If you don't know, NDISWrapper is a tool that is supposed to allow you to use Windows drivers for wireless cards. The problem is, it does not always work perfectly with every wireless card and it is very difficult for a new user to set up.
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Bidirectional filesystem syncing - DirSync Pro vs. Unison
Everyone knows and loves rsync, the command that lets you clone a directory tree to another disk or system with the ability to keep the clone fresh in an incremental and bandwidth-efficient manner. Sometimes, however, you want to sync in the reverse direction.
Read more »Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon
Zipf’s law is a testament to the order in our world, showing that the same patterns emerge in a wide variety of situations. The linguist George Kingsley Zipf first proposed the law in 1949, when he noticed that the distribution of words in a newspaper, book, or other literary article always followed the same pattern.
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Fixing Linux: What's Broken And What To Do About It
The open-source operating system still has major problems that need immediate attention. Our expert recommends configuration, versioning, and GUI enhancements, to name a few.
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How to set up host interface networking for VirtualBox on Ubuntu
We have already discussed how to install virtualbox and create virtual machines in ubuntu.This tutorial will explain How to set up host interface networking for VirtualBox on Ubuntu.
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Monitoring Multiple Servers with Nagios 3
As an administrator you may be face with the task of constantly monitoring web servers, mail servers, ftp servers, etc. Basically, your organization wants all of their servers up and running all of the time. Nagios 3 offers an easy set up and configuration to make this happen so that you can monitor multiple servers and have Nagios alert you to problems.
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Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live
This tutorial shows how you can back up and restore hard drives and partitions with CloneZilla Live. CloneZilla Live is a Linux Live-CD that you insert into your computer; it contains hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tools similar to Norton Ghost.
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Compiling a Linux Kernel : What can go wrong
I wanted to post some screen shots of a kernel compilation, but they have to wait. I think that as of now, I can provide a collection of troubleshooting tips.
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Funtoo
I sit here watching the first emerge --sync go slowly scrolling by in preparation for my second go around with Funtoo. The Funtoo creator Daniel Robbins, the same man who gave us Gentoo, has started a new project for us geeks to play with.
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The Perfect Server - Fedora 10
This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 10 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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Hardening the Linux desktop
Although GNU/Linux® has the reputation of being a much more secure operating system than Microsoft® Windows®, you still need to secure the Linux desktop. This tutorial takes you through the steps of installing and configuring antivirus software, creating a backup-restore plan, and making practical use of a firewall.
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Elisp Lesson: Updating Page Tags
"This page shows a example of writing a emacs lisp function that update the page navigation tag of several files. If you don't know elisp, see: Emacs Lisp Basics..."
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Run your NFS server in the user address space with NFS-GANESHA
NFS-GANESHA is an NFS version 2-4 server that runs in the user address space instead of as part of the operating system kernel. Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) lets you run a filesystem in the user address space instead of as part of the Linux kernel, but the FUSE support in the Linux kernel from many Linux distributions does not allow you to export FUSE through NFS.
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Set your Linux alternative programs.
There are many things you can do in Linux and there are many ways to do them. You can have several different programs all able to do the same task and all installed at the same time. So how do you choose which one is the default program?
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Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 - Raising the bar
Standards-based technologies are rapidly being adopted by the telecommunications industry, and for good reason.
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