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Linux Sucks

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Please stay away from GNU/Linux. Don't say I haven't warned you!

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Pardus 2009 Looks Fantastic

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Before using Pardus, I had read in the Pardus release announcement that Pardus had been “improved graphically in every part of the distribution”. It takes about 3 seconds to realize this as you put in the Pardus CD and immediately notice splash screens that have been updated from bootloader to login screen.

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Customise or Remaster ubuntu 9.04 jaunty from an image file

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This tutorial will show you how to remaster your ubuntu 9.04 jaunty using a jaunty iso file.

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Howto Check your webserver for vulnerabilities : Nikto a website scanner

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Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which scans your webserver against more than 3500 dangerous files/CGIs, outdated version checking, It has a very good plugin support

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usbserial not found in ubuntu jaunty (9.04)

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Actually the usbserial module has been added to the kernal in ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty). Everyone using a phone or usb device to access internet will be having problem with that. To solve this please follow the following steps.

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Backing Up tar Archives Over ssh

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tar can be used along with ssh so that you can create backups on/of remote machines quickly. The following examples show how this can be achieved.

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Install Educational Suite for Children aged 2 to 10 : GCompris in Ubuntu / Debian

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GCompris is a excellent educational software suite for children aged 2 to 10. Most of the activities are game orientated educational. GCompris offers more than 100 activities in differentclassifications like classified into mathematics, puzzles, computer discovery, amusement activities,strategy games, experimental activities and reading activities. Gcompris is available in more than 40 Languages.

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Searching man pages with apropos

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There is a description section associated with each man page . The apropos command searches the description section for a given keyword.

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Microsoft's monopoly crumbling

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In the past, Microsoft used to be untouchable. Today, things seem to be shifting drastically. Microsoft still has a monopoly on the desktop computer market but it is being threatened from numerous sides.

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slay : Kill all the Processes of a Selected User

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slay is a command line utility used for killing all the processes used by a particular User. Some users will leave with out logingout, some kid users will use heavy games and stay it in background. slay will kill all the processes for such conditions.

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How to Install Web Based System Administration Tool : Webmin in Ubuntu9.04 / Debian

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Webmin is a web based magical Graphical front end for System administration in Unix and Linux. You can manage User accounts, Printers, servers like squid, apache, dhcp, DNS and a Lot More .
For Installing Webmin in Ubuntu / Debian do the following Steps.
Install webmin in Ubuntu / Debian

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basic commands Les I: Compress and decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip

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This is a serie of lessons of ``Basic Commands `` that focuses on command-line usage, in this serie you will learn the tools and tricks of the command line, which are in many cases faster, more powerfull, and more flexible than GUIprogram.
Today in this lesson i will show you the main commands to compress/decompress files using rar, bzip, tarball(tar) and gunzip.

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Rebuilding a deb package from an installation

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If you have an ubuntu/debian system , you can rebuild the deb file of any installed package. For this install the dpkg-repack package.

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Moblin: OS for netbooks and internet devices

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Nice and lightweight OS based on Linux for netbooks, internet devices and other gadgets.

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dpkg tricks for ubuntu

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n Debian GNU/Linux and its derivatives such as Ubuntu the software packages are bundled in a special format. We generally call them deb packages. A .deb package is basically an archive of files that you want to install to your computer, plus some header and control information that identifies the software. The deb files can be manipulated with dpkg command.

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