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Trick: Cloning a Mandriva box

Friday, 01 December 2006
Any time we think about installing OS on more than one system 'cloning' comes to our attention. If you are cloning your Linux box hard disks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs, you are often using programs like g4u and Acronis. But you can use the „low level data transfer commands” like dd and netcat also. This article describes the power of those tools.
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Trick: Howto "spice IceWM up"

Wednesday, 29 November 2006
IceWM is a tiny window manager for Linux and Unix that requires far less memory and CPU power than even XFCE, a common window manager for lightweight systems.
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Trick: URPMI quick and easy

Monday, 27 November 2006
One of the best Mandriva specific tools is, without a doubt, urpmi. This tools allows a better and easier package management and helps to find a way out of the “dependency hell” that many inexperienced users complain about. This article gives you an overview of the most often used options and some tricks how to use it efficiently.
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Tip: Five things to know when you switch to Linux

Tuesday, 21 November 2006
If you have just installed GNU/Linux on your computer, and have only ever used Windows before, here are five things you need to know to get going rapidly. On Windows, you were probably used to find a given program on the Internet, download a setup.exe file, and then install the program in something like C:Program Files. Things are very different on GNU/Linux.
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Trick: Racoon Roadwarrior Configuration

Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Roadwarrior is a client that uses unknown, dynamically assigned IP addresses to connect to a VPN gateway (in this case also firewall). This situation is shown on picture 1.1 and is one of the most interesting and today most needed scenarios in business environment.
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Mandriva 2007: Back in the race

Friday, 03 November 2006
Beginning with an easy-to-use installer and booting into a well-thought-out desktop, Mandriva 2007 provides an environment that is aesthetically consistent and makes new users feel at home. Where Mandriva 2006 failed to provide an appropriate level of support for more advanced users, Mandriva 2007 includes prominently displayed tools for configuration from the desktop. Although these tools are marred by sluggish package management and an unhelpful security rating system, as well as instability on some machines, overall Mandriva 2007 re-establishes the distribution as one of the most advanced desktop experiences in GNU/Linux.
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Accessing Windows Resources from a Linux Desktop

Friday, 27 October 2006
You're one of the lucky ones. Despite incredible pressures, you've somehow managed to convince your boss to let you run Linux on your workstations instead of Windows. It could be that you've already saved your organization tens of thousands of dollars by convincing them to upgrade to OpenOffice.org instead of the latest Microsoft Office, and now the company is willing to explore other possibilities. However, you are still going to have to deal with the Windows workgroup or domain and the appropriate shared files and printers.
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Remote access Mandriva 2007 Free using FreeNX

Tuesday, 24 October 2006
NoMachine NX is a Terminal Server and remote access solution based on a comprising set of enterprise class open source technologies. NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection at incredible speed.
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Running a server for small/medium enterprises

Wednesday, 18 October 2006
This article shows how to run a file-, print-, HTTP proxy- DHCP-, and time server for small and medium enterprises (SME) on one single Debian Sarge system. It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line. eBox was developed to administrate advanced services for corporate networks, and it was created for Debian Sarge.
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