Thursday, May 15, 2008

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9

These tutorials will give you a idea how to install and configure Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 as both Desktops and Servers.

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 9

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server)

The Perfect Server - Fedora 9

All credits goes to the authors of the above tutorials Falko Timme and Oliver Meyer

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Formatting a Hard Disk Drive in Linux

This tutorial will explain how to format a HDD in Linux, You can use the method to format USB pens & HDDs also. The tutorial only explains how to format the HDD in EXT3 file system, Read the manual of the mkfs command to learn more.

# man mkfs

http://tiny.cc/MkV3n

Redirecting Your Emails from One Account to Another

This tutorial explains a simple method to redirect your emails to another account.

http://www.go2linux.org/how-to-use-the-.forward-file

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Linux Unerace Undelete Command

This is a tutorial explaining how to undelete data in Linux

http://tiny.cc/tMJGW

As explained above, We can't undelete or unerace files in Linux, But try out the following live Linux distributions, These are used for system rescue operations.

Trinity Rescue Kit - Website
SystemRescueCd - Website

26/03/2008 - I found this article on how to undelete files form ext3 file system, interesting..

Finding All Hosts on a Network

This is nice little script to find out all hosts in a Linux or a Windows network

http://tiny.cc/aYs2h

Software Managment In Ubuntu

This community guide explains how to manage software in Ubuntu

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement

Want a GUI software manager

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

Using YUM and RPM in RedHat / Fedora / CentOS

This is a guide to learn all the things about RPM (Red Hat Package Manager)

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en

This is a guide to learn all the things about YUM (Yellow dog Updater, Modified)

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/en

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Enabling Compiz Fusion on Fedora

Read this tutorial to learn how to enable compiz fusion on Fedora

http://www.howtoforge.com/compiz-fusion-fedora8-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200-p2

Compiz Fusion Effects

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Adding Cron Jobs in Linux (Schedule Tasks)

Tutorial about adding cron jobs in Linux (schedule tasks)

http://tiny.cc/DsJr7