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FAQ Updates: June/11/2012
Our FAQ section has been updated. Here are latest howtos:WordPress: Disable Post Revisions / Turn Off RevisionsFirefox Disable / Hide New Tab PageHowTo: Install firefox-13.0.tar.bz2 in LinuxUnix Copy...
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Linux / Unix Desktop Fun: Text Mode ASCII-art Box and Comment Drawing
Boxes command is a text filter and a little known tool that can draw any kind of ASCII art box around its input text or code for fun and profit. You can quickly create email signatures, or create...
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Shell Script Wrapper Examples: Enhance the Ping and Host Commands
Shell script wrappers can make the *nix command more transparent to the user. The most common shell scripts are simple wrappers around third party or system binaries. A wrapper is nothing but a shell...
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Unix / Linux: See Colourised Filesystem Disk Space Usage
The pydf command displays the amount of used and available space on your file systems, just like df command, but in colors. The output format is completely customizable.
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Linux / Unix: curl Command Download File Example
I know how to use wget command to grab files. But, how do you download file using curl command line under Linux / Mac OS X / BSD or Unix like operating systems?Read answer to: "Linux / Unix: curl...
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Cinelerra: MWindow::init_shm: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0×1000000 It should...
I'm trying to use Cinelerra video editing and compositing software under Linux operating systems. However, I'm getting the following error:MWindow::init_shm: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0x1000000. It...
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FreeBSD: Display Laptop Battery Charge Status
How do I find out out details about my FreeBSD based Laptop battery status and other information from command prompt? Howto do I check battery charge status at shell prompt?Read answer to: "FreeBSD:...
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FreeBSD: Wake Up Servers Using Wake-on-LAN ( WOL ) Command
I know how to send WOL command using Linux. But, how do I send Wake on LAN (WOL) frames to hosts on a local Ethernet network using FreeBSD operating systems to wake up my servers?Read answer to:...
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FreeBSD: Install GIMP Image Retouching And Editing Application
How do I install gimp under FreeBSD operating systems?Read answer to: "FreeBSD: Install GIMP Image Retouching And Editing Application"
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FreeBSD PPTP Client: Install and Create a VPN
I work form home and I need to login into our corporate network using a pptp based vpn. How do I configure and setup up a PPTP VPN client under FreeBSD desktop / laptop or server operating systems?Read...
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Linux: Mount FreeBSD UFS 2 File System Command
I need to copy files from my second hard disk. This hard disk formatted with UFS 2 file system. How do I mount UFS 2 file system created by FreeBSD on my Debian Linux 6 based system?Read answer to:...
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Linux Gnome: gconf-sanity-check-2 Exited With Status 256 Error and Solution
When I try to login into my Linux Gnome based desktop system, I get the following error from GDM :gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256 How do I fix this problem?Read answer to: "Linux Gnome:...
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HowTo: Install firefox-14.0.1.tar.bz2 in Linux
I've downloaded Firefox version 14.0.1 from mozilla ftp server. The name of file is firefox-14.0.1.tar.bz2. How do I install firefox in any Linux distribution?Read answer to: "HowTo: Install...
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Debian / Ubuntu Linux: HowTo Download A Git Repository
I would like to install something from source code. The site says that I need to download it from git repository. How do I download a git repository under Debian / Ubuntu Linux?Read answer to: "Debian...
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Debian Squeeze: Install Emerald Windows Decorator And Theme Manager
The Emerald Window Decorator is a custom window decorator shipped with Compiz Fusion that allows for theming and full composite window decorations with the use of engines. Emerald allows for all sorts...
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PHP: Require_once(): Unable To Allocate Memory For Pool Error and Solution
I'm running PHP version 5.3.3 on CentOS / RHEL 6.x with APC php-pecl-apc-3.1.9. However, I'm getting the following warnings in my php server log file:[01-Jul-2012 10:50:49] PHP Warning: require_once():...
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Linux iotop: Check What’s Stressing And Increasing Load On Your Hard Disks
The iotop command is top like utility for disk I/O. It watches I/O usage information output by the Linux kernel (requires v2.6.20 or later) and displays a table of current I/O usage by processes or...
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News Roundup July-20-12: Dell To Sale Ubuntu Laptop, GIMP Magazine Coming...
In this week:Dell to sale Ubuntu laptops againDell will be officially re-entering the Linux laptop market. It will sell a developer edition of one of its Ultrabooks XPS laptop. It will come pre-loaded...
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Linux Run Command As Another User
Dear nixCraft,I just want to know how to run Linux commands as another user or as root user?Sincerely, Confused About Linux commands. Dear Confused,You can use the following commands to run as another...
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Download Of The Day: Linux Kernel Version 3.5
The Linux kernel version 3.5 has been released and is now available for download. New features include support for hybrid graphics, security fixes, and other enhancements. From the kernelnewbies change...
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