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hddtemp is a simple small app to monitor your hard disk temperature. It works by accessing the SMART capability of modern disks. Here’s how to install it. Download and compile from source. #cd /tmp<br /> #wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar.bz2<br /> #tar -jxvf hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar.bz2<br /> #cd hddtemp-0.3-beta15<br /> #./configure<br /> #make<br /> #make install<br /> #cd /usr/share/misc/<br /> #wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp.db Test it. #hddtemp /dev/sda<br /> #/dev/sda: WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3 : 45°C

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I was lucky enough to get a free 50GB box.net account. 50GB is alot!. However, the catch, individual files can’t exceed 100mb each. lol I mainly use my box.net to hold eBooks for later access on my Laptop and Android devices. There is no free client for Linux so I use WebDAV instead. It’s slower but it works. Start by installing davfs2. # sudo yum install davfs2<br /> Create your Box....

I love the new Android Roboto font family and it looks good on my Fedora 16 install. Here’s how you can get it into your Fedora 16. Change to root user # su -<br /> 2. Create the the roboto directory `# cd /usr/share/fonts/ mkdir roboto cd roboto` Download the roboto font and install it. `# wget http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/download/roboto -O roboto.zip unzip roboto.zip rm roboto.zip fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/roboto/` Enjoy your new Roboto fonts!...

Cool infographic. Geek or Nerd, Which are you? See next page for the full infographic. ...