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openSUSE 12.1 GNOME Clean-Up

Posted 11-22-2011 at 06:22 PM by wagscat123
Updated 11-22-2011 at 06:27 PM by wagscat123

Even though there technically is no connection between the releases in the 11.x series, I'm still very happy to see 12.x out now. (11.0-11.4 all had been under Novell, used KDE4 by default and used GNOME 2)

Something I've learned about openSUSE 12.1:

1. To imitate GNOME 3 as much as possible
Unlike previous changes to the GNOME default look, it is impossible to bring GNOME 100% back to the way to was before. However, you can make it look much more similar.
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Slowly getting it...

Posted 11-22-2011 at 04:12 AM by m3rl1n

Since my last blog entry - in which I mentioned that I would start learning about Distributed Technologies, I have been going through many AHA! moments that Sigmund Freud so nicely described. In my quest for getting savvy on Distributed Object Programming I found that CORBA is the only way to go. It is well known as a complex mess of incomprehensible matter in many communities. I shared that vision since last week, now I think it is quite doable.

The secret to learning CORBA is to...

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preserving the master boot record

Posted 11-21-2011 at 07:54 PM by neonsignal

The master boot record (MBR) from an unmounted drive can be preserved using dd. For example, boot from a live CD and copy the master boot record of the hard drive sda to a usb key mounted at /mnt/sdb1:

Code:

dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sdb1/mbr.img bs=512 count=1

The MBR can be restored in a similar way. Be very cautious at this step, because the MBR typically holds the partition table and the initial boot loader stage, so a mistake can be difficult to recover from....

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how to create pppoe dial up connection in redhat linux 6

Posted 11-21-2011 at 08:41 AM by pratham

Dear all,

I am created the dial up connection in gui mod but when i m trying to connecting not connect. I hav my cable net i have just username password and isp name tell me how i can do the dial in redhat linux 6 pls.

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