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Linux Beginners

For those of you who have basic Linux knowledge, and when I say basic, I mean login, create a directory, list the files etc, that kind of basic, I stumbled upon today a nice tutorial which could take you a few steps further if you are willing to read through it (and you should).
It is [...]

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Bâiguieli de duminica seara.

Aproape 2 ani de zile am avut UPC,  si tot auzeam lumea ca se plange in dreapta si in stanga “nu imi merge”, “se deconecteaza”, “nu pot sa downloadez” bla bla. In doi ani de zile, am avut parte de 5 - 6 deconectari, care s-au rezolvat cu o resetare de modem, sau asteptat maxim [...]

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mysql crashes…

So, what do you do when you get this from your logs?
I/O error reading the header from the binary log
Obviously the binary logs are broken, or at least the last one is. They are usually located in /var/logs/mysql/ and you should not start copying over some old logs with the new name because that would [...]

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Gentoo in distress

Catalin pointed me towards this article on Slashdot.
Apparently, The Gentoo Foundation Charter has been revoked a few weeks ago with no explanation, and Daniel Robbins, the creator of Gentoo is trying to help fix things. Right now it’s all in the hands of the current trustees of the Gentoo Foundation.
Read more on Daniel’s blog: Post1, [...]

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Windows based hosting vs Linux based hosting

Lately, Microsoft entered the hosting business with full throttle. The number of Windows servers available on the web for hosting purposes, VPS’s on Microsoft Windows 2003 or DDS’s on MSVS grows quite exponentially.
At this point the end user, the customer does not care much what platform he is hosted on (i.e. Linux or Windows) if [...]

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LINA! Open LINA!

No no no, it’s not my new girlfriend… It’s a long expected platform for running software with native look and feel on different OS’s…
Their description is quite explanatory:
LINA enables Open Source applications to run on Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX operating systems with native look and feel. GUI applications running on LINA [...]

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Websites: new, old, useful, funny etc.

Well, I believe we all have our habits on the web. And by habits, I mean things we do, tools we use, things we laugh at.
I spend most of my day online, due to my line of work and thus I use lots of sites and tools offered by these sites. Also, everyday I [...]

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Ubuntu resolution and sound

Eye candy as it is, Ubuntu+Beryl on my Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi didn’t allow a resolution change higher than 1024×768. The problem is solved with the 915resolution package. So, if you have the same problem I was facing, just install the package, restart your X server and voilà: 1280×800.
Search for the package:
marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo aptitude update
marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo [...]

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Code monkey

Aveam o problema cu un debian zilele trecute:
# aptitude update
……
Fetched 5562B in 13s (421B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
B5D0C804ADB11277
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
In mod normal problema ar putea fi rezolvata cu un simplu:
# apt-key update
ne spune Kurt Fitzner dar [...]

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Ubuntu + Beryl Screenshots

Se pare ca am descoperit ceva ce nu merge la ubuntu+beryl: nu pot sa fac screenshoturi in timp ce rotesc desktopurile… ies niste chestii de groaza, asa ca am recurs la o metoda mai putin ortodoxa… am facut poze cu aparatul meu…
Imaginile sunt in ordine:

ubuntu.jpg - desktopul meu momentan
ubuntu1.jpg - desktopul in miscare, vedere de [...]

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