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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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Every once in a while I read something out on the ‘Net that that is so important, and not well-known, that I think I really need to pass it along to anyone who might be reading my blog as well……
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People ask me this all the time in varying degrees. They have installed Linux, and maybe it’s command-line only, or maybe they’ve shelled in to their pretty GUI server for the first time, and are looking for a file. How…
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Here is my version of a Nessus Cheat Sheet. This is not meant to be a perfect implementation guideline, just a cheat sheet to get you up and running quickly! There are more advanced features and elements that I do…
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So today finds yet another security release from WordPress. I am thankful that those guys work so tirelessly so that I may bore you with my Linuxy goodness. Since I want to keep the Your Linux Guy .com site as…
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This item inspired by Ken. And in order to keep this answer relatively short, I have to skip a bunch of pre-reqs. I’m going to assume that you understand service startup and run-levels in Linux, and maybe have tried specifying…
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For those of you running compiz and all those flashy graphics on Opensuse 10.3, there were some X11 updates that were pushed out last night that may have affected your whiz-bang graphics…. I had fire, water and cubes last night….
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Since I mentioned zmd (and database corruption) in the last post, I thought I’d go on to mention that I — like you and everyone else out there — am not really fond of zmd/rug as the default update mechanism…
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Well, it finally happened to me: zmd fails to load. I’ve read about it, but it’s like when you read about those “other” people that suffered through hurricanes or earthquakes, you never think it will happen to *you*. Not that…
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Actually, if you know what the title question means, you’re halfway there already. 
Today a friend called and had a problem with a Debian system. The Linux sysadmin had left the company and the servers were still forwarding all…
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