at and cron daemons

I know that the at and cron daemons are used to schedule commands; the at schedules a command to execute in the future and the cron schedules the command to execute repeatedly in the future. I am completely new to Linux and I can't find any examples of...

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KDE 4.1 Released, Gets Rave Reviews

It’s no secret that KDE4.0 didn’t get good reviews. Fact is it was heavily criticized, mainly for instability problems. So much so that it was argued that KDE 4.0 shouldn’t have been pushed out as a .0 release. But that was past, and today KDE 4.1 was released. Judging from the reactions, its no [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "KDE 4.1 Released, Gets Rave Reviews", url: "http://sathyasays.com/2008/07/30/kde-41-released-gets-rave-reviews/" });

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VirtualboxFedora 9-Second hard drive not visible

As I'm sure you can surmise by my member name I am not an expert at Linux. OK, that's an understatement, I'm a noob. :-) I have a problem that has me stumped. I recently installed Fedora 9 for the dual purpose of learning about Linux and Window's (I be...

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[How To] Compile and Install a Program From Sources

In this day modern day, most software installations can be done using repositories and package managers. However, you might face a situation of having only the source files availalble with you â€" you probably would want to try out bleeding edge software, which hasn’t been packaged yet, or isn’t available in the repos yet. So [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "[How To] Compile and Install a Program From Sources", url: "http://sathyasays.com/2008/07/24/how-to-compile-a-program-from-source-code-installing-from-source/" });

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CANT CHANGE USER PASSWORD

Hi! Im a newbee in linux...can anyone hellp how to reconfigure my linux box? Im using Linux and i use it as my mail server. I have a root password, i can add and deleteusers but i cannot change nor make passwords for every user i add. Also i cannot cha...

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which?

There is absolutely noone newer to Linux than I. I'm not sure which system to use, where to get necessary drivers, software for general internet browsing! Nor do I understand the proper things to put in the address line to get anywhere on the net. I'm ...

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configuring squid

Hi I am Suresh   could you plz help in configuring squid proxy server on fedro 9 .I would like to configure for Leased line.    my local ip range is 172.27.102 ..... to ......... . which are in 2003 domain. and block some of sites like orkut and pron...

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tata indicom usb whiz2surf on Ubuntu 8.04

Will it work, plug and play or I will have to do some configuration to get it working with my laptop running Ubuntu 8.04LTS

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E220 wireless modem

New to using Puppy. The problem would be common to most linux programs â€" I have  a 3G wireless modem E220 and it seems the driver is in the kernel, but the Puppy forums do not seem to have the answer. The modem is being used on an eeepc using Xandr...

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[Review] Dream Linux - A nightmare for Linux novices

Admin’s Note: This is a guest post by Aditya. Though this post was drafted on 1st July, my work commitments and rather bad memory prevented this post being published. Due apologies. I know that a title is a bit harsh but I am afraid it is true. First lets get into some technical stuff. Dream Linux is [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "[Review] Dream Linux - A nightmare for Linux novices", url: "http://sathyasays.com/2008/07/07/review-dream-linux-a-nightmare-for-linux-novices/" });

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Apache Metrics

Hello,I need to create a Control Unit for the Apache server (v1.3.41) which will minimize the response times (server side) by altering online the MaxClients and KeepAliveTimeout Directives (will alter and do a graceful restart every time they need to ...

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Fedore Core 9

Hi YAI've recently played around with my display settings, and have broken it. I can log into the GUI with root. But not with my own profile-it gives a white screen.I have tried system-config-display, doesn't work.Does any one now how to fi...

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some urls (with aspx) are not redirected by squid

Hello,i set up a linuxserver (Debian) with Squid and SquidGuard and i installed Shorewall as firewall.All works fine, but some urls can not be visited by the clients (like as they were offline) but when i try the urls frommy home, it works....

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Linux Hater? Here Comes Windows Hater!

A lot of you out there must’ve read Linux Hater’s Blog, a blog with (some valid) rants about what’s wrong about Linux. John M Anderson ponders over what made him shift from Windows to Linux and here’s some of his choice quotes You just bought built a brand new computer and want to install the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Linux Hater? Here Comes Windows Hater!", url: "http://sathyasays.com/2008/07/01/linux-hater-here-comes-windows-hater/" });

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[How-to] Styled Subs in Linux

This is a guest post by Aditya. Most anime watchers who download anime must be knowing what styled subs are but for those who don’t know styled subs are special type of subtitles which have different fonts. The picture below demonstrates why exactly styled subs are needed. Here’s a picture to show a particular video with [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "[How-to] Styled Subs in Linux", url: "http://sathyasays.com/2008/06/30/how-to-styled-subs-in-linux/" });

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