Use SSHFS With rdiff-backup

Posted by suvi under Backup

An excellent tool to create backups is rdiff-backup. It is based on SSH, and the
feature of SSH to execute a command on a remote system, as long as you can log in
to this machine with SSH.

Now I’ve been experimenting with SSHFS, and one of the things it can be used for
is rdiff-Backup. Sshfs is a FUSE module, which allows you to mount the remote system.
A normal backup looks like (assuming ssh access is ok):

Read more at HowtoForge 

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Set Up PC-BSD v1.4 beta

Posted by suvi under Desktop

This document describes how to set up PC-BSD v1.4 beta. PC-BSD is released under the BSD license.

This howto is meant as a practical guide; it does not cover the theoretical backgrounds. They are treated in a lot
of other documents in the web.

This document comes without warranty of any kind! I want to say that this is not the only way of setting up such a
system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that
this will work for you!

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Boost Reliability with Ethernet Bonding and Linux

Posted by suvi under Networking

An easy, inexpensive way to double up Ethernet interfaces to get more more bandwidth and reliability is called Ethernet bonding.
While Gigabit Ethernet is all exciting and the hot new fad, you can get
a lot of mileage out of using Ethernet bonding to give your existing
gear a nice boost without spending much extra money. Just stuff two
ordinary 10/100 Ethernet interfaces into a machine, tweak a few

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Administering phpGroupware: The Admin Module

Posted by suvi under Server, Software

We previously installed phpGroupware,
and now we need to configure it so our users can do their work. This
will be more of an overview to help you get up and running, than an
in-depth tutorial.

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How To Use NTFS Write Support (ntfs-3g) On Fedora 7

Posted by suvi under Fedora

Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but
not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with
Linux and Windows systems. This is where ntfs-3g comes into play. ntfs-3g is an open source, freely available NTFS driver for Linux with read and write support. This tutorial shows how to use ntfs-3g on a Fedora 7 desktop to read from and write to Windows NTFS drives and partitions.

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Howto Boot debian in text mode instead of graphical mode (GUI)

Posted by suvi under Debian, Tricks

This is very useful tip for all debian users

You can prevent automatic running of the GUI when you boot your debian machine by disabling your login manager be it KDM, GDM or XDM from running at boot time. To disable the login manager from automatically running at boot up, run the following command as root

Read more at Debian Admin 

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Get a daily dose of comics

Posted by suvi under Free tools

When I first started
learning to read, my primary motivation was to gain the ability to read
the comics in my local paper. I had no idea at that time that there
were so many comics in the world. Now I know that there are comics all
over the Web, but who has time to go to each site each day and read the
latest strip? Thanks to the world of open source software, you can
gather all your favorite comics on one page automatically, ready for
you to read each morning.

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Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 3b

Posted by suvi under Linux, Multimedia

In this final section I’ll present some MIDI-specific troubleshooting tips, along with a brief description of the setup here at StudioDave, a few closing remarks, and of course some links to the Linux music-maker du jour.

Troubleshooting MIDI

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Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG Images Using AcetoneISO (GUI Tool)

Posted by suvi under Tricks, Ubuntu

AcetoneISO is CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux.Using this tool it is very easy to Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG Images

AcetoneISO Features

    * Mount and Unmount  ISO, MDF, NRG (if iso-9660 standard)

    * Convert / Extract / Browse to ISO :  *.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.cdi *.xbx *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi

    * Play a DVD Movie ISO with most used media players

    * Generate an ISO from a Folder or CD/DVD

    * Generate MD5 file of an image

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Optical Character Recognition With Tesseract OCR On Ubuntu 7.04

Posted by suvi under Desktop, Ubuntu

This document describes how to set up Tesseract OCR on Ubuntu 7.04.
OCR means "Optical Character Recognition". The resulting system will be
able to convert images with embedded text to text files. Tesseract is
licensed under the Apache
License v2.0
.

This howto is meant as a practical guide; it does not cover the theoretical
backgrounds. They are treated in a lot of other documents in the web.

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Set up a Web server cluster in 5 easy steps

Posted by suvi under Server, Webserver

"Spreading a workload across multiple processors, coupled with
various software recovery techniques, provides a highly available
environment and enhances overall RAS (Reliability, Availability, and
Serviceability) of the environment. Benefits include faster recovery
from unplanned outages, as well as minimal effects of planned outages
on the end user."

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Widescreen Resolutions for Intel Display Cards In Ubuntu Feisty

Posted by suvi under Desktop, Ubuntu

Many People have been having problems with Intel Graphics in widescreen so here is the solution howto fix this.

Open Up Your Terminal

Install i8xx,i9xx display driver

In order to use higher resolution install updated Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver. It is provided by a package called xserver-xorg-video-intel.

Read more at UbuntuGeek 

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Linux web hosting explained

Posted by suvi under Linux, Server

While choosing web hosting service provider for your future or already existing web site you will be confronted with the main dilemma – type of the web server platform that you will use for hosting your web site.

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Howto display the number of processors in Linux

Posted by suvi under Tricks

If you’ve just bought a new desktop,laptop or server and the box says the box is powered by 2 processors, you can actually verify that.

Here’s how to display the number of processor of your linux box.

Simply issue the following command as root

# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor

Everything in linux is files. This command simply retrieves the number of processors that linux detected from /proc/cpuinfo and displays it. Usually, the processor number comes at the first set of line from issuing the command.

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PostBooks ERP On Ubuntu 7.04

Posted by suvi under Desktop, Software, Ubuntu

This document describes how to set up PostBooks ERP on Ubuntu 7.04. The
resulting system provides a powerful GUI-based ERP-system. Postbooks is
licensed under the CPAL license (OSI-certified Common Public Attribution License).

This howto is meant as a practical guide; it does not cover the theoretical
backgrounds. They are treated in a lot of other documents in the web.

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