Archive for May, 2008
Firefox 3 Download Day - Pledge And Set a New Guiness World Record!
Enjoy a Better Web
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although [...]
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Fedora 9 on a USB Pen Drive
I’d posted previously on How to install Fedora 8 on USB pen drive. Now that Fedora 9 is out, Kevin Purdy over at Lifehacker has post how-to do the same for Fedora 9.
A quick excerpt:
Fedora 9 Linux distribution makes putting a full-fledged desktop on a portable USB thumb drive a three-click affair. Even better, you [...]
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Enabling And Disabling Root Account in Debian/Ubuntu
Debian and other debian-based distros like Ubuntu have, by default, has the root account disabled as a security measure.(thanks to Subbu and PICCORO for the clarification)
To re-enable the root account, just open the command prompt, and type
sudo passwd root
You’ll get the following set of messages:
sathya@sathya-laptop:~$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password [...]
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Oracle Offers Free Linux DVDs - Oracle Unbreakable Linux
Oracle joins the list of vendors offering free media consisting of Linux distributions - a list which includes Canonical which ships Ubuntu and Fedora under their Free Media Program. Oracle is now giving its Linux distribution, named Oracle Unbreakable Linux - a 2 DVD set. For support you’ll have to pay extra.
Send your request for [...]
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An Easy Way to Transfer Data From A Linux Based Virtual Machine to Windows Host(And Vice Versa)
In my previous post, I’d mentioned about Virtualization - what it is, how useful it is to test new softwares, distros etc. Now while working in your virtual machine, you’d obviously save some data - do some wordprocessing, or compatibility testing of your programs, just to name some, all this would mean that the data [...]
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Fedora Free Media Program
While having a look around Fedora’s site, I came across the Free Media Program.
Fedora Free Media Program is a volunteer initiative under Fedora Distribution Project that aims to distribute Fedora Media (DVDs) for free to individuals who couldn’t afford to buy or download. Local Fedora Ambassadors or Contributors are invited to participate.
Unlike Canonical which [...]
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Fedora 9 Released
It’s the season of Linux distribution releases! Ubuntu was released about 3 weeks ago, and now it’s time for Fedora 9, aka “Sulphur”. So What’s new?
PackageKit
Much Like Ubuntu’s Add/Remove Programs, Fedora gets a similar one, known as “PacakgeKit”.PackageKit is a cross-distribution package management solution that has a complete yum backend. It has been designed [...]
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An IRC client in 40 lines of shell script
While hanging out in #IndiaTwits, Shyam aka codelust brought to my attention of this post in Kragen hacks Mailing list.
So I’m installing an OS on my laptop, and for whatever reason, the Debian Etch install disk thought it would be a good idea to initialize the whole disk to random data *before* rather than *after* [...]
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openSUSE Hard Disk Configuration Survey
In order to optimize the YaST partitioner module for openSUSE users the user experience team decided to conduct a small survey to figure out how you deal with hard disk configuration. The survey contains some basic questions and its results will directly influence the redesign for the partitioner module.
The survey will be online until 28th [...]
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Presenting Project Neon - Amarok 2 Nightly Build Service
Project Neon is the codename for a nightly build service for Amarok 2.
Neon is intended to be used by everyone who wants to help us find bugs, keep track of development, join development or just wants to live on the bleeding edge. It is not intended to be used instead of a stable and full [...]
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