Linux - Part 34

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Installing Pidgin on openSUSE 10.2

posted on July 15, 2007 in Linux with 3 Comments

Decided to install Pidgin on my notebook running openSUSE 10.2 today. If you didn’t already know Pidgin was previously know as GAIM. The install was pretty simple but I decided to share it with you anyway. If you are new to openSUSE then this may come in handy. To start off you will need to [...]

LPIC-1 Questions

posted on July 6, 2007 in Linux with 3 Comments

Planning to sit the LPIC-1 exams soon? Need to get a feel for the questions? Exja at Planet Malaysia has a brain dump of his LPIC-1 questions and answers for you to review and get comfortable with. Here are some of the questions you can expect to see, No.1 You want to save vi changes [...]

How to change the hostname in Linux

posted on June 26, 2007 in Linux with 0 Comments

Changing your Linux machine’s hostname is easy. Just follow the steps below. root# hostname [new-host-name] root# vi /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=[new-host-name] root# vi /etc/hosts Make sure your new host is updated in the hosts file. root# service network restart Done!!

Duplicate ssh sessions without password prompt

posted on June 15, 2007 in Linux with 4 Comments

I work with multiple ssh sessions whenever I connect to a server. Typically I would have about 3 sessions initiated from my host machine to the destination server. Found away to duplicate my session without retyping my password every time I initiate a connection the the server from my host machine thanks toÂ Linux By [...]

Build your own TUX toy

posted on May 16, 2007 in Linux with 0 Comments

Interested in building your own Linux penguin? Print the template in full size, put it togather and finally unleash the penguin within….

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