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RAW Photo Editing with Corel AfterShot Pro for Linux
Corel, once a software giant bent on overtaking Microsoft with it's own Corel LinuxOS and Corel WordPerfect products, has just released Corel AfterShot Pro 1.1 for Linux (and the other two big...
View Articlemust be const: VUSB libraries for the Arduino with Debian Linux
Ever wanted a to wire the doorbell up to your computer? The VUSB libraries are designed to allow your Arduino to emulate a generic USB device such as a keyboard. When your Arduino is connected to...
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Mondoarchive: Backup your OS before upgrading
Debian 6 'Squeeze' has had a great run, but Debian 7 'Wheezy' is coming and with it, newer software like KDE 4.8. Awesome!On my desktops I prefer to run Debian Testing to have a rolling set of updates...
View ArticleBackupPC: Excludes for Windows machines
BackupPC is a great backup solution. We use it in our enterprise for over 5TB of data and it runs like a champ, using version 3.1.0 on Debian Lenny.Using BackupPC to backup Windows servers, however,...
View ArticleRandom and URandom on Linux
/dev/random tries to be random but, due to this, has fewer random numbers available to it than a system may actually require. /dev/urandom reuses the numbers if needed, to prevent running out of...
View ArticleEnabling Kernel Crash debugging on RHEL5
To install and set up KDump, the Kernel crash dump tool for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: shell# yum install kexec-tools shell# chkconfig --level 2345 kdump on shell# chkconfig --list kdump kdump...
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Hard Drive Data Recovery in Linux
If your drive is in danger of failing, my first recommendation is to make an image of that drive, and you can run recovery tools against that image at a later time; this prevents excessive wear on the...
View ArticleVMware OVF fails to deploy: "_deviceImage-0.iso was not found"
I exported a VMware OVF template today and almost immediately had to restore it. Trying to pull in the OVF within VMware ESX 5.1 I got the error, OVF Deployment Failed: File...
View ArticleGLib-GIO-ERROR **: No GSettings schemas are installed on the system
After my Debian update to Testing/Wheezy (Debian 7), I was getting this error when trying to run Gnome apps: GLib-GIO-ERROR **: No GSettings schemas are installed on the system Trace/breakpoint...
View ArticleSamba: pdb_get_account_policy failed — Bad Password Reset (Samba with LDAP...
Oh LDAP and Samba, why do you have to be such a headache? Individually and together, you raise my ire.A recent new hire had Linux server login issues due to LDAP not replicating the account; once we...
View ArticleFitBit: solving setup "Operation Aborted"
I purchased a FitBit One a few months ago without understanding that it requires Windows XP or newer; no GNU/Linux support. Uncool in 2013.I dug up an unused EeePC with a WinXP license on it and tried...
View ArticleBash Functions for more a powerful Alias
In ~/.bashrc you may should have some aliases set up which permit your commandline-fu to save you some time. For example, these aliases help me on the daily: alias cifs='ssh root@10.10.10.208 alias...
View ArticleKDE Photo Slideshow running with slow transitions?
Does your KDE Photo Slideshow screensaver run with slow transitions between photos? Buried in the Bug Tracker is this little gem:Paul Lemmons 2011-12-16 ..."I wish I could simply disable all...
View ArticleEasy ISO booting with Qemu
Qemu is one of the early virtual machine systems. Before Xen, before VirtualBox, maybe even before VMware, Qemu was the cross-platform, FLOSS option for running virtual machines and even running...
View ArticleUbuntu: /usr/lib/sendmail: no such file or directory
If you're getting the error "/usr/lib/sendmail: no such file or directory" on Ubuntu, you probably removed Sendmail but didn't fully install a replacement. Try this to get Exim4 installed and...
View ArticleeMusic downloads on Linux
I have an eMusic.com account which allows me to own the music that I buy, rather than renting my entertainment — I want to rock my tunes whenever, wherever I can, internet or not, present or future,...
View ArticleTuxMachines.org donation drive
If you read TuxMachines.org, they're wrapping up a donation drive and would appreciate any last-minute donations that you can provide to help keep this community resource running.More at...
View ArticleBind9 / NameD logging
To set up Debug-level logging with named / bind9, as root edit the config file (generally at /etc/named.conf) and add this stanza:logging { channel named_log { file...
View ArticleFile System Resizing errors and a possible solution
Make Sure You Have A Backup First! Snapshots are great for virtual machines in this type of situation. Filesystem resizing is a dangerous operation that can lead to data loss, proceed at your own...
View ArticleThe pain of my CUPS printing
These are notes to help me reinstall my HP Color LaserJet 1600 (USB connection) on my home networked computers. For whatever reason, CUPS is incredibly painful to use and requires reinstalls of both...
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