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Turn Your $60 Router To a $600 Router
Filed in archive Devices , Hacks by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
It's easy. It's free. You can boost your wireless signal and throttle your bandwidth, and if you somehow mess up and brick your router, you can recover everything. This is a great hack, but un...
Sony Mylo Built On Qtopia Linux
Filed in archive Devices by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
Linux Powers the new Sony's Mylo WiFi Handheld. Built on Trolltech's Qtopia platform on Linux, unlike any other mobile device Sony has made. There's a lot of software available for Qtopia...
Linux Powered Home Theatre
Filed in archive Devices by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
LixSystems has introduced a low-cost Linux powered home theater PC (HTPC) packaged in a compact, consumer electronics-style enclosure. The Lx8100-MN, available "barebones" (sans CPU, memory,...
Linux OS that can boot one of its boards in just 1.69 seconds
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
Through software optimisations, Technologic Systems said that its TS-7300 ARM based SBC (single board computer) can now boot up to a Linux prompt in just 1.69 seconds after power-up. Technologic Sys...
What is the Linux Kernel?
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
The Linux Kernel is the center of what makes the Linux and Unix operating systems. The kernel is the foreman or mediator over all your programs and hardware components. As the core of the operating ...
Guide To Hacking The Linux Kernel
Filed in archive Hacks by Michael Hammer on August 30, 2006
I found real nice guide that helps you hacking the linux kernel. It teaches you everything you should know. You'll get all of your source codes at this site. The only cons were it is a bit long an...
Run Linux With Gmail
Filed in archive Hacks by Michael Hammer on August 29, 2006
Written by Richard Jones, you can mount GMail into Linux, with many Unix commands to communicate with. It gives you a lot of space around 2 Gigabytes. You'll need to have libmail and FUBE, but t...
wxPython Cross Platform XP/Web Style Interfaces
Filed in archive Hacks by Michael Hammer on August 29, 2006
There is one feature that I really like in Windows XP (although it is generally implemented in an incomprehensible manner), and that is the web-styled interface. Not the implementation mind you, but t...
Automated spam learning on Linux with SpamAssassin
Filed in archive Hacks by Michael Hammer on August 29, 2006
First of all, create a new user account, or virtual mail account for your spamtrap. I suggest a mailbox name that has zero chance of receiving legitimate mail. I am also assuming that this mailbox wil...
Sharing swap partitions between Linux and Windows
Filed in archive Linux For Windows Users by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
Format the partition as a dos partition, and create the Windows swap file on it, but don't run windows yet. (You want to keep the swap file completely empty for now, so that it compresses well). ...
Desperate Undelete
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
Here's a trick I've had to use a few times. Desperate person's text file undelete. If you accidentally remove a text file, for example, some email, or the results of a late night progr...
Step by Step Installation of a Secure Linux Web, DNS and Mail Server
Filed in archive Securing by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
This paper will show how the author configured a Linux based web and e-mail server for a small company. This server is co-located at a local ISP.Because of budget limitations, the company can only loc...
Linux in Your Pocket
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
How many times have you sat at a computer and thought, If Linux was installed on this box I could... Wish no longer. Instead of carrying around bulky Live CDs or an external hard drive, how about Linu...
Which Linux Fits Your Needs?
Filed in archive Finding The Right Linux For You by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
Part 1 We will be looking at which Linux system is best for you. I picked these four systems because they are easier to install. They should have support and hardware detection and easy to update and...
Windows VS. Linux Security Report
Filed in archive Linux For Windows Users by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
Perhaps the most oft-repeated myth regarding Windows vs. Linux security is the claim that Windows has more incidents of viruses, worms, Trojans and other problems because malicious hackers tend to c...
Running Linux and BSD on the Mac Mini
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 28, 2006
This article looks at the current state of Linux™ and NetBSD support on the Mini. If you need all the hardware and options fully supported, these open source options won't do it for you ... yet. ...
Creating A Linux Recovery Disk
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 27, 2006
I found a good article about making yourself a Linux recovery disk just incase something happens to your files. It also teches you how to use the disk after you make it. It teaches you in the followin...
Creating Multiple User Accounts in Batch
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 27, 2006
Usually you use useradd command to create a new user or update default new user information from command line. However, let us say you want to create a large number of users or if you want to import u...
10 Helpful Linux Commands
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 27, 2006
Ten more basic linux commands I thought could help you 1. "Is" This is used to see the contents of your current directory. 2. "mkdir" This is used to make a directory such as &qu...
Boot Linux Faster
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 27, 2006
This article teaches a good way to increase your Linux's boot speed. The increase amount of speed depends on the number of services that need to run and also the amount of time it takes for each s...
Running Linux Inside Windows
Filed in archive Linux For Windows Users by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
For many of you, the switch to Linux seems a daunting task. Words like shell prompt, format, and new PC may come to mind. Linux, if nothing else, is an excellent oppurtunity to learn. There are quite ...
Using NDISWrapper to Install Windows Drivers on Linux
Filed in archive Linux For Windows Users by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
Requirements: Knoppix 4.0 CD (I have gotten this to work with versions as low as 3.6) Windows/Linux PC to transfer files from CD to thumbdrive USB Thumbdrive Laptop with PCMCIA port Dell Wireless...
Configure a router on FreeBSD using IPFW
Filed in archive FreeBSD by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
1. Install FreeBSD(If u need help installing, Click here 2. Compile kernel with aditional options for ipfw router: 3. execute at prompt: #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf #cp GENERIC ROUTER #edit ROUTER 4...
Setting a PPPoEd Server
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
This is for setting a FreeBSD ppp over Ethernet server with pppoe 1. Compile kernel with this options: options NETGRAPH options NETGRAPH_PPPOE options NETGRAPH_SOCKET 2. Edit /etc/rc.conf, add: pppo...
Finding Who Has A File Open
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
How often do mounts and umounts fail because you can't determine what is using the device? How many Times can you not eject a CD because something's got it open? How many times have you experi...
What to do if Linux refuses to boot
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 26, 2006
This section deals with what action is to be taken (during a reboot) after a power failure or an incomplete shutdown of a Linux system due to any reason. This problem seems to be very common since man...
ROAD HandyPC S101 / S101K - Linux on the Road
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 23, 2006
At first glance, the ROAD S101 looks like a new version of the Nokia 9500, but it isn't. In fact, the S101 is a Linux powered device from a German startup called ROAD GmbH (ROAD stands for Remote ...
Linux Web Filtering in 7 steps
Filed in archive Securing by Michael Hammer on August 23, 2006
How to install a transparent Squid proxy server with real-time HTTP virus scanning on Mandrake 10.0 using DansGuardian and ClamAV? People quickly and easily access volumes of research on the Interne...
30+ Basic Linux Commands
Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 22, 2006
Here are some basic linux commands. Some are well known and some aren't. These work on my Mandrake 8.1 system. xkill Kills a running program exit Exits the terminal reboot Reboots the system hal...
Run Linux Without A Hard Drive!!!
Filed in archive Linux For Windows Users by Michael Hammer on August 22, 2006
Now here is something cool to do if you have some spare time. You can run Linux using only your cd rom! .......... Cool..Awsome demonstration on the flexability and power of Linux!!!!! Now you can ...
Securing Linux
Filed in archive Securing by Michael Hammer on August 22, 2006
About hardening (securing) For hardening activities to be most successful, you should: Do hardening activities before the system is connected to the network to avoid attacks. Base configuration on ...
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