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Command Line Basics: Redirecting Output
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The output of most GNU command line tools is normally sent to the terminal (ie – standard output). There are times when you would like to have the output saved as a file. Now, you could copy the text from the terminal and paste it into a text editor and save it, but there’s a better way...
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SSH login without password
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For this you required to generate your own personal set of private/public pair. ssh-keygen is used to generate that key pair for you.
On the user’s home directory, on the localhost, type
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Create a .deb package from source files
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If your build from source is successful, you can make a Debian (Ubuntu) package (.deb) for future use:
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Handling (Tar/GZip) and (Tar/Bzip2) archives
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(Tar/GZip) archives end in ".tar.gz" and (Tar/Bzip2) archives end in ".tar.bz2". Bzip2 is the newer, more efficient compression method.
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Reset a forgotten root password with a live CD
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If you have forgotten the root password of a system, you can very easily reset it with a live CD
Any live Linux cd from standard Linux distros such a ubuntu , knoppix etc can be used.
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Install Remove and Reinstall/Reconfigure/Repair .deb packages
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Debian (.deb) packages are the packages that are used in Ubuntu. You can install any .deb package in your system. .deb files can generally be installed from your file manager (Nautilus) merely by clicking on them,
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Openoffice.org - Five things MS Office users do not know.
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Five basic things that users of MS Office do not know about Open Office.
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Command Line Basics: View Files With cat
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There are many ways to view files in GNU/Linux. One of the simplest command line tools for viewing files is cat. The cat command, short for concatenate, is actually intended for joining multiple files into one, but it works equally well for viewing text files.
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Ubuntu Servers Gaining Acceptance
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The Ubuntu Server operating system has not yet become as widely used as the Ubuntu desktop edition, but it is slowly getting there.
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Of course its Political!
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Politics is part of everyday life. It is hard to ignore it especially for a software revolution such as GNU/Linux.
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5 Things Microsoft does not want you to know about Windows.
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5 things Microsoft would not want Windows users to ever get to know.
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GParted: Partition Manager ( Use as Live CD or Install in your system )
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Gparted is a GTK (Gnome)-based partition manager that can also be used with KDE. This utility works best as a LiveCD. Download the Gparted .ISO image here. Burn the .ISO image to CD. Use the GParted LiveCD as your partition manager. You can also install the package:
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Protect your grub by applying a password to it (grub-md5-crypt is broken)
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You have two ways to do that. Maybe you want the user to enter a password in order to boot the Recovery Mode or your secondary OS. You have to set that password in the /boot/grub/menu.lst - for higher security you should crypt your password with md5.
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Howto: disable beep sound in Terminal mode
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Some of you may be annoyed with the beep sound in terminal.
If you want to get rid of that just follow these steps:
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