This document describes how to install and configure the Link Layer
Topology Discovery (LLTD) Protocol - Responder Source Code from
Microsoft. The lld2d daemon allows linux systems to display in Vista’s
Network Map. This How-To should be easily adaptable to other distros.
In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare an Ubuntu 8.10 server
for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers
(VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver
project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial
virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual
servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and
the user-level tools are under the QPL license.
Today we are going to see how you can make Ubuntu much more user friendly and add eye candy. We are going to give Ubuntu a Mac OSX like dock and configure it to add applets and launchers to launch applications of your choice. I have done this in Ubuntu 8.10 but I am sure it should work in previous versions as well. The software that brings the Mac OSX like dock to your Ubuntu is called Avant Window Navigator (AWN). Before starting let’s see the official description of AWN:
When I am writing post for Make Tech Easier, I love to take plenty of screenshots as I feel they can make the explanation clearer and easier. Over the year, I have also discovered several ways to take screenshot on my Ubuntu machine. If you are looking for one, I have compiled a list of screen capture tools that you can use in Ubuntu.
While WordPress is a powerful and easy to use blogging software, there are several useful features that are hidden or not visible to many and one have to dig deeper to uncover the gems. Many times, I have people asking me how to do this and how to do that in WordPress. I realize that what seems like a simple and easy task to me appears to be a complete alien to some others.
Here is a list of the most commonly asked ‘how-to’ that I have received.
Many readers will have heard about Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok’s work to boot an ASUS Eee 901 in 5 seconds. Inspired by this work, and because I have the same laptop, I decided to try to reproduce their results. So far I have not come very close to their 5 seconds, but I have made some significant improvements compared to the default boot time for Debian on that machine; this article describes what I’ve done.
Although some of what follows is specific to the Eee 901, most of it isn’t and could be applied to other laptops and PCs in general.
If you want to convert .img to .iso file you need to use ccd2iso.This converts CD backup files created using the non-free CloneCD program to a format understood by most Free Software CD writing programs.
When you return from a trip and copy your digital pictures over to your file server, you might like to rename the image files or (losslessly) rotate them to their correct orientation to make finding and viewing them simpler. You might even want to embed comments right into the image files in such a way that all image viewing tools should be able to harvest and share this metadata. In this article we’ll take a look at some command-line tools to help you with these tasks.
You probably rely on the services on your own private network — wikis, mail servers, Web sites, and other applications you’ve installed. What happens when you have to leave the friendly confines of your network? With minimum exposure and few simple tools, you can get all of the comforts of home anywhere you can find an Internet connection.
If you want to save the output of a certain command, and furthermore do it at preset time intervals, use logsave:
logsave foo /bin/ls
In my attempts to performance tune the blog I’ve been looking at alternate web servers, primarily lighttpd. One of the initial issues that I had with an attempted migration was that of enabling php. With Apache php had been simple, but lighttpd needed a bit more.
To install a php fastcgi enabled web server using lighttpd you’ll need the following packages:
MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. Within seconds, it will display statistics about your MySQL installation and the areas where it can be improved.
It’s key to remember that MySQLTuner is a script which can assist you with your server, but it is not the solution to a badly performing MySQL server. The best performance gains come from a thorough review of the queries sent to the server, and an evaluation of the MySQL server itself. A qualified developer in your application’s programming or scripting language should be able to work with a MySQL database administrator to find improvements for your server. Once the server and application are optimized well, you may need to consider hardware upgrades to the physical server itself.
In this tutorial we will see how to enable remote desktop access in ubuntu desktop and accessing remotely.vino is VNC server for GNOME.VNC is a protocol that allows remote display of a user’s desktop. This package provides a VNC server that integrates with GNOME, allowing you to export your running desktop to another computer for remote use or diagnosis.
It occurred to me that with all my graphics tutorials, I have never done any Blender ones. This is because, like everybody else including half its user base and even possibly a few of its coders, I barely understand Blender myself. However, I’ve gotten stupidly overconfident enough to think I can pull off at least one tutorial. So this will be about boning. Now, some call this “armatures” and some call it “linking” and “rigging” and other colorful metaphors and euphemisms. I call it “boning”. You’re taking a model and putting the bones in. OK?
With the festive season approaching, you might want to make decorative labels for presents or christmas cards. It is easy to make labels in OpenOffice and, if you have the Open Clipart collection installed, you can choose from a wide range of graphics to decorate them.
Making a page of labels
In OpenOffice, click the File menu and select New -> Labels. A new window titled Labels should appear. Select the Brand then select the specific type of label.