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So you have a task that you want to run regularly on Linux/Unix. It could be a single commend, or a script that you prepared in advance that contains all the command you need run. What you need to do…
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So you’ve built a Linux server, and you’re testing it out, and you want to enable SSL for encrypting your http traffic in testing or non-production use. Right. No prob. I’ve put together an extremely quick cheat-sheet on how to…
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Worried that your personal files in your home directory could be viewed by a thief if your Linux laptop is stolen? Do you use iFolder3 but wish the data (or other data) were encrypted on your machine (while not in…
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The zypper tool in openSUSE 11 has been catching me off-guard. I guess previous versions were like this too, but for some reason I never noticed it or it never bothered me…. Anyway, here’s a tip or two about zypper‘s…
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This is a follow-up to an earlier, similar post about Opensuse 10.3 and iFolder 3.2/3.4. Please follow the link to read the history, or this post might not make much sense on its own… 😉 I’m still loving my OpenSUSE…
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So here I am, writing my first post from my new OpenSUSE 11 installation. Pretty darned slick so far! I must say that the “README” (a.k.a. Release Notes)– which can be viewed during the file copy part of the installation…
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Somehow my initrd broke (read: disappeared) while installing some critical updates on my OESsp2 server. Not sure how, and I’m not sure I care, but it ticked me off. The system will not boot without an initrd! Arg! Anyway, while…
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Please, I beg you, don’t get into a philosophical debate with me about why IPv6 is enabled by default on many OSes today, and why I should not disable it, and the future of IP, and so on, and so…
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Here is my version of a “cheat-sheet” for installing iFolder3.6 on Opensuse10.3. This cheat-sheet kinda’ leaves you out on your own once you get to the part about running the configuration script (see below), but I don’t want to over-do…
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I got a question from reader David B., who writes: I’m running 64-bit OpenSuSE 10.3 on an Opteron 185 system. On Saturday, Thunderbird was working just fine in my normal user login. I ran the OpenSuSE Updater which updated Thunderbird…
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