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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 t...
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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 t...
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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 wil...
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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).
...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
