Howtos

gitweb + apache + gentoo

"This is meant as a quick tutorial to get gitweb up and running on gentoo with apache as the web server..."

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How to make multiboot CD-ROM easily under Unix/Linux

"You'll need mkisofs and cdrecord from cdrtools package, hex editor (I use hexedit from FreeBSD ports collection) and maybe DOS utility makebt. I suggest you'll burn CD-RW disk for first time you make multiboot CD.

I wouldn't describe technical information about bootable ISO structure, I'll just tell you what you should do to make CD multibootable."

http://lich.phys.spbu.ru/kab00m/projects/cdboot.eng.html

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Compiz Fusion On Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring (GNOME/NVIDIA)

This document describes how to enable and configure Compiz Fusion on a Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring GNOME desktop with an NVIDIA graphics card.

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Unison - file synchronization tool

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other.

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Firefox 3: Site Identification button

Ensuring that users are safe, secure, and protected while they browse the Web is one of the greatest challenges facing browser makers. Browser security involves a delicate balance between protecting the user from the dangers that exist on the Web and overly restricting the user’s freedom to go where she wants and see what she wants while surfing.

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"Cooking" a DVD with Cinelerra and DVDStyler.

On this tutorial, we will learn how to make a dvd using dvdstyler and cinelerra.

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Howto Remove Compiz Fusion Including config files

If you want to uninstall Compiz Fusion for some reason follow these steps...

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Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0

This guide is a collection of tips and tweaks for Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The content comes from tutorials and speed suggestions found on the Ubuntu Forums and elsewhere. The material has been collated and narrated, and arranged with links to external resources or supplemental information.

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Indexing offline CD-ROM archives

Suppose you’ve been good (or sort of good anyway), and you have a huge stack of CD-ROMs (or DVDs) with backups and archives of your old files. Great. But how can you find anything? I solved this problem today by making an index of all the files stored on these disks using a few simple GNU command line tools.

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Howto: Restore All Installed packages in Ubuntu Hardy Heron and to a New machine

Ever forget what you had installed and find yourself at a fresh ubuntu install thinking to yourself... Damn now I gotta open up synaptic and search for everything I had... Well fortunately you dont need to do that. With this easy howto you can also restore all your packages that were installed by simply creating a package list and uninstalling every application installed after the list was made.

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Disabling the GMail spam filter and handling it yourself using SpamAssassin

I've been using GMail ever since they decided to allow users to download their mail using POP. I was happy reading my email as usual in mutt. The only problem was that I had to log onto the website once in a while to clear out my spam folder and fish out the false positives.

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Zenwalk 5.0 USB Pendrive Installation

"I am just going to walk you through from a blank usb pendrive installation just to help me keep track on this.

Here is what you need:

1. the ability to boot to a livedistro with grub in it, for example puppylinux, ubuntu, etc.

2. a usb pendrive that you want to make bootable

Steps:

1. First, after downloading zenwalk iso [...]"

http://support.zenwalk.org/viewtopic.php?p=83025#p83025

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The Ultimate Guide to KDE Session Management and Autostarting

One of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about KDE is how to start applications when the user logs into a KDE session. The answer is not always as straightforward as one would hope, and sometimes quite scattered across several sources.

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Filing good X bug reports

For Ubuntu, a *lot* of time and effort goes into triaging X bugs. Mostly, this work consists of helping bug reporters get enough data to actually begin troubleshooting the problem. Sadly, a lot of bugs go uninvestigated due to lack of enough info.

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Mutliple Puppy Distros on 1 cdrom?

"The way i would do it is a bit... odd, it's based on what i know." [...]

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16204

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