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Installing applications in Linux with a double click

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For many, the biggest barrier to adopting Linux is the challenge of having to use the command line for too many tasks. One of these tasks, it is though, is the installation of applications.

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How to install and configure VNC in Fedora 12

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Open up your terminal and install tigervnc via yum.
Type this command in your terminal:

yum -y install tigervnc tigervnc-server

Edit the VNC configuration file
vi /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

and append these lines:

VNCSERVERS="1:user"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -depth 16"

Where VNCSERVERS= is for configuring the username.

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How to fix X11 Forwarding in CentOS 5

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This tutorial describes how to fix the ssh X11 forwarding problem in CentOS 5.5 server.

Autoselected keyboard map en-us
ERROR: Failed to open display:

Make sure that the "xorg-x11-xauth" is also installed in your system. If not, this comm

yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth

Ensure that "X11Forwarding" is enabled in your ssh server configuration file. Edit the file "/etc/ssh/sshd_config".

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How to disable IPV6 in Fedora 12 and CentOS 5.5

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This is a quick tutorial on disabling IPV6 in Fedora 12 and CentOS 5.5

echo -e "install ipv6 /bin/true\nblacklist ipv6" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ipv6.conf

Stop ip6tables service and disable it from starting automatically at system boot.

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How to delete data in MySQL table

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If you want to delete a record from any MySQL table then you can use the delete command. The delete command is very similar to the update command.

delete from table where where_condition;

The delete statement deletes rows from a table.
The table is the table name.
The where clause specifies the conditions that identify which rows to delete.

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How to update data in MySQL table

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Here's how to update existing data into MySQL database table.

update table set column='new_value' where where_condition;

The update statement updates columns of existing rows in the table with new values.
The table is the table name.
The set clause indicates which column to modify and the values they should be given.

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How to insert data into MySQL table

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Here is a general form of insert command:

insert into table (column1, column2) values (value1, value2);

The insert statement inserts new row into an existing table. The table is the name of the table into which we want to insert data, column1 and column2 are column names and value1, value2 are values for the respective columns.

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Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

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An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting.
This guide assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while sneaking in little nuggets of UNIX® wisdom and lore.

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How to: Tweet using pidgin in ubuntu 10.04

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Integrate twitter with pidgin and tweet like you chat

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How to (easily) fool your host into thinking a name is mapped to a certain IP address

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I could use the IP address of the host where the site is, right? Well, no. It's a shared hosting so requests have to be made by name.

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Firefox lets hackers grab your passwords

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Better delete your passwords from Firefox's Password Manager before next week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. That's when Jeremiah Grossman will present a demo showcasing how Javascript can be used to collect passwords from Firefox.

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Peppermint Ice Is Here: Screenshots Included

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After tons of popularity surrounding the Peppermint OS release last month, today Cloud lovers get a treat in the first release of Peppermint Ice, version 07142010. Take a detailed look at the live CD, installation process, and popular applications in this Peppermint Ice screenshot review.

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Command Line Basics: Create Text Files With tee

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The Linux tee command is a way to write the standard output to a file. This is a little different from redirecting output to a file. In this case, the output is still send to standard out, but an additional copy is sent to create your text file.

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FOSSwire Getting to Grips with GRUB 2

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For a long time, the Grand Unified Bootloader, or GRUB, has been the standard way of getting a PC to boot into your Linux, or other Unix operating system.

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How to Make Windows Faster than Linux

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In terms of speed, we can't deny the fact that Linux has an edge over Windows.

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