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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/howto-sun-java-web-start-on-fedora-7/
Adding Sun's Java Web Start functionality under Fedora 7
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https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/
Package containing the adb and fastboot binaries and a handful of simple shell scripts to drop them into the appropriate places on mac / linux. Nice.
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http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/aligning-filesystems-to-an-ssds-erase-block-size/
Useful article on setting up a hard drive to get best use out of an SSD. One to watch when upgrading to 11.04 probably.
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http://awn.wetpaint.com/
AWN is a Mac doc like window / app manager / launcher for Gnome / Linux.
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http://www.jkwiens.com/2010/01/04/changing-pdf-metadata-on-ubuntu/
Handy howto edit PDF metadata using pdftk. In summary: `pdftk file.pdf dump_data output file.txt`, `gedit file.txt`, `pdftk file.pdf update_info file.txt output newfile.pdf`
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http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=254
Article on how to get the Huawei E169 running on the EEE PC (a Linux distro). Includes very detailed instructions including links to USB_ModeSwitch.
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http://tomayko.com/writings/StupidShellTricks
Super handy guide on disabling line wrapping in command line tools. less -S, w3m and more... :-)
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http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
USB_ModeSwitch is a little script to help switch multi-mode USB devices between modes. Mostly it's for 3g wireless modems which load initially as a usb drive with the Windows drivers. Compatible with the Huawe E220 and E169.
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http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/dummynet/
Dummnet simulates different network bandwidth rates and latencies by introducing delays or chokes, works on *nix flavours.
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https://github.com/firnsy/yubipam/#readme
PAM module that allows offline authentication against a yubikey. Requires a key to be retrieved from yubico by sending email plus payment info, etc. Less secure than online validation. Only supports single factor auth, username + token, no password.
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http://haproxy.1wt.eu/
HAProxy is a TCP proxy / load balancer which will work for HTTP and a range of other applications. It advertises a small but expert user base and offers a range of very useful load balancing features. Apparently it competes with pound and ultramonkey.
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http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/ubuntu/en/cryptolvm.html
A detailed how-to, including screenshots, on setting up an encrypted LVM in Ubuntu. This approach creates one single encrypted LVM and then multiple partitions within it (as well as an unencrypted boot partition). Easy to follow, useful reading.
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http://tredosoft.com/truecrypt_fedora_7
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http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/9020-how-log-top-command.html
Useful forum post that explains the `top -b` option, making top output text suitable for piping / writing to file, like `top -bn1 | mail`...
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http://www.mindtwist.de/main/linux/5-linux-security/6-how-to-use-one-time-ssh-passwords-on-debianubuntu.html
Very interesting article on how to enable single use password logon for Ubuntu. Requires a thing called opie and a few config file changes. Seems very useful...
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934
How to install VMWare (1.0.5) on Ubuntu 8.04. Worked like a charm. :)
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=797059
Installing NetworkManager 0.7 from svn in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. Includes details on how to add a repo and then some troubleshooting.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/howto-use-rtorrent-like-a-pro/
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https://designbuildtestrepeat.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/huawei-e220-on-linux-for-sms/
Very useful article about how to send SMS messages through a huawei e220 modem on linux. Could be useful for FoodRadar.
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http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
Install Internet Explorer 5, 5.5 and 6 in one easy script
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http://fedoramobile.org/Members/opsec/intel-ipw3945-on-fedora-7
How to install and compile the ipw3945 stuff on Fedora 7
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http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/03/17/introduction-to-the-xmonad-tiling-window-manager/
User friendly introduction to xmonad, a tiling window manager. Seems much more accessible now having read this. :-)
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http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/index-home.html
KMyMoney is a KDE based, open source financial accounting package. The web site looks very basic / old school.
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http://linuxhotel.de/
The linux hotel in Essen, Germany. Site almost entirely in German.
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http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/iosched.htm
Article explaining how to set a scheduler on linux. Handy. :)
