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Help Files on using software applications on Linux.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Vim Cheat Sheet

    Hi All, I've just recently created a PDF cheat sheet for vi & vim. I'm finding it really useful - I started it off as a learning experience, as I realised I wasn't using many of vim's useful...

    Started by timL‎, 02-14-2006 12:40 PM
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    02-14-2006, 12:40 PM Go to last post

  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Using K3B to burn a >1 GB DVD (Avoiding the 255 error)

    I think some distros already enable this and some cdrecord packages have this set as well. But for the rest of us, here is an easy Howto to enable K3b to burn DVD files bigger than 1GB....

    Started by hard candy‎, 10-03-2004 09:01 PM
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    10-03-2004, 09:01 PM Go to last post

  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Burning DVD's-a couple of howtos, easy to read

    http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd/HOWTO-ossdvd.html http://dvd.chevelless230.com/ And another one for burning captured video from Linux TV:...

    Started by hard candy‎, 09-29-2004 08:35 AM
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    09-29-2004, 08:35 AM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: Forgotten root passwords

    Hi, I created a help file on how to reset forgotten root passwords. I just found out that there's a help thread on this already right below this one. The help file is available at:...

    Started by Suramya‎, 07-22-2004 12:39 PM
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    07-22-2004, 12:39 PM Go to last post

  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: Menus disappearing in KDE/Gnome

    Few things I noticed when I strated my machine today - some items where missing- in KDE - the terminal, Mozilla browser, Configure computer of mandrake , etc. This is true even in GNOME when I login...

    Started by saurya_s‎, 11-21-2003 10:12 AM
    • Replies: 7
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    b4k4
    05-11-2004, 10:24 PM Go to last post

  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Howto: Recover Root Password

    Ok I did a stupid thing.... I just finished installing SuSE 9.0 in my laptop by ftp, it took all night. So when it finished downloading all packages I gave my root pass, which I thought well lets...

    Started by adrians‎, 04-23-2004 12:27 PM
    • Replies: 10
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    keyshawn
    04-24-2004, 01:08 PM Go to last post

  7. Sticky Thread Sticky: fsck root filesystem

    Hi, I've got a recurring problem with my hard disk, and I don't know where to go next. I've got RH9.0 installed. The problem is that sometimes (maybe weekly) the machine crashes - if running X,...

    Started by Grobbendonk‎, 03-11-2004 08:42 AM
    • Replies: 3
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    Icarus
    03-11-2004, 09:16 AM Go to last post

  8. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Configuration:Configure Galeon to work with the bittorrent client

    1. edit the ~/.mime.types file, add the following lines: type=application/x-bittorrent \ desc=Bittorrent Seed FIle \ exts="torrent" 2. Open the Gnome2 Control Center (gnome-control-center) ...

    Started by Hayl‎, 03-04-2004 05:10 PM
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    03-04-2004, 05:10 PM Go to last post

  9. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:FTP:"Must perform authentication before identifying USER" error

    Hi I am running Redhat9 and am getting the following when trying to ftp into my box. Connected to thisserver 220 Servername FTP server (Version 5.60) ready. User (thisserver:(none)): bionik 530...

    Started by bionik‎, 02-11-2004 02:26 PM
    • Replies: 3
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    DMR
    02-12-2004, 04:25 PM Go to last post

  10. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software: Configuration: Secure the GRUB Boot Loader

    If your PC is accessible by many people and you don't want people to be able to boot to single user mode, etc unless they enter a secure (MD5) password, then here is how to do it. You will have to...

    Started by Hayl‎, 11-17-2003 09:27 AM
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    11-17-2003, 09:27 AM Go to last post

  11. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:VNC:No GUI in viewer

    Hi, I have VNC server running on my RH9 box and when I connect from my XP using vncviewer I get a prompt similar to a telnet window on the vncviewer screen. I was expecting the gui environment...

    Started by RexRocket‎, 09-30-2003 11:51 PM
    • Replies: 3
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    DMR
    10-01-2003, 06:49 PM Go to last post

  12. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Lilo:Freezing at boot

    Hello, I am having a bit of a problem. I did a "rpm -F *.rpm" of the rpm files I got here: ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/updates/6.2/en/os/i386/ Now the system won't boot at all. I...

    Started by ggforrest‎, 09-21-2003 09:20 AM
    • Replies: 9
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    DMR
    09-22-2003, 07:30 PM Go to last post

  13. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Bash:Overriding default aliases

    I have RH8 and have been trying to set up a few aliases. Spefically, my .bashrc file currently reads: I have tried running "source .bashrc" but it doesn't change my aliases: In other...

    Started by jerbear‎, 09-16-2003 05:54 PM
    • Replies: 6
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    DMR
    09-17-2003, 04:45 PM Go to last post

  14. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Floppy Formatting Error:Mandrake

    I'm having trouble making a Mandrake Boot floppy. But when I run 'mkbootdisk' I get the folowing error: # mkbootdisk -v --device /dev/fd0 2.4.21-0.13mdk Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any...

    Started by jrbishop79‎, 09-16-2003 06:02 PM
    • Replies: 7
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    DMR
    09-17-2003, 03:54 AM Go to last post

  15. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software: Installing XFree86 from source

    Note: The lines starting with '>' are the actual commands you need to type at the commandline (do not type > as part of the command). You will need to be root to install XFree86. > cd / > mkdir...

    Started by mdwatts‎, 09-14-2003 07:15 AM
    • Replies: 1
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    bwkaz
    09-14-2003, 01:51 PM Go to last post

  16. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Configuration:TrueType Fonts:Slackware

    You should no longer need to manually install ttmkfdir or XFSTT to use TTF fonts in Slackware current (pre-9.1). Do the following as root... 1) Copy your fonts from your Windows/Fonts directory to...

    Started by HelicalCynic‎, 09-07-2003 01:53 PM
    • Replies: 1
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    serz
    09-13-2003, 06:48 PM Go to last post

  17. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:Configuration:Openoffice.org

    Did anyone notice how sluggish Openoffice.org is and wonder how to make it faster? It's really simple! Open it up and in the 'Tools' menu select 'Options'. Then go to 'Memory'(on the left) and under...

    Started by DerekKraan‎, 08-11-2003 09:34 AM
    • Replies: 2
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    Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379
    09-12-2003, 10:35 PM Go to last post

  18. Sticky Thread Sticky: Software:HOWTO:ProFTPD

    ProFTPD is a secure (as secure as an insecure protocol can be), simple, and easily configured FTP Server. This document covers the creation of a secure, multiuser FTP Server. This document does...

    Started by Hayl‎, 09-12-2003 05:33 PM
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    09-12-2003, 05:33 PM Go to last post

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