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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 29, 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...
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by Michael Hammer on August 29, 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...
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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 to...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Filed in archive by Michael Hammer on August 27, 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 ......
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 1350...
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