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Troubleshooting LTSP: Slow Network Speed
The terminal server is especially sensitive to slow networks. This is simply because the entire operating system is transferred over via the network. You should have at least…
HowTo recompile Debian packages
This article will show how you can rebuild any debian package. You might need to rebuild a package for various reasons: add/remove some compilation options, make some changes to…
Sendmail Multiple Queues
Sendmail will use by default a single mail queue. This is what most users will need, and if you don’t have any special requirement you will not care about this.…
Determine the Directory Size Recursively
Sometimes you want to ascertain the space hogs on your system. You might have noticed that a certain top level directory is larger than usual, but you are…
Common UNIX Find Commands
One of the most useful utilities in the UNIX systems resources directory is the find command. System administrators use this powerful utility frequently. Here are a few common…
Create Live USB of any Linux OS
I found a very easy tool to make live usb linux OS..here it is..1. Download Ubootnetin.Download 32-bit (i386) Ubuntu/Debian .deb PackageDownload 64-bit (amd64) Ubuntu/Debian .deb PackageDownload…
Testing your system for USB boot compatibility
The following tutorial will enable a user to check if a computer system can boot from a USB device and ultimately help determine if the computer can boot…
How to Restore Your USB Key to it’s original state
After having tooled around with a USB Linux version using your multi partitioned flash pen drive, you might find it necessary to revert it back to a single…
Set the default root password
Setting the default root password: Some Live Linux distributions are created without a root password by default (the root account is inactive). This is particularly true with Debian…
Add the Trash Can Icon to Your Ubuntu Desktop
Ubuntu has an option for adding a Trash Can icon to the desktop, which might be a comfort for those of you migrating from Windows. Just type gconf-editor…
Ubuntu Feisty on Wubi on WinXP Pro
This time I want to tryout Wubi (Windows based installer for Ubuntu). My objective is to install Ubuntu and create a dual boot system on my existing WinXP…
Another Ubuntu Flavor: Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Studio bills itself as the "multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu," an official Ubuntu project "aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast as well as professional."…