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General Nov 30, 2008 1 min read

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…

General Nov 19, 2008 2 min read

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…

General Nov 19, 2008 2 min read

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.…

General Nov 19, 2008 1 min read

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…

General Nov 19, 2008 3 min read

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…

General Nov 14, 2008 1 min read

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…

General Nov 12, 2008 2 min read

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…

General Nov 12, 2008 2 min read

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…

General Nov 12, 2008 1 min read

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…

General Oct 22, 2008 1 min read

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…

General Oct 21, 2008 2 min read

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…

General Oct 20, 2008 1 min read

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."…