How To Enable The Ctrl-Alt-Backspace Combo In KDE 4
The Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combo, which allowed killing the X server is now disabled by default in many major Linux distributions. Here's how to enable it in KDE.
View ArticleSetting Up OpenVPN on a DD-WRT Router, Part 2
This is the second installment of a two-part series on setting up the OpenVPN server on DD-WRT router firmware. This is a great way to set up secure connections to your network for road-warriors or to...
View ArticleSetup your environment to develop Erlang programs on GNU Systems
"Erlang is great platform, however, if you want to develop Erlang programs, the best development environment is probably Emacs at this point..."
View ArticleMesh Networking using OLSR Protocol on GNU Systems with Free Software
"For viafrica.org I studied the possibility of setting up a wireless mesh network using ubuntu..."
View ArticleInstall VLC 1.1.2 in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
VLC media player is a media player, streamer, and encoder for Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, QNX, and PocketPC. It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device, desktops, or...
View ArticleCreating a VPN in Minutes Using Remobo
Remobo is a free software which can be used to replace the paid versions of existing difficult to use VPN setups as it can create a VPN instantly and securely. It lets you login easily and add users to...
View ArticleHow to Install KDE 4.5
KDE 4.5 is a milestone release that took several months to complete, fixing over 16,000 bugs. While it also added new features, the selling point of this release is the stability that typically comes...
View ArticleRecord Installed .deb Packages In A Text File (Ubuntu/Debian)
This short guide shows two methods of recording all your installed .deb packages in a text file that you can then use on another computer to install the same packages there. This is useful if you want...
View ArticleWacom Control Panel - Easily configure wacom tablet
You can now easily configure a wacom tablet on linux !
View ArticleHow to remove files with special characters in Linux
To remove a file with dashes, slashes or other special characters, the easiest way is to access the file using its inode. To get the inode of a file, just do a ls -li. When you have that number, use...
View Article7 Ways to Beautify Your KDE 4 Desktop
KDE offers more easily customizable features than any other desktop. Here are 7 ways to get the desktop look you dreamed about when you were a child.
View ArticleKDE Plasma Activities – A change in workflow?
In this post I’ll instead write about my personal vision of how I hope activities will change my workflow. It’s based on my own experience and what I’ve read about activities. Note that it doesn’t...
View ArticleSprinkle Some Eye Candy on your KDE Desktop
KDE is beautiful, even if you never change a thing on your desktop. What makes it even more appealing is all of the customizable visual features. Three areas you should consider spicing up a little are...
View ArticleHow To Completely Customize Your KDE Wallpaper
KDE for Linux comes with plenty of customization options that exist on all distributions, adding to the uniform beauty of KDE. All of the great customization options can be found in the System/Desktop...
View ArticleHow to Manage Notification Settings in KDE 4
One of the many things the KDE developers did right in 4.x (currently 4.7) is the notification system. By far, this system is the cleanest and most flexible of nearly every desktop I have used. But...
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