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Howto upgrade to debian sid

01.23.2011 · Posted in Linux

Ok I’m ready to venture out and install debian sid , well I’d like to install. I’ve started out by installing debian squeeze base install. I’ve found these threads here, they all have some useful info. http://edin.no-ip.com/blog/hswong3i/…ble-or-testing http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=48996 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi…-sarge-212584/ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi…nd-sid-487729/ Is there any up-to-date documentation? LinuxQuestions.org ...

The LinuxQuestions.org Linux Wiki Hits Two Thousand Articles

01.22.2011 · Posted in Linux

(PRWEB) September 9, 2004 LinuxQuestions.org (http://www.linuxquestions.org/ ) is haughty to publicize that the LQ Wiki (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/ ) now contains 2,000 articles. Released in February 2004, the LQ Wiki allows users to collaboratively build up an at large, fleshed out and up-to-date Linux knowledgebase and aims to suit the largest general-knowledge Linux repository on the web. ...

camera skype

01.22.2011 · Posted in Linux

i dont know, if i should to take it to soft or hardware so a try this way… my camera labtec camera 6.0 doesnt work in skype 2.1 beta, but works in cheese, so it will be sth in software i think.. two ideas… trying another camera or to try another skype version not the ...

squid proxy server tuning

01.21.2011 · Posted in Linux

hi all we having more than 5000 users and will have 7 squid proxy servers with high end configuration upto 4gb ram n 320*5 HD most of them complaining that at peak hours their browsing speed is dlow but we are having 1gbpgs link at peak hours i.e when established connections r flowing more than ...

Linux Poker Game Software Added to MacOnlinePoker.com

01.19.2011 · Posted in Linux

(PRWEB) December 22, 2005 Linux users reckoning to miter the online poker craze are finally getting Linux congenial online poker software at http://www.maconlinepoker.com/linux/index.html “If you can surf the internet, you can work online poker on your Linux machine,” conveyed the CEO of http://www.maconlinepoker.com/. “All the poker games for Linux users work in Firefox, Netscape, ...

VPS Hosting With Debian Linux VPS

01.16.2011 · Posted in Linux

VPS Hosting With Debian Linux VPS Debian can be an os which is one of the leading flavors of Linux. The operating-system includes an abundant a prestigious background and is amongst the trail blazers within the loose software movement. Debian is opened sourced, and therefore it can be emancipated to people and may be altered ...

Linux 2.6.37 boosts SMP, loads up on drivers

01.14.2011 · Posted in Linux

The Linux 2.6.37 kernel was released this week with improved symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability and the addition of many new hardware drivers. Other 2.6.37 highlights include security, power management, and memory management enhancements, plus an I/O throttling speed boost, and (finally) a disabled Big Kernel Lock. DesktopLinux.com ...

LXer: Google to pull H.264 HTML5 support from Chrome

01.13.2011 · Posted in Linux

Published at LXer: Google has announced that it will be removing the support for H.264 video from the Chrome browser’s [he]lt[/he]video[he]gt[/he] tag. "Our goal is to enable open innovation" said Google of the planned removal which will allow the company to focus exclusively on royalty free and open source based codecs. WebM and Theora video ...

LinuxCon Europe event launches as Linux.conf.au braces for floods

01.12.2011 · Posted in Linux

The Linux Foundation announced its 2011 event schedule, plus a new open-invitation conference called LinuxCon Europe, scheduled for Oct. 26-28, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. Meanwhile, the Linux.conf.au conference is still set to go off Jan. 24-29 in Brisbane, Australia — despite expectations of historic flooding. DesktopLinux.com ...

What does this message mean

01.12.2011 · Posted in Linux

I have never seen or at least noticed this before. I ran yum update had some problems so it did not complete but I noticed this in the output: —> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 set to be erased —> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 set to be erased What does this mean? Current version is: Red Hat Enterprise ...

changes by hdparm – is this permanent?

01.11.2011 · Posted in Linux

ive been trying to get rid of this stupid whirring/clicking sound that happens for 6-10 seconds every 10 seconds or so… ive since learnt that its aggressive power saving mode in my HDD (that Linux programmers refuse to sort out like windows programmers do) – trying to fix it i used the hdparm code setting ...

Weird ping and ping replies from google….

01.10.2011 · Posted in Linux

Woke up this morning, and noticed this on my snort log: Code: 01/10-02:40:01.134740  [**] [1:366:7] ICMP PING *NIX [**] [Classification: Misc activity] [Priority: 3] {ICMP} 192.168.1.93 -> 72.14.204.147 01/10-02:40:01.134740  [**] [1:384:5] ICMP PING [**] [Classification: Misc activity] [Priority: 3] {ICMP} 192.168.1.93 -> 72.14.204.147 01/10-02:40:01.158133  [**] [1:408:5] ICMP Echo Reply [**] [Classification: Misc activity] [Priority: 3] ...