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Howto Create Name Based and IP Based Virtual hosts in Apache

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We have already seen the apache2 installation if you want to check here Virtual Host refers to the practice of running more than one web site (such as www.company1.com and www.company2.com) on a single machine. Virtual hosts can be “IP-based”, meaning that you have a different IP address for every web site, or “name-based”, meaning that you have multiple names running on each IP address.

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Wiping your disk drive clean

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Everybody who owns a computer will someday need to dispose of a disk drive. Before you do, it is a good idea to cleanse the drive, so no one can read your sensitive information. Deleting files and reformatting is not sufficient; determined effort can still reveal data from a drive even after it appears to be gone.

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Getting Started with Lisp Databases

http://peter-lane.blogspot.com

"The task here is to explore connecting Lisp to a MySql database. I used synaptic on my Ubuntu system to install mysql-server and cl-sql. A simple database was created on mysql. The aim is to access the database from Lisp: search for entries, get back information, add new entries, etc. ..."

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Ubuntu/Xubuntu 8.04 Macbook Pro Sound and Keyboard Fixes

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After getting the wireless card (Wi-Fi) working in Xubuntu Hardy Heron on my Macbook Pro (Penryn), I went on by fixing the keyboard (special keys) and the sound.The keyboard fix is actually very simple. I haven't seen a detailed tutorial on fixing the special keys for the MBP (Penryn) anywhere, so I'm writing this as a guide to others that might also need help.

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KDE Tip - Switch NumLock On at Startup

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I personally like the num lock key to be switched on by default once I’ve logged in to KDE. For me, it’s much more useful to have access to the numeric keypad as, just that, a numeric keypad, than it is to have a glorified arrow key navigation pad.

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Quick Command Line Tip - Whois from the Command Line

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A very quick command line tip today, for users of pretty much any Unix-based operating system, including Linux distributions. When you're looking up information on a certain web site or domain name, you might be used to using whois functions on websites such as to see who owns a domain.

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Installing mod_python and Django on Apache

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I’ve recently started learning Django for doing web development, so as part of that, I needed to also learn how to set up Django within mod_python so I could deploy my new Django applications on my server.

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gitweb + apache + gentoo

http://www.philsergi.com

"This is meant as a quick tutorial to get gitweb up and running on gentoo with apache as the web server..."

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Compiz Fusion On Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring (GNOME/NVIDIA)

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This document describes how to enable and configure Compiz Fusion on a Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring GNOME desktop with an NVIDIA graphics card.

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Unison - file synchronization tool

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Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.

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Firefox 3: Site Identification button

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Ensuring that users are safe, secure, and protected while they browse the Web is one of the greatest challenges facing browser makers. Browser security involves a delicate balance between protecting the user from the dangers that exist on the Web and overly restricting the user’s freedom to go where she wants and see what she wants while surfing.

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"Cooking" a DVD with Cinelerra and DVDStyler.

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On this tutorial, we will learn how to make a dvd using dvdstyler and cinelerra.

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Howto Remove Compiz Fusion Including config files

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If you want to uninstall Compiz Fusion for some reason follow these steps...

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Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0

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This guide is a collection of tips and tweaks for Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The content comes from tutorials and speed suggestions found on the Ubuntu Forums and elsewhere. The material has been collated and narrated, and arranged with links to external resources or supplemental information.

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Indexing offline CD-ROM archives

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Suppose you’ve been good (or sort of good anyway), and you have a huge stack of CD-ROMs (or DVDs) with backups and archives of your old files. Great. But how can you find anything? I solved this problem today by making an index of all the files stored on these disks using a few simple GNU command line tools.

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