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Fedora 9: Fix Embedded Youtube Video Browser Problem
2008-05-22 03:41:00
Are you experiencing problems viewing youtube video using Firefox 3.0 browser from Fedora 9? Tired of thinkering why the embedded youtube videos are not showing up from your Firefox browser? Eager to fix and enable firefox embedded youtube / multimedia plugins? Below is an embedded Fedora 9... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Fedora 9: Adobe Flash Plugin Installation with Firefox 3.0
2008-05-21 17:33:00
Problems doing installation of Adobe Flash plugin into Fedora 9's Firefox 3? Read on. We all know that Fedora 9 ships with the latest Firefox 3 internet browser as the default internet browser. By default Firefox 3.0 rpm package, Adobe flash browser plugin is not installed by restrictions. Now,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Fedora 9: Automatically Select Fastest Yum Repo Source
2008-05-21 11:59:00
Ever experience a slow connection when doing yum installation? Heard the fuzz of slow yum updates and turtle-speed rpm queries? Worry not, here's a quick sky post on how to make yum faster than its first-run speed. One way to make yum to yum faster is to automatically select the nearest and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Fedora 9: Livna Repo RPM Installation
2008-05-21 10:17:00
Here goes my first blog post after Fedora 9 desktop installation. First and foremost, my blog posting is now powered by Fedora 9 OS muscles. At last, I am again excited, happy to roam new stuff and enjoy more fun with Fedora Core 9 OS. Since its first launch of Fedora Core 1, the said OS had... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Fedora 9 Released
2008-05-15 09:27:00
Been waiting for this for weeks. Am glad to announced that Fedora community had recently released its Fedora 9 OS. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install YouTube Video Download in Fedora
2008-05-06 09:08:00
This quick post should have been here since but I keep on forgetting about this quick howto. Download Videos from Youtube from Fedora box Tired of watching and browsing the same old video files from Youtube? Do you wish to collect Youtube video clips of your favorite video files from youtube?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install FFMpeg on Fedora Linux
2008-05-05 09:36:00
FFMpeg is a complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix. It also includes a digital VCR. FFMpeg can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash. FFmpeg can generate a lot of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Powerful Metric and Units Linux Conversion Tool
2008-04-30 15:18:00
Does a scientific calculator scares you or your visitor aways from your seat? An online metric conversion site is miles away from your linux desktop internet connection? Worry not, here's a quick tip on how to have an offline metric conversion linux tool that could help most metric and scientific... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Prevent Non-Root From Rebooting/Shutting Down The System
2008-04-29 13:12:00
Have you experienced a scenario where your users make use of reboot or halt command? Did somebody user just reboot your own server? Do you want to prevent your users from shutting down your linux box or even rebooting it? Here's a quick entry on how to prevent users from rebooting or shutting down... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: UDP Connectivity Host Test
2008-04-29 11:46:00
Are you wondering how would you be able to test and probe a port that listens for UDP connections? Or how would you test a listening UDP port? How to test a listening UDP port If you have managed to create a daemonized service that opens port for UDP connections, here's how to test that listening... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Secure SSH by Disabling Root Logins
2008-04-29 11:35:00
Securing SSH is one major thing on server boxes regardless of server location. Here's one quick tip of adding security to your SSH connection by disabling any root logins. How to secure SSH by disabling root logins? To disable direct root logins, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and replace this... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Retrieve Current Latitude and Longtitude from Linux
2008-04-29 11:23:00
Do you know your exact zone longitude and latitude coordinates? Knowing your current zone coordinates won't hurt a bit. Here's how to retrieve latitude and longitude coordinates inside your linux box via terminal. To pinpoint your latitude and longitude of your current location from your Fedora... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install Wallpapoz
2008-04-18 16:39:00
What is Wallpapoz? Wallpapoz application enables you to configure Gnome desktop wallpapers in unique way. You could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when the specified time has passed. The most important feature is you could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when you change workspace. This... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Join Two Text Files with Common Columnar Field via Terminal
2008-04-18 11:27:00
From my recent post, we have covered to merge data contents two text files without a common columnar field. We have also covered joining two text files into one text file separated by a delimiter character. Now, from this post, we are going to go thru merging two text files with a common columnar... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Copy and Paste A Text File into Another Text File via Terminal
2008-04-16 10:49:00
Yes, you read correct. This time around, we are going to paste data content of one text file into another text file and we are going to approach this issue using linux command via terminal. This one could be easily done inside X or GNOME, but let us assume we are going to do it from a linux system... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Install Ioncube PHP Encoder/Decoder
2008-04-12 10:19:00
