Category | July, 2007

Configuring SSL in Lighttpd

Configuring SSL in Lighttpd

LigHTTPd is one of the fastest web servers around.  If you are running it chances are that you will need to enable SSL.  Here are the instructions on how to install OpenSSL in LigHTTPd. Open Terminal and type; [...]

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How To Sort Files And Folders By Size In Linux

How To Sort Files And Folders By Size In Linux

Often you need to view your files and folders in a particular way.  There is a quick and easy way to do it if you want to sort your files and folders by size.  Here is how you do it. [...]

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Listen To The Music In UBUNTU

Listen To The Music In UBUNTU

There is a GNOME music manager that outclasses the default installed Rhythmbox which comes with  Ubuntu. Listen is very similar to Amarok but without the KDE. You can browse lyrics, get album art, and even get suggestions from Audioscrobbler as well as organize your music. [...]

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Easiest Linux ISO Mounter Ever!

Easiest Linux ISO Mounter Ever!

AcetoneISO is the disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media. Both Mac OS X and Linux / other UNIX like OSes can mount and use ISO images using loopback device. It is a DAEMON Tools (Microsoft Windows disk image) clone / emulator program with a lot more features. [...]

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How To Secure Word 2007 Documents

How To Secure Word 2007 Documents

If you are worried about sensitive or confidential data in your Microsoft Word document you can both encrypt and password protect the document to keep it secure. This feature is very useful if you have to store your documents in a shared location, such as a network folder or home computer. [...]

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Con Kolivas and Linux Desktop

Con Kolivas and Linux Desktop

In a recent good bye interview, one of the many Linux kernel developers, Con Kolivas opened up a whole new dimension to understanding how the development of the kernel is done and where the priorities lie. Con, a self-taught kernel enthusiast, was one of the most vocal proponents of improving the Linux core in order to make it more responsive on the Desktop side of things. His ideas on CPU scheduler improvements, which included a pluggable CPU scheduler framework allowing different schedulers to be used at boot time, was an innovative approach to moving Linux closer to Desktop domination reality. However, the life of a kernel hacker is not that easy. In the Linux world, the enterprise server presence is huge and it leads to more time being given to improving different aspects of server design and performance, while sacrificing other uses for the kernel. [...]

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Scan For Vulnerabilities Using Nessus

Scan For Vulnerabilities Using Nessus

Nessus is vulnerability scanner and tester, which takes an IP address and scans every possible security hole. For systems administrators, this is a very powerful tool. As anyone who has seen the logs of a live Internet server will know, hackers are hitting your server all the time. You can put your mind to rest with Nessus. [...]

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Minimize All Open Windows Easily

Minimize All Open Windows Easily

Often you are working and want to minimize all of the windows at the same time.  Unfortunately you hate the Desktop icon in the QuickLaunch bar and you deleted it….now you’re stuck.  Or are you?  Here is how to minimize all open windows in any version of Windows. [...]

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BCC Field Missing in Outlook 2003

BCC Field Missing in Outlook 2003

The BCC field allows you to send an email message to multiple recipients without revealing who you sent the message to.  It comes in handy when you want to show people that you sent a message to someone, but never revealing that you sent another person a copy of the original message. [...]

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MLDonkey – Downloading Super Client

MLDonkey – Downloading Super Client

While there are hundreds of p2p clients out there, nothing comes close to MLDonkey. Some p2p applications span one, two, or even three types of file sharing networks -- MLDonkey covers a mind boggling, numbing 12 protocols which represent even more networks. The eDonkey protocol, the KAD network (Kazaa's file sharing system), Open Napster, Bittorrent, Gnutella, Gnutella2 and more! [...]

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