 [del.icio.us]

      Written by: Tech Mania


      HowTo Dissect Human Beings With a Simple Microphone [NSFW]
      Folk, or: how to dissect human beings with a simple microphone. The spot is part of a campaign for the French radio Nova from creative agency Young & Rubicam, Paris. A click will show you the whole series of spots. Directed by the Sl-Co collective. Design and animations by Ludovic Vernhet and Stéphane Rogeon. Produced at [...]

      Written by: Funky Space Monkey


      Howto: Install Real Player 11 Gold on Mandriva 2008.1
      If you are a GNU/Linux lover especially Mandriva, you should have met problem whenever you want to play real media files. These files have extension *.rm or *.rmvb. Why this is happened? The answer is simple, just because the codec for this kind of file is copy righted. That's why many GNU/Linux distro never include the codec needed to play this kind of file (some countries regard this as a law br

      Written by: Kill Nothing but Yourself


      HOWTO: send commandline email with attachments
      Are you like me, do you have scripts running on servers and you need to know what they know? If there’s output in a file you can sed/grep/awk info out of them and have them emailed to you, but if you don’t know specifically what you’re looking for you may need the entire file/log/whatever. [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      LILO mini-HOWTO
      "LILO is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavor of Linux" About.com

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      HOWTO: webserver in 100 lines of Bash
      I’m a big Bash fan, I know Perl is the more popular scripting language, and I’m slowly using it more, but hey, if I need something done, I can do it quicker in Bash (keeping in mind that I’m a systems guy, not a dev guy). While at work looking up Bash related syntax [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      HOWTO: webserver in 100 lines of Bash
      I’m a big Bash fan, I know Perl is the more popular scripting language, and I’m slowly using it more, but hey, if I need something done, I can do it quicker in Bash (keeping in mind that I’m a systems guy, not a dev guy). While at work looking up Bash related syntax [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      mpd and icecast2 streaming mini howto
      I get the odd search coming in related to connecting up mpd and icecast together, so I figured I'd actually make a helpful post for once. I'm going to keep this pretty Ubuntu specific as I got this all working using packages that are already available from the Ubuntu repositories. First off, you want to install mpd and icecast2 via Synaptic. Don't install the "icecast" package, t

      Written by: gashcrumb.homelinux.org


      HowTo use "diff" and "patch"
      You have created a program "prog.c", saved as this name and also copied to "prog.c.old". You post "prog.c" to users. Next, you make changes to prog.c and want to release a patch $ diff -c prog.c.old prog.c > prog.patch Now, users can get the latest updates by running. $ patch < prog.patch

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Linux NFS-HOWTO
      "This document describes the best practice guidelines around how to configure Linux NFS properly in production environments." Nfs.sourceforge.net

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      HOWTO: Use dpkg to Install .deb Files
      "Dpkg doesn’t have to be used by apt-get, you can use it manually as well." NewLinuxUser

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      HOWTO: conky config (conkyrc) for Debian Part 2
      I changed around my Conky config, and it’s something you could do forever, but it’s great because it can be as heavy or light as you want it. Recently I dropped Gnome almost all together to run Openbox (full HOWTO on this forthcoming). I found a panel that will house things like nm-applet [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      Letture estive: Come amministrare un progetto open source HOWTO
      Ebbene sì, non sono ancora andato in vacanza, ma parto finalmente tra 2 giorni e per 2 settimane ovviamente niente PC. Al massimo un pò di Openmoko, ma non è sicuro… Quindi, leggendo un post di Benjamin Mako Hill, ho deciso di stamparmi due libri GNU/GPL su come amministrare un progetto open source. Dai programmi da [...]

      Written by: BongoLinux


      HOWTO: Install Skype on 64-bit Ubuntu
      I using skype every day but I had some trouble to get it on my new installed 64Bit Ubuntu 8.04So if you have the same problem.... you can solve it now.Copy and paste the block of code into your terminal to use. The terminal can be found at Applications-->Accessories-->Terminalsudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32asound2 libasound2-plugins; wget -O skype-install.deb -linux-ubuntu; sudo dpkg -i --for

      Written by: ONwebCHECK


      HowTo Remove AVG 8 irritating notifications?
      Try dis trick 2 remove da irritating notification.If u know dis trick dan O.K.Atleast i got rid of it. 1. Open Notepad or another plain text editor. 2. Copy and paste the following three lines from this page into the text editor: @echo off ren avgmwdef_us.mht avgmwdef_us.mht.bak ren avgresf.dll avgresf.dll.bak 3. Save the text document containing the above [...]

