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KernelCheck: kernel compiling process as easy as the click of a button
KernelCheck is a graphical user interface program designed to make the kernel-compiling process as easy as the click of a button. A kernel is the base of any…
Internet Explorer 6 in linux ( ubuntu 9.04)
Internet Explorer 6 can function under Wine, albeit imperfectly. For most purposes, Firefox can be used (with the User Agent Switcher plugin) to mimic Internet Explorer, but for…
Eye Candy Applications: your os will look great
Eye Candy Applications refer to the decoration of the graphical user interface. These can be add-on icons, themes, wallpapers, 3-D effects, etc. Gnome Eye-Candy Resources Gnome Look has…
alias: replace your lengthy commands with shorter ones
Create an alias, aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command. Syntax alias [-p]…
Synaptic Package Manager: a GUI method for installing programs/packages
While "apt-get" and "aptitude" are fast ways of installing programs/packages, you can also use the Synaptic Package Manager (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Manager), a GUI method for…
SSH login without password
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,…
Create a .deb package from source files
If your build from source is successful, you can make a Debian (Ubuntu) package (.deb) for future use: Install package tools: sudo apt-get install checkinstall Rebuild package using…
Handling (Tar/GZip) and (Tar/Bzip2) archives
(Tar/GZip) archives end in ".tar.gz" and (Tar/Bzip2) archives end in ".tar.bz2". Bzip2 is the newer, more efficient compression method. These files can generally be automatically extracted by merely…
Manage firewall in ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
Network communications go through "channels" called ports. You can restrict which ports are available ("open") for network communications, creating a barricade to unwanted network intrusion…
How to add repository keys in ubuntu
Download the gpg keys for the repositories and automatically add them to your repository keyring: Example: To obtain and add the Medibuntu repository key: wget --quiet…
How to add repositories manually in ubuntu
Do this at your own risk. Modify the default Ubuntu sources.list only if you understand what you're doing. Mixing repositories can break your system. For more information see…
Network Monitors for ubuntu: monitor your own system’s network settings
There are two types of network monitors: those that monitor your own system's network settings and those that monitor network traffic. The latter includes security tools that can…