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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 8.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 8.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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How To Change Your Login Screen In Mandriva
Author: nightfire • Tags: desktop, mandriva • Comments: 0How To Change Your Login Screen In Mandriva This is a simple howto on changing your log on screen. This will also work with other distros. This is a very easy way to add more eye candy to your Linux system.
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Installing Songbird Media Player On Ubuntu 8.04
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 2Installing Songbird Media Player On Ubuntu 8.04 This document describes how to set up Songbird 0.5 on Ubuntu 8.04. Taken from the Songbird page: "Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices you want, challenging the conventions of discovery, purchase, consumption and organization of music on the Internet."
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How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Debian Etch
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, debian • Comments: 9How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Debian Etch This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.
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How To Fix The Sound Issues Between Skype 2.0 And Pulseaudio On Fedora 9
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 6How To Fix The Sound Issues Between Skype 2.0 And Pulseaudio On Fedora 9 The main problem with Pulseaudio and Skype on Fedora 9 (maybe also on other distributions) is stuttering, crackling sound. This document describes how to fix the sound issues between Skype 2.0 and Pulseaudio on Fedora 9.
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Back Up Your Files With Areca On Fedora 9
Author: o.meyer • Tags: backup, desktop, fedora • Comments: 0Back Up Your Files With Areca On Fedora 9 Areca is a personal file backup software developed in Java. It allows you to select files or directories to backup, filter, encrypt and compress their content, and store them on your backup location. Areca supports incremental backups and generates backup reports, which can be stored on your disk or sent by email. This guide explains how to install and use it on a Fedora 9 desktop (GNOME).
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Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient
Author: tony2 • Tags: linux, other • Comments: 9Some Tips To Make SSH/SCP Usage More Convenient I guess many of us rely heavily on ssh/scp to access/maintain remote hosts. In this short article I would like to share some experiences I find useful for ssh/scp usage.
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How To Build RPM Packages In A Chroot Environment Using mach
Author: candlerb • Tags: fedora, suse, centos • Comments: 1How To Build RPM Packages In A Chroot Environment Using mach OK, so you want to build a binary RPM package for deployment on your servers. You have a .spec file or .src.rpm that you got from one of the many repositories such as freshrpms.net or dag.wieers.com, or that you wrote yourself.
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Installing And Using The Unbound Name Server On Debian Etch
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: dns, debian • Comments: 3Installing And Using The Unbound Name Server On Debian Etch Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver, released under a BSD license. Version 1.0.0 was released on May 20, 2008. This tutorial explains how to install and use it on Debian Etch, including the creation of zones for your own domains.
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Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) - Technical Paper
Author: kumrv • Tags: linux • Comments: 0Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) - Technical Paper The storage capacity and data retrieval speeds of Hard Disks have increased multiple folds in last few years. However for large business organizations, which not only need to store terabytes of invaluable data but access them frequently as well. These organizations cannot afford to let their systems go offline even for a short duration of time. Moreover they cannot even think of loosing even small amount of data due to disk failure or for that matter any other reason.