      Written by: mrintech


      HOWTO: convert an AVI or to DVD (VOB) in Linux
      I have some AVIs that I needed to get into the VOB format so I could burn them to DVD. I knew I could do this in Linux, but didn’t know how. Here is how I did it with Debian GNU/Linux (testing - Lenny). First I installed the GTK+ app, Avidemux (don’t [...]ShareThis

      Written by: fak3r


      Howto setup FreeBSD behind a http proxy
      If you are installing some package using FreeBSD port, it is going to download the package from the internet using fetch. If you machine is behind a proxy, you have to set the environment for HTTP_PROXY : setenv HTTP_PROXY :port or add the line to your .cshrc If the proxy need authentication, add HTTP_PROXY_AUTH : setenv HTTP_PROXY_AUTH ‘basic:*:<username>:<password>R

      Written by: Blog Saido : Computer, Internet, Open Source, FreeBSD, Linux, Programming, Tips and Tricks


      HowTo Make Vista Repair Rescue Disk
      If you bought your computer with Windows Vista pre-installed, you most likely don't have a regular Windows Vista repair disc. What you do have is some crappy disc from the manufacturer that totally wipes your computer back to factory settings. What if you just want to run Startup repair off the Vista install cd without losing all your settings?It turns out that Microsoft is going to let you create

      Written by: xibex?


      HOWTO: fix fonts in Debian Lenny/Sid
      After a…slight slip up, I finally had the chance to install Linux from scratch on my laptop (Dell Vostro 1500) the way I’ve always wanted it with Debian GNU/Linux - Lenny and partitioned with LVM (Linux Volume Management).  After that I set out to get the desktop fonts to look as good in Debian as [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      HOWTO - Protecting your Windows system (PART 2)
      Firewalls: In this day, when broadband and LAN/Cable Internet access is rampant, there is always a chance that somemay may break into your computer, gain access and control your computer to do malicious acts without your permission. A firewall acts like a filter for the data that's going in and out of your computer. If it detects that a program is trying to access the Internet or your local

      Written by: Windows XP Tips n' Tutorials | Windows Vista Tips


      HOWTO - Protecting your Windows system (PART 1)
      Too many people these days are coming into the forums requesting help on massively infected systems. So, I thought I'd compile something for the newbies that may be useful to help prevent infections and other useless trash on your computer. Step One: The Core This is the single most important piece of your computer. Chances are that if there's something wrong with this, the weakest link in the

      Written by: Windows XP Tips n' Tutorials | Windows Vista Tips


      HOWTO: burn an iso file from the command-line
      Put this in the ‘post it here so I won’t forget it’ section, here I show how to use cdrecord to burn an ISO from the commandline. When I download an ISO I hate having to open the cdburning program and get everything configured to burn, I’d rather shoot off a one liner, that’s [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      Fedora 9: Quick NFS Server HowTo
      Here’s a quick post on how to build and setup NFS server. Fedora 9: Quick NFS Server HowTo NFS Server Configuration 1. Download and install NFS rpm package using yum # yum -y install nfs-utils rpcbind If  you have an earlier Fedora versions # yum -y intall nfs-utils portmap 2. Prepare and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      Fedora 9: Citadel Email and Collaboration Install HowTo
      Citadel is an open-source solution for email and collaboration. Citadel is exteremely versatile, robusts, scalable and most of all, it just works! Citadel does not require any apache, mysql, sendmail, postfix, or even exim, nor  procmail to deliver and fetch mails. Simply by issuing a single... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      Fedora 9: SquidGuard Proxy Filter Install and HowTo
      SquidGuard is a URL redirector and content filter addon that restricts proxy clients from accessing particular and/or banned site(s), IP addresses, URLs, website patterns using the proxy server.  SquidGuard can be used in conjunction with Squid proxy to implement website content filter from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo Unlock & Jailbreak iPhone or iPod
      The application that does all the heavy lifting for you is a free, open source, cross-platform application called ZiPhone, and it can do everything from quick and simple iPhone and iPod touch jailbreaks to unlocking the iPhone for unofficial carriers (i.e., not AT&T). I'm going to cover the very basic jailbreaking of the iPhone and iPod touch, but the process is the same no matter what device

      Written by: HowTo..?


