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Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros
The Hungry Penguin's latest article “Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros” has been published on Linux.com.In the article I review the mini-distros DSL and PuppyLinux and also the full desktop distributions PendriveLinux, Ubuntu and Mandriva Flash.I also posted a comment/update with a quick look at Fedora 9 USB Live.You can read the review here.
File Synchronization with Unison
Linuxjournal.com have an interesting HOWTO on File Synchronization with Unison
Top 25 LinuxJournal.com Articles of All
The folks over at LinuxJournal.com are publishing a list of the all-time favorite articles ever featured on their web site. They will feature the top 25 in this series, presenting us with five each day this week. These 25 articles alone represent tens of millions of page views on LinuxJournal.com.You can read more here.
SCO gives up... Almost...
The SCO Group, best known for suing IBM about Linux, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This was widely predicted even during the failed IBM law suit, but the timing as left some surprised as many expected SCO to run out of cash at the beginning of this year.You can read more over at Hi-Tech Squad.
A few more new sites I have been working
The thing I love about open source is the vast number of turnkey solutions that are available free... free as in beer and free was in speech. If you have an idea for a web site it can quickly be turned into a reality using open source projects. Here are a few sites I have been working on and they are all powered by open source starting at the server with Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP:Dirstop.com - An web directory powered by the open source application "php Link Directory"www.glowdir.com - This is similar to Dirstop.com and is also running on "php Link Directory"Bonkersnews.com is a weird and odd news site. Although it is a custom script, it is written in the open source language of PHP.Finally, I have also started another blog called "Review My Site".Thanks,THP
Custom NimbleX 2 RC2 has been released
Custom NimbleX 2 allows you to generate your customized Linux distribution by choosing what packages you want to have. The only requirements from the users are knowledge of English, a web browser (Firefox) and a CD for burning the ISO that was generated.You can read more here: Custom NimbleX 2 RC2 releasedTHP
New Look Linux.com
Linux.com have updated their website with a new look and feel... It also seems has if they have changed their URL structure... This means that many of my past articles have changed their URL... Here is an updated list:Controlling your Linux system processesCentOS 5 is a solid enterprise OSGetting started with the CentOS 4.4 Single Server CDA look at the FreeNAS serverLDAP in the enterpriseThanks,THP
Controlling your Linux system processes
I have had another article published by Linux.com: Controlling your Linux system processesAll modern operating systems are able to run many programs at the same time. For example, a typical Linux server might include a Web server, an email server, and probably a database service. Each of these programs runs as a separate process. What do you do if one of your services stops working? Here are some handy command-line tools for managing processes.Thanks,THP
Didn't I mention my lens at Squidoo
Looking back over my blog entries it seems that I haven't mentioned by lens over at Squidoo.It is called Linux Expert and there is some basic stuff about Linux and more links to find out more!Thanks,THP
CentOS 5 is a solid enterprise OS
Recently, two years since its last major release, the CentOS project released version 5 of its enterprise-focused Linux distribution. I downloaded it and put it to the test, and found that CentOS 5 has maintained its tradition of robustness and reliability while adding new features like virtualization.Read more at CentOS 5 is a solid enterprise OSTHP
Receiving remote X connections on OS X
I recently needed to display an application from my Linux box to a Mac OS X machine. The Apple X server was running and working OK for local X apps but I couldn't get remote applications to display.Well it turned out that like SuSE (see Receiving remote X connections) remote connections are disabled by default.So for OS X to enable remote X connections you need to configure the display server to accept incoming network connections. The nolisten_tcp setting controls this. It must be set to false in order to accept connections. To do this you use the Mac OS X user defaults system. Use defaults write to change a setting. Type the following in a terminal:defaults write com.apple.x11 nolisten_tcp -boolean falseRemember, false enables incoming connections, true disables connections. Use the boolean values instead of their numeric counterparts.Thanks,THP
CentOS 4.4 Single Server CD
There is a great article over at Linux.com about the CentOS 4.4 Single Server CD... Of course I am biased as I wrote it!!!Getting started with the CentOS 4.4 Single Server CDTHP
Receiving remote X connections
Hi,I use several Linux boxes and I like to open applications on remote boxes and have them displayed on my local Linux machine.By default openSUSE 10.2 disables this functionality and remote X connections are not allowed. Every time I install or upgrade I need to reconfigure this option and I keep forgetting how to do it. So this time, after search the web for the answer, I thought I would blog about it so that I know where to look next time!!!By default the X server is started with "-nolisten tcp" which stops remote X clients connecting to the machine. This ability to make remote applications display on the local machine is a major plus point of X and it is something which Windows desperately needs with having to hack the system with various 3rd party workarounds.Anyway to enable this feature run YaST:Click on System.Then /etc/sysconfig Editor.Select Desktop.Select Display manager.Select DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN.Set this to "yes".Restart the X server and all will be well.THP
Grub Error 21
Hi,To install openSUSE 10.2 (see previous post) I installed a new hard disk in my machine and installed it on that.Everything went well including the install but I hit a problem when I did my first reboot. I got a Grub error:Grub Loading Stage 1.5Grub Loading please wait....Error 21Aaahhh! It looked to me like openSUSE 10.2 could't handle getting the boot loader right for a multiple disk machine. But I was wrong the problem was all mine.Before discovering the problem I used the various excellent boot modes from the install DVD and I was able to restore the old 10.1 boot loader and boot back into 10.1. From there I started looking on the web.Error 21 means "Selected disk does not exist. This error is returned if the device part of a device- or full file name refers to a disk or BIOS device that is not present or not recognized by the BIOS in the system."Weird, I knew the disk was present as I just installed 10.2 on it! After lots of head scratching it turned out that I forgot to add the second disk to the BIOS. The 10.2 installed didn't rely on the BIOS information to find the disks, so it was able to detect and install onto the new disk with problem. However Grub uses the BIOS information to get the disk configurations.So once I added the disk to the BIOS it all work fine! THP
First impresions of openSUSE 10.2
I downloaded and installed the DVD version of openSUSE 10.2 and my first impressions are that it is a good, stable and feature rich release.I prefer KDE over GNOME and this version uses 3.5.5. The star menu has been spruced up and a new multi-pane sliding thingy which looks nice but I feel that over time I might start to get quite annoyed with it, we will see.I liked the 10.1 release and 10.2 doesn't contain any major shocks or changes.I like it, 10/10... More once I have used it in anger!THP