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Archive for July, 2007

How to Host a LAN Party

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

If you play computer games, at some point you’ve probably been stereotyped as the antisocial nerd. Well now you can be a social nerd! Learn to host a LAN party, and experience the joys of fragging your friends in your garage. Well follow this link and learn the secrets for a successful lan party.
Lan Party
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Diagnose and manage your network for free with Linux and open source tools

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

 
In this Internet-connected world it is an essential skill to know how to troubleshoot network problems. High-quality software suites exist to do the job but can easily cost in excess of tens of thousands of dollars. With a handful of absolutely free open source tools you can do it yourself  on any computer anywhere in [...]

MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

 
SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6.0.

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MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian
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Leveraging Linux to sell yourself

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

f you work at a fairly junior level in the typical corporate IT environment your bosses will probably be treating you as a technician of categorised skills whose opinions and expertise outside of the narrow job box they have you in are neither of interest nor of value. Basically they tell you to do your [...]

Back up and restore your Firefox environment with FEBE

Monday, July 30th, 2007

 
The Firefox browser stores not only a user’s bookmarks, history, saved forms, and usernames and passwords, but frequently also several extensions and themes. When you’re switching computers or distro-hopping, replicating the browser environment can be tricky and time-consuming. But with the Firefox Environment Backup Extension (FEBE), you can back up and restore everything Firefox can [...]

Looking for Puzzles

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Well have I found a site for you. Usa Today, yes that newspaper that is every motel in the world, has a great collection of Puzzles for you to peruse and enjoy. Crosswords,Sudoku,and Up & Down are just a few of the selections that are available for you to master. Have fun and enjoy folks.
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Streetviewr

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Have you wanted to see what the funniest and most unusual pictures coming out of Google Street View are? Well here is the site that you want to visit. Some funny and some well lets say they should not be there type of pictures as folks get caught at places they really don’t need to [...]

MySpace Worm Uses Fast-Flux to Dodge Detection

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

 
A worm that has turned 100,000 MySpace users’ sites into zombies exemplifies a fluid new botnet architecture that evades security experts.
This looks really ugly, and a problem that could continue in other places and with other areas of interest, Baldy
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MySpace Worm Uses Fast-Flux to Dodge Detection

Posted by Baldy - Baldys Paradox

Working With The GRUB Menu

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

This tutorial describes how to edit the GRUB menu. It will also show how to add operating systems and how to add splash screens.

Source: Howto forge
~LC
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Software Freedom Day: Taking open source to the streets

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

 
Thousands of open source advocates and enthusiasts from around the world are expected to take the message of free and open source software to the streets on September 15 for the fourth annual Software Freedom Day.
This is a great idea and a good way for you folks to start to spread the word about open [...]

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