      HowTo Get Yacht Insurance Cost
      If you are thinking of buying a yacht, then insurance is required and more companies are now able to offer this facility; obviously the customer benefits from this competition as long as they know what they are looking for. The problem occurs because each insurance provider wants to include features that are unique to [...]

      Written by: Personal Finance


      HOWTO: conky config (conkyrc) for Debian
      If you run a Linux desktop you need to be using conky.  It compiles all those shiny gadget you see on other desktops eating system RAM, down to what you need; information on what your system is doing.  So try it out, install conky, and then drop this into your home directory as .conkyrc - [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      Downgrade Wordpress HOWTO!
      The situation: I was able to upgrade from Wordpress 2.3 to Wordpress 2.5.1 couple of days ago. The problem: Everything went well until I found out that my hosting provider is blocking the IP address of my workstation everytime I am writing a new post. I  informed my hosting provider about the problem and they were [...]

      Written by: LiNTEK - Its all about technology


      Howto: Wine with Linux
      How To: Run Your Windows Applications in Linux. So you want to run your Windows applications on Ubuntu but don't know where to start? This guide explains step-by-step instructions on how to do it in a really simple way. Just follow step-by step. Although there are numerous programs that can do this job – the most common way to do it is to use Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator), and that is what

      Written by: 22nd Century Technology


      HowTo configure Dial-Up internet connection in Ubuntu
      First go to System->administration ->Netwok, when a dialog appear, click Unlock, enter password. Click Point-to-Point connection, then fill in the dialog with your dial-up internet account details, as shown. Click OK to confirm your selection, and you are done. Click the modem tab, put in your modem device port, typically it should be a serial device or /dev/modem Hopefully this should be

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      HowTo Recover Deleted Erased Files
      "We've all been there at some point. You delete an important file, somehow it skips your Recycle Bin altogether, and for all practical purposes, it's disappeared into the ether. But before you hit the big red panic button, there's a very good chance that your file is still alive and kicking somewhere on your hard drive—you just need to know how to find it. With the right tools, finding and recov

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      HowTo solve the problem of apache/sendmail hangs During Startup
      If you are having trouble with the Apache-based httpd service or Sendmail hanging at startup, make sure the following line is in the /etc/hosts file: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      HowTo do X11 Forwarding over an SSH connection
      Starting an X11 session over an SSH connection is as easy as connecting to the SSH server, we just need to use the -Y option and running an X program on a local machine. ssh -Y @example.com When an X program is run from the secure shell prompt, the SSH client and server create a new secure channel, and the X program data is sent over that channel to the client machine transparently.

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      HowTo:Properly Dispose of The Forces of Emo
          we really do enjoy rolling around naked in the misery of others. We also enjoy poking fun at ourselves. We can take it. Again we did purchase the name after it was slandered by our run in with the smarmy wonderful porn industry. So with that out of the way let the emo shit talk [...]

      Written by: Pinklatex Blog, an Emopinups Blog


      HowTo Create a Driver Diskette from an Image File
      To create a driver diskette from a driver diskette image: Insert a blank, formatted diskette into the first diskette drive. From the same directory containing the driver diskette image, such as drvnet.img, type dd if=drvnet.img of=/dev/fd0 as root.Wait for sometime before system writes the diriver files into the

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      P2P BitTorrent HowTo - La Nuova Frontiera del Download
      Veloce How-to (Guida) su come utilizzare BitTorrent per il download di file.

      Written by: Mondo Libero: Informazione Libera, Varia ed Eventuale


      HowTo: Upgrading to paid copy of Fusion from eval copy
      I'm actively using an eval copy of VMWare Fusion, and I'd like to now pay for a license and install it. Can someone sketch how to upgrade this eval version to a paid version? I was hoping I'd find a painless 'Upgrade now' drop down in ...

      Written by: Sushi or Death - for the addicted


      HOWTO: automatically reconfigure Xorg in Debian
      If you’re like me, you’ve messed up your xorg.conf before and wanted to start over with the default that you know dpkg-reconfigure can set it to.  Because of this I’m posting here because I’ve needed it multiple times in the past and have tired of looking it up!  To automatically reconfigure Xorg in Debian or [...]

      Written by: fak3r


      HowTo Split the files
      Below is an example on how to use the split command: Using split on a 600MB image.iso file: split -b 200mb image.iso It will generate 3 files with the following file sizes: 200MB xaa 200MB xab 200MB xac after split use: cat for combine a file cat xa* > new-image.iso

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Remote Management modem/router-wifi DSL-G624T - HowTo???
      Ciao a tutti, Vorrei utilizzare le funzionalita' di accesso al modem router da "REMOTO" e da qualun2 Voti

      Written by: BongoLinux


      HowTo: Copy/Move features between My Maps (GoogleMaps)
      Now you have the URL of a KML file in the clipboard, goto (or create it) the destination map to copy the features to, and in Edit mode, click the Import link, and paste the url into the ‘enter the url of map data on the web’ box, ...

      Written by: Sushi or Death - for the addicted


      Fedora 9: Sun Java on Fedora 9 Install HowTo
      Fedora keeps on getting better and better. Redhat hell-dummy package management is forever gone together with conflicting library modules and inconsistent library usage. This has been possible and now more effective handled by yum rpm package installer. For you to be able to browse java-enabled... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo use scp and sftp commands
      The scp command can be used to transfer files between machines over a secure, encrypted connection. It is similar to rcp. The general syntax to transfer a local file to a remote system is as follows: scp username@hostname:/home/nikesh/log /tmp/log The sftp utility can be used to open a secure, interactive FTP session. It is similar to ftp except that it uses a secure, encrypted connection. The

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Love Manual Howto
      Download Love Manual Howto

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      The X Window User HOWTO
      "This document provides basic information on understanding and configuring the X Window System for Linux users." FAQs.org

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      [HOWTO per niubbi] installare adobe flashplayer 10 beta per linux
      Finalmente anche per linux un flashplayer più o meno decente. Pur non essendo ancora stabile al 100% (ma per voi il flashplayer 9 attualmente installato in hardy si può davvero definire stabile?) il nuovo flashplayer (non free) di adobe ci regala prestazioni e minore scattosità dei filmati… due buone ragioni per procedere subito all’installazione della [...]

      Written by: BongoLinux


      Howto open port using iptables
      If you want your machine to respond to requests initiated from elsewhere on the internet, in effect to be a server, you need to open the required ports. To do this properly, you need to know: 1. What service you want to open up? 2. Whether it is a tcp or udp service? 3. What port number(s) it uses? You may also wish to think about restricting access to certain machines; e.g. if you

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Howto create a MySQL user
      Here is a quick tip how to create from mysql new database and a new mysql user that has full privileges on this newly created database: mysql -uroot -p CREATE DATABASE ; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON .* TO 'my_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my_password' WITH GRANT OPTION;

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Howto change the MySQL root password
      Here is a quick tip that will show several methods to change the mysql root password (that is normally empty at mysql initial install). Method 1: using the SET PASSWORD command: mysql -u root mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('newpass'); Method 2: using mysqladmin mysqladmin -u root password "newpass"

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Linux Cluster HOWTO
      "This document describes how we set up our Linux computing clusters for high-performance computing which we need for our research" RAM.org

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Howto Install Wine in Ubuntu
      Add the winehq repository : Open up a terminal Applications->Accessories->Terminal Add the gpg apt key: wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add - Add the Repository via wget: sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list Update the apt sources and install the latest wine! sudo apt-get

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      HowTo: Install YouTube Video Download in Fedora
      This quick post should have been here since but I keep on forgetting about this quick howto. Download Videos from Youtube from Fedora box Tired of watching and browsing the same old video files from Youtube? Do you wish to collect Youtube video clips of your favorite video files from youtube?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: Install FFMpeg on Fedora Linux
      FFMpeg is a complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix. It also includes a digital VCR. FFMpeg can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash. FFmpeg can generate a lot of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HOWTO: Hosting a Subversion Repository
      "This document explains in details the procedure to setup a subversion repository (with trac) in Linux based environment." Queens.db.toronto.edu

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Adobe AIR alpha su Ubuntu Linux [howto]
      Adobe AIR su Linux è finalmente una realtà, divenuta tale dopo l'annuncio di qualche tempo fa, che avevo anche commentato. Ok, la Adobe giustifica alcuni malfunzionamenti con lo stato di alpha, ma direi che molti utenti possono dirsi già contenti così. Quindi, squillino le trombe... Prova su strada! Premetto che uso Ubuntu 8.04, ...

      Written by: BongoLinux


      HowTo: Powerful Metric and Units Linux Conversion Tool
      Does a scientific calculator scares you or your visitor aways from your seat? An online metric conversion site is miles away from your linux desktop internet connection? Worry not, here's a quick tip on how to have an offline metric conversion linux tool that could help most metric and scientific... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: Prevent Non-Root From Rebooting/Shutting Down The System
      Have you experienced a scenario where your users make use of reboot or halt command? Did somebody user just reboot your own server? Do you want to prevent your users from shutting down your linux box or even rebooting it? Here's a quick entry on how to prevent users from rebooting or shutting down... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: UDP Connectivity Host Test
      Are you wondering how would you be able to test and probe a port that listens for UDP connections? Or how would you test a listening UDP port? How to test a listening UDP port If you have managed to create a daemonized service that opens port for UDP connections, here's how to test that listening... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: Secure SSH by Disabling Root Logins
      Securing SSH is one major thing on server boxes regardless of server location. Here's one quick tip of adding security to your SSH connection by disabling any root logins. How to secure SSH by disabling root logins? To disable direct root logins, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and replace this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: Retrieve Current Latitude and Longtitude from Linux
      Do you know your exact zone longitude and latitude coordinates? Knowing your current zone coordinates won't hurt a bit. Here's how to retrieve latitude and longitude coordinates inside your linux box via terminal. To pinpoint your latitude and longitude of your current location from your Fedora... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      FoodCamp howto
      Qualche info utile per il FoodCamp diramata da Antonio Martedì 29 si arriva da tarda mattinata a sera. Il primo ritrovo ufficiale sarà la sera del 29 alle 19.00. presso il Punto di Ritrovo BarCamp che fungerà da Quartier Generale della segreteria/accoglienza/organizzazione a cui tutti ci riferiremo. Presso il Punto di Ritrovo BarCamp ci sarà la Bacheca, [...]

      Written by: Vittorio Pasteris


      Changing distribution remotely -- HOWTO
      "How to completely change your distribution on a remote box without a boot disk, with only ssh access, using only one partition, and with only one reboot at the very end of the conversion process." Goudkov.com

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      HowTo Get Rid of Acne
      The usually unsightly condition known as cellulite is suffered by woman around the world and is universally hated; most areas of the body can experience its effects but sufferers mainly have it below the abdomen. Most women carry excess fat in thighs and buttocks, but this problem is not confined just to the overweight; the [...]

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      HowTo: Install Wallpapoz
      What is Wallpapoz? Wallpapoz application enables you to configure Gnome desktop wallpapers in unique way. You could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when the specified time has passed. The most important feature is you could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when you change workspace. This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo: Join Two Text Files with Common Columnar Field via Terminal
      From my recent post, we have covered to merge data contents two text files without a common columnar field. We have also covered joining two text files into one text file separated by a delimiter character. Now, from this post, we are going to go thru merging two text files with a common columnar... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      Secure data transfer - HOWTO for a poor man
      Today i had an interesting requirement for security of data transfer between organizations. The manager giving the request bolied his specs one essential request: Maximum security at minimal cost. The solution that we came up may help a few out there, so here goes:The criteria of the request are as follows: All communication will be established through cheap internet linksMaxumum possible security in transit must be achievedGuranteed security, non-repudiation and integrity of individual information must be achievedMinimal cost (licenses, equipment, training)Minimal modification to operational infrastructureA networks' designer first choice is to go with the proven concept:IPSEC VPN for the end-to-end encryptionDigital Certificates issued by a authorized PKI Infrastructure for signing and e

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      HowTo: Copy and Paste A Text File into Another Text File via Terminal
      Yes, you read correct. This time around, we are going to paste data content of one text file into another text file and we are going to approach this issue using linux command via terminal. This one could be easily done inside X or GNOME, but let us assume we are going to do it from a linux system... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      Linux SMP HOWTO
      "SMP is supported in 2.0 on the hypersparc (SS20, etc.) systems and Intel 486, Pentium or higher machines which are Intel MP1.1/1.4 compliant. Richard Jelinek adds: right now, systems have been tested up to 4 CPUs and the MP standard (and so Linux) theoretically allows up to 16 CPUs." Linux SMP HOWTO

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Telecom Italia howto
      Liveblogging dall’assemblea degli azionisti di Telecom di SQ Fra le domande poste dagli azionisti Io definii Colaninno “il piu’ geniale ragioniere di provincia che mise nel sacco tutti quei dottori del Sancta Sanctorum. Il senno di poi ci ha detto che avremmo dovuto tenercelo caro. Poi e’ venuto un industriale che ci ha ridotti tutto al lastrico. [...]

      Written by: Vittorio Pasteris


      HowTo: Install Ioncube PHP Encoder/Decoder
      Are you a PHP geek coder by profession or by hobby? Do you ever wish to hide your PHP source codes but still sell it to the market without even buyers having to view your PHP source codes? If your intention is to hide PHP codes of your work and still distribute it, read on. How To Install IonCube... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


      HowTo Forward the mail to many addresses using procmail
      We just need to add more addresses to the action line: :0 * ^Subject: This is urgent$ ! first@one.com second@two.net third@three.org If you have a large list of recipients, you might prefer to store the addresses in an external file you can edit without mucking with your Procmail filters: :0 * ^Subject: This is urgent$ ! `cat addresses.txt`

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Elezioni 2008 howto
      Inizia il tempo della riflessione prima del voto. Per capire come si vota e per evitare errori di espressione basta dare un’occhiata al documento esplicativo realizzato dal Ministero dell’Interno. elezioniCondividi

      Written by: Vittorio Pasteris


      HowTo Allow windows updates through squid
      Add the following to your squid.conf, It 'MUST' be added near the top before any ACL that require authentication. acl windowsupdate dstdomain windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain .update.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain download.windowsupdate.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain redir.metaservices.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain images.metaservices.microsoft.com

      Written by: Complete Dose of Linux Poison


      Apt-For-RPM-Howto
      "In this short tutorial I will show how to install and use Debian's package manager apt on various rpm-based distributions like Fedora, Mandrake (or Mandriva, they changed their name...), RedHat, SUSE, and Yellow Dog Linux. apt for rpm is also known as apt4rpm, or aptrpm." HowtoForge

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO
      "This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. IP Masquerade is a form of Network Address Translation or NAT which NAT allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to communicate to the Internet via the Linux server's Internet IP address." Paracoda.com

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Linux gateway/router - (another) HOWTO
      "A hot item on the market nowadays is the "all-in-one" router+WAP+switch. This allows one to split a net connection across a number of computers" Stanford.edu

      Written by: Linux Cortex


      Adobe AIR alpha su Ubuntu Linux [howto]
      Adobe AIR su Linux è finalmente una realtà, divenuta tale dopo l'annuncio di qualche tempo fa, che avevo anche commentato.Ok, la Adobe giustifica alcuni malfunzionamenti con lo stato di alpha, ma direi che molti utenti possono dirsi già contenti cos...

      Written by: BongoLinux


      HowTo: Identify your IPv4/IPv6 Loopback Address
      Most likely, administrators are familiar with IPv4 and IPv6 loop back address. The need to identify and reach IPv4/IPv6 loop back IP addresses remains basic but a need to know knowledge. Here's a quick entry on how to identify IPv4/IPv6 loop back address status. Read on. IPv4 Loop back... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

      Written by: A SysAd blog - Fedora Linux


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