Are you a PHP geek coder by profession or by hobby? Do you ever wish to hide your PHP source codes but still sell it to the market without even buyers having to view your PHP source codes? If your intention is to hide PHP codes of your work and still distribute it, read on. How To Install IonCube... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Identify your IPv4/IPv6 Loopback Address
2008-04-02 09:17:00
Most likely, administrators are familiar with IPv4 and IPv6 loop back address. The need to identify and reach IPv4/IPv6 loop back IP addresses remains basic but a need to know knowledge. Here's a quick entry on how to identify IPv4/IPv6 loop back address status. Read on. IPv4 Loop back... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Get Disk, Partition And Folder Space Usage
2008-04-01 13:05:00
Quick and brief. Here's a swift blog entry on how to retrieve and get disk usage of the following items: a. directory folder b. mounted disk partition c. disk To get the disk usage of a folder and return a human readable summarized usage # du -sh /folder1 # du -sh /folder1/folder2 # du -sh... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Shell: Shortcut To Last Command Line Argument
2008-03-31 08:57:00
Have you noticed at times that you have been entering same command line parameter over and over again during a certain portion of your shell works? Have you ever been tired of entering the last command line argument over and over again? Here's a quick and simple short tip on how to execute... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Motion Picture Linux Paint and Retouching Tool
2008-03-26 08:52:00
Have you been told that Holywood uses Linux tools and software too? Do you know one? Read on. CinePaint is a painting and retouching tool primarily used for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching and dust-busting. CinePaint was used on THE LAST SAMURAI, HARRY POTTER and many other films. From... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Convert First Letter of Dir Folder to Uppercase
2008-03-13 15:12:00
Well, if we can convert the first letter of each lines from a text file, we can use the same approach to convert the first letter of a directory or folder name to its uppercase as well, simply add the linux mv command. If you have hundreds of directory name in one location that starts their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Lightning Speed Big Claws
2008-03-12 13:46:00
Who gets tired of Thunderbird and Evolution mail client software? How about, "You've Got Claws Mail!" Do you want to try a new GTK+-based lightweight but heavy duty email client for linux? Let's give Claws a shot. What is Claws? Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader), based on GTK+,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Convert First Letter of Text Line to Uppercase
2008-03-11 12:19:00
Real quick and easy, I just need to drop it here as I was using it most of the times handling tens of thousand keyword text files. If you need to convert the first letter of the word or first letter of a text line to its uppercase, read on. Here's how to convert the first letter of a word from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Automatically Change your Fedora Desktop Wallpaper
2008-03-06 12:12:00
How to selectively change your desktop wallpaper automatically? How to automatically change your desktop wallpaper every N minutes? How to add wallpaper management program into your linux desktop? How to add wallpaper panel into your GNOME panel? Here's a quick post of how to have a wallpaper tray... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Extremely Powerful Linux Password Sniffer
2008-03-04 16:05:00
Password Sniffer on Linux? Yep, we all need to be informed of passwords being sniffed out! I would not entail those details and cover specific issues of identifying your network securities as that would be large enough to be covered here and case to case basis. However, those two words are being... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Identify Your Linux Shells
2008-03-03 07:56:00
I have seen site visitors searching for linux tips on determining their current linux shell the system's default shells. Identifying Linux Default Shell Here are few quick tips on determining and identifying your current shell. To know which shell type your current user is logged on to or which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Extract Lines That Started With Matching String Using Grep
2008-02-28 17:38:00
From recent post of displaying the first occurrence of line that starts with a specified matching string, now instead of the first occurrence, here's a way of stripping out all matching lines that start with the given matching string. Reproducable Approach Say for example, we have a text file with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Delete All Thumbs.db Recursively
2008-02-28 11:50:00
An offline messages just arrive from a fedora newbie trying to polish more of his FTP administration skills. After quite some time of establishing his fully functional FTP server via VSFTP, he then realized that most of their staff with windows-based desktops usually Selects ALL files, Copy and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Handy Linux Network Diagnostic Tool
2008-02-27 23:13:00
I should have posted this handy linux command long time ago, which was also mentioned from this link, but not explicitly eloborated. What is MTR? Mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in a single network diagnostic tool. Mtr, when issued, investigates the network... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

HowTo: Display Lines That Starts With A Given String
2008-02-26 22:52:00
Matching strings can be counted using grep, cat, sed. Matching strings can be sorted and even omitted for matching repetitions using sort and uniq. They can also be highlighted during the string parsing operation via grep. More can be done using awk. But have you ever tried to display the first... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

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