Howtos

some early howtos:

  • Reconstructor: Creating Your Own Ubuntu Distribution

  • Fedora 9: Change Linux Hostname or Computer System Name
  • How to install Adobe Flash Player 10 beta 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
  • General steps for installing Nvidia diplay driver in Linux
  • How-To: Install Codecs and DVD Support in Debian Lenny
  • Using LVM on AIX Unix. Part One Of No More Than Two.

few howtos:

  • Control CPU scaling in Ubuntu

  • Add Open Command Prompt Here Functionality To Nautilus In Ubuntu
  • pstree command
  • IPSec between Linux and the NetScreen
  • Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta on Ubuntu
  • Deploying a Git Repository Server in Ubuntu

some howtos:

  • IOzone for filesystem performance benchmarking

  • Configuring your fonts optimally in openSUSE 11.0
  • Basic I/O Redirection Differences In Sh/Ksh, Bash and Zsh On Linux And Unix
  • How to write a thorough review of a Linux distribution
  • Printing Directly To PDF in Ubuntu 8.04
  • Linux Easter Egg Fun
  • Let Firefox 2 and 3 co-exist in your Linux box
  • VI Basic Movement

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup.

yesterday's leftover howtos:

  • Gnome Do : Attractive and Functional launcher for Gnome

  • Securing your Contents
  • Count Lines of Code with Cloc
  • Highlight Grepped Text
  • Tweaking the Eee PC
  • Get the changelog of a package with rpm
  • How to install Ms OFFICE 2003 in Ubuntu
  • Howto install and configure gDesklets in Ubuntu hardy
  • Choosing a Secure password

few more howtos:

  • Expert tip: Print booklets in Scribus

  • GUIDE: Using Linux to Beat Comcast's BitTorrent Throttling
  • MySQL: counting results
  • Quickzi: How To Remove Older Kernels from Ubuntu
  • ZFS on FUSE
  • Let the Grub boot Windows as default
  • How-To: Use Profiles in Konqueror 3.5.9

some howtos:

  • Limiting speed with openssh

  • Linux Configure Netconsole To Log Messages Over UDP Network
  • A new utility for quickly interpreting multiple Bonnie++ benchmarks
  • Managing Services on Fedora
  • Little utilities for Linux desktop users — Visibility
  • Get build dependencies with zypper

some howtos:

  • mixing Hardy stable and Intrepid testing repositories

  • How to Upgrade Ubuntu Edgy to Feisty after End of Life
  • Networking with Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows Part 2
  • Short Tip: Fixing ICQ login problem in KDE 3.5.9
  • How Do I Update The Root Hints Data File for BIND Named Server?
  • Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system
  • Getting nice anti-aliased fonts in Debian
  • Investigating strange dialup activity with Wireshark
  • Enable Commercial DVD Playback on Ubuntu 8.04
  • 7 Things To Do With The Pipe In a Linux Shell

few howtos:

  • How-To: Compile and Install the QtCurve Style for KDE3 in Debian Lenny

  • Easily forwarding arbitrary TCP connections with rinetd
  • Howto install Realpayer 11 and solve scim conflict in linux
  • Using Bonnie++ for filesystem performance benchmarking
  • How To Set BIND9 With Go Dadday Registered Domain

Command line, are you afraid ?

nasreddine.com: Most people I know, whom aren’t very used to linux yet, are afraid of the command line, they think it’s hard to learn and somehow useless but that is entirely false… The command line is very easy to learn. In this small article I will try to show you.

How To Install VMware Server (Version 1.0.6) On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server (version 1.0.6) on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system.

some howtos:

  • Backing up Large Files

  • HowTo: Reset KDE to Previous Configuration State
  • Install SecondLife 1.19.1.4 on Ubuntu 8.04
  • Moving Thunderbird Emails
  • wlan0_rename issue
  • Using SSH as an Ad-Hoc VPN
  • (gtk applications with qt style)
  • Music server via Samba
  • Install a 3D transition effect plug-in for OpenOffice.org

few more howtos:

  • Ubuntu: How to Extract Audio From YouTube Video

  • Convert audio files with Audio-convert-mod
  • Converting your m4a music files to mp3
  • Simple Cumulative Math Using Awk On Unix or Linux
  • Chrooting into a Linux environment

few howtos:

  • Disable Login and Logout Sound on Ubuntu

  • tweeting from the command line
  • Replacing Openoffice Splash Screen
  • Bypass School Internet Filters
  • View A Package Changelog Entry With Aptitude or Synaptic
  • Configuring Debian for UTF-8

The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11 (GNOME)

This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11 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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