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Password Reset

Posted 12-03-2005 at 11:13 AM by comprookie2000

Wow I have my own blog. I had to reset my password to log in.I wish the would have just left things alone but hope I am wrong.

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Are you a Linux Newbie? Fell off the Windows Ship Without a Paddle?

Posted 01-12-2006 at 05:05 AM by carl0ski

i just thought i'd make a quick list to aid in quickly understanding and feeling comfortable using Linux.
Since my favourite Distro is Mandriva , and i find it quite easy to learn.
I recommend it.

Recommended Software

KDE equivilent to the icons and Startbar in Windows.

Konquerer Equivilant to Internet Explorer both can be used to browse the web and manage files on your Hardrive. Even rips audio CDs 'audiocd://'.
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Mass File Renamer: Changing Cases(Upper/Lower)

Posted 09-13-2008 at 09:50 PM by ghostdog74

Code:

#!/bin/bash
## Change file names into uppper/lower case, or by position.
NO_ARGS=0 
E_OPTERROR=65
DEBUG=0
UPPER=0
FNAME="f"
maxdepth=1
directory=`pwd`
set -o noglob
#---- Functions ------------#

usage() {
 printf "Usage: `basename $0` [-D directory] [-M depth] [-U ] [-p pattern] [-c position ][-d] [-X] [filename(s)]\n"
 cat << EOF
        -D : starting directory.

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Ubuntu scp stall resolved

Posted 09-24-2008 at 06:34 AM by Vermind

I had been troubled for long by my Ubuntu server not uploading files with scp or rsync properly. The transfers would hang at a little bit over 2MB, and never proceed from there. I asked on the Ubuntu forums about this, and yesterday received a fix suggestion that worked for me. The fix entails adding lines to /etc/sysctl.conf that change the default net and IPv4 behaviour, like so:

Code:

net.core.rmem_default = 524288
net.core.rmem_max = 524288
net.core.wmem_default

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The pointlessness of gnuCash

Posted 12-18-2008 at 11:12 PM by lumak (Lumak's Guide to Random Things)
Updated 12-20-2008 at 02:06 AM by lumak

Generally this points to gnuCash on slackware BUT I feel it goes towards everything.

gnuCash doesn't work.

I don't mean that if you actually get it compiled and running it doesn't work. I mean it doesn't work to begin with. A program should either be easy to compile and install with minimal fuss or it should be prepackaged binaries to install. gnuCash is neither!

From slackware's end here is a list of required dependencies.

Code: