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today's howtos

• Linux Basics: How To Install CentOS 7 On Your Machine

• How To Configure Sftp With Chroot In RHEL And CentOS 7

• How To Install WordPress In Ubuntu 14.10

• How To Stress Test CPU and Memory (VM) On a Linux and Unix With Stress-ng

• How to monitor harddisk health with smartmontools on Ubuntu

• How to Install Firmware in Debian to Enable Wireless, Video, or Sound

• How to create and show a presentation from the command line on Linux

• How to monitor harddisk health with smartmontools on Ubuntu

• Installation of Steam Client on Debian Jessie 8 Linux 64-bit

• Startup Applications: automatic execution of the most used programs during every user login

• 3 Easy Ways to Send Emails From the Command Line in Linux

  While working with the command line, there are times when you might want to manually send an email to communicate one-liner information

• Wireless Raspberry Pi speaker

  Every house needs a good speaker system, and a good speaker system is even better if it can be accessed by multiple devices over the wireless network. AirPlay uses Apple technology that was reverse-engineered in 2011, which means that third-party devices can now participate in the fun. AirPlay allows any Apple device to broadcast whatever is coming out of its speakers to an AirPlay receiver (which will be our Pi in this case). There is a way to send audio from PulseAudio to AirPlay receivers, as well as an application for Android called AirAudio. Sadly, the Android application requires root to access the audio of other applications running on the device. To keep things simple, we’re going to use an iPad as the test client.

Leftovers: Gaming

• Why Valve's Steam Machines aren't dead

  Valve got an enormous amount of press coverage when it announced its Steam Machines. But disappointment has set in for some, while others have become disillusioned enough to write off Steam Machines altogether. TechRadar thinks that Valve's Steam Machines are alive and well.

• Dying Light Patch Released, Our Thoughts On It, Still Terrible

  Techland has begun their patching of Dying Light for Linux & Windows in their effort to clean up the rather botched release, and we took a look.

• Dying Light Gets Linux Patch, Things Are Better but Not by Much

  Dying Light is the latest FPS from Techland and it's all about zombies. The game is powered by a beautiful engine and it takes quite a toll on the system. It's still pretty buggy, but the first patch has arrived.