VBoxHeadless – Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless OpenSUSE 11.2 Server

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VBoxHeadless – Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless OpenSUSE 11.2 Server
This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.1.x
on a headless OpenSUSE 11.2 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI
to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop
environment. [...]

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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0

Posted by suvi under Mandriva, MySQL, PHP, Webserver

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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can
install Lighttpd on a Mandriva 2010.0 server with PHP5 support (through
FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors

Posted by suvi under Linux, Software

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Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the [...]

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Installing Kernel Security Updates Without Reboot With Ksplice Uptrack On Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

Posted by suvi under Linux, Ubuntu

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Installing Kernel Security Updates Without Reboot With Ksplice Uptrack On Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop
Ksplice Uptrack
is a subscription service that lets you apply 100% of the important
kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without
rebooting. Ksplice Uptrack is freely available for the desktop versions
of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic and Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty. This [...]

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How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10

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How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning
and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to
directly edit files on the Apache [...]

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Install Multiple Linux Distributions Via PXE (The Easy Way)

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Install Multiple Linux Distributions Via PXE (The Easy Way)
The following script will set up a PXE config on your server, making
it possible to install major Linux distributions via netboot.
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How to install KDE Software Compilation 4.4 from PPA in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Posted by suvi under KDE, Software, Ubuntu

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How to install KDE Software Compilation 4.4 from PPA in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
KDE announces the immediate availability of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4 on 9th feb 2010, “Caikaku”, bringing an innovative collection of applications to Free Software users. Major new technologies have been introduced, including social networking and online collaboration [...]

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How To Upgrade Debian Etch To Lenny

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How To Upgrade Debian Etch To Lenny
Debian Etch is soon
to be unsupported by the Debian team, therefore all Debian Linux
Servers need to be upgraded to Debian Lenny. I work for Netzen (an IT Support
company) and have upgraded many Linux servers to Debian Lenny over [...]

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How To install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu

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How To install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu
This tutorial will explain how to install latest version of openoffice in ubuntu
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Install Quantum GIS in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

Posted by suvi under Software, Ubuntu

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Install Quantum GIS in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a cross-platform Geographic Information System (GIS). It offers support for vector and raster formats, including spatially enabled tables in PostgreSQL using PostGIS, common GIS vector formats such as Shapefiles, and geo-referenced rasters (TIFF, PNG, and GEOTIFF). Many plugins are available [...]

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How To Set Up An SSL Vhost Under Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10/Debian Lenny

Posted by suvi under Apache, Server, Ubuntu, Webserver

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How To Set Up An SSL Vhost Under Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10/Debian Lenny
This article explains how you can set up an SSL vhost under Apache2
on Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian Lenny so that you can access the vhost over
HTTPS (port 443). SSL is short for iSecure Sockets Layer/i and
is a cryptographic [...]

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How To Install Fedora 12 KDE

Posted by suvi under Fedora, KDE

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How To Install Fedora 12 KDE
This is a very brief howto on installing Fedora 12 KDE on 64 bit
machines. I installed it on my laptop, tweaked it and still tweaking.
So here goes…..
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Install Skype for Linux Beta v2.1.0.81 on Ubuntu 9.10

Posted by suvi under Software, Ubuntu

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Install Skype for Linux Beta v2.1.0.81 on Ubuntu 9.10
Skype just recently released an updated version of their desktop client for Linux, Skype Beta v2.1.0.81. This release fixes some major bugs and well as introduces some new features previously unavailable on the Linux release. I am very happy to see this [...]

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Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu?

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Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu?
One of the things I’ve personally found frustrating in Linux is the development status of screencasting applications, or lack thereof. Some projects remain in beta, never coming to fruition, and eventually being abandoned. Others have quirks that seem to cause different issues based on [...]

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Install Mozilla Firefox Web Browser v3.6 on Ubuntu 9.10

Posted by suvi under Browser, Ubuntu

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Install Mozilla Firefox Web Browser v3.6 on Ubuntu 9.10
Today Mozilla has released the latest version of their flagship Web Browser, Firefox v3.6. This release brings a number of enhancements as well as bug fixes. In this article I will outline how to manually install the latest Mozilla Firefox release alongside [...]

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