Sunday, August 31, 2008

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Find command: Exclude / Ignore Files ( Ignore Hidden .dot Files )

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 05:51 AM PDT

Q. How do I ignore hidden .dot files while searching for files? How do I ignore or exclude certain files while running Linux / UNIX find command?

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

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Debian / Ubuntu Linux Install NTPD To Synchronism Clock With Internet Standard Time Servers

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:18 AM PDT

Q. How do I install and configure NTP ( Network Time Protocol ) daemon to keep my dedicated servers clock in sync?

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Bash Shell: Ignore Aliases / Functions When Running A Command

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:31 AM PDT

Q. How do I ignore shell aliases or function when running a command without removing alias / function from memory or current shell session?

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Friday, August 29, 2008

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Linux: Run Quicken Personal Finance Management Software

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:31 AM PDT

Q. How do I run Quicken personal finance management software or propitiatory Windows tax software under GNU/Linux?

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pdfimages: Extract and Save Images From A Portable Document Format ( PDF ) File

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:36 PM PDT

Q. How do I extract images from a PDF file under Linux / UNIX shell account?

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Daily Tee

The Daily Tee

Ground Defense

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:49 PM PDT

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I really love Glennz. I don’t think they are capable of releasing a bad tee. They are all golden. Seriously.

This one is called Ground Defense.

Stallion in Steel Grey, a Drifter Tee

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:56 PM PDT

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Drifter’s Glory T-shirt is a vivid combination of stunning “Stallion” graphic and double layered fabric with neat, raw cut edges. The 100% cotton tee also exhibiting some holes and tears to create rough vintage look. You won’t waste your money on this $48 tee; there’s even a bonus Stallion-logo graphic art at the back side of the tee. Buy this T-shirt from Revolve Clothing
Drifter Glory in Steel Grey men clothing

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FreeBSD: How To Add A Second Hard Disk

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 08:56 AM PDT

Q. How do I add a second hard disk to my FreeBSD server? How do I partition, label and mount a new hard disk under FreeBSD for backup or additional data?

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The Daily Tee

The Daily Tee

Superman Tee with Rock-n-Roll’s Touch

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 05:13 AM PDT

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Salvage’s Halftone Superman T-shirt is not like your classic, vintage Superman tee from the 80s. The vintage-washed tee has the most look of old school rock with the deconstructed graphics of Superman logo and allover crinkle.

Wearing this tee, you’ll just like Superman who re-born again as rocker… Okay, that’s too much. Anyway, you can have this premium tee for $96 from Revolve Clothing

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What To Do: Users Still Wants Telnet

Posted: 26 Aug 2008 07:47 AM PDT

TELNET (TELecommunication NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. It was developed in late 60s with RFC 15. Telnet is pretty old for login into remote system and it has serious security problem. Most admins will recommend using Open SSH (secure shell) for all remote activities. But you may find users who are still demanding telnet over ssh as they are comfortable with Telnet. Some users got scripts written in 90s and they don't want to change it. So what do you do when users demands telnet?

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Vbulltin PHP Xcache Displaying Same Forum Data For Both Boards Error and Solution

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:16 AM PDT

Q. I've followed your Xcache php 5.x opcode cacher installation under RHEL 5 for my vbulltin board. I see good boosting in performance. Now I've installed 2nd VB forum on the same server and I see all sub-forums hosted from 1st forum. So I had to disable Xcache. I want Xcache for both board on same host. How do I fix this mess?

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