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Tip: Is my hardware Linux-compatible? Find out here |
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007 |
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Deciding whether a particular computer is a good candidate for
installing GNU/Linux can involve a nightmare of details about hardware
compatibility. Nor is assembling a custom computer on which to run
GNU/Linux any easier. In both cases, you need to evaluate video cards,
sound cards, printers, scanners, digital camera, wireless cards, and
mobile devices for compatibility with the operating system.
Fortunately, help is available.
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Tip: Job scheduling with cron and at |
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
You need to run a job at midnight when system usage is low, or you need to
run jobs daily or weekly, but you would rather be sleeping, or enjoying life in some
other way. Other good reasons for scheduling jobs include letting routine tasks happen
automatically, or ensuring tasks are
handled the same way every time.
This tip helps you use the cron and at capabilities to schedule jobs periodically or
at a single future time.
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Trick: Managing wireless connections seamlessly with wicd |
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
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The nature of my work forces me to be something of a digital nomad --
my notebook computer and a wireless connection are essential parts of
my working day. I've been known to move between several wireless access
points in one day. While I've had never had any problems with the
wireless cards in my Linux-powered notebooks, most of the wireless
connection tools I've used have fallen a bit flat.
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Top 5 Firewall Leaks |
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Sunday, 29 July 2007 |
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Attack techniques have evolved to where traditional packet filtering
firewalls, proxies, and even intrusion prevention systems are
dramatically less effective at securing a corporate network. The common
flaw in most perimeters is that they are designed to thwart inbound
session establishment, while being relatively permissive in what they
pass towards the Internet. This paper outlines the top five traffic
patterns that currently breach most network perimeters.
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Trick: Back up like an expert with rsync |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
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In the last two months I've been traveling a lot. During the same
period my main desktop computer went belly up. I would have been in
trouble without rsync at my disposal -- but thanks to my regular use of
this utility, my data (or most of it, anyway) was already copied
offsite just waiting to be used. It takes a little time to become
familiar with rsync, but once you are, you should be able to handle
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Tip: The distro jungle |
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Sunday, 01 July 2007 |
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People who are new to Linux are often confused by the large
number of distributions to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore
most of them. This article helps you choose a distribution for getting started with
your Linux exploration—and helps you understand just what it is you've just
chosen.